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Drive Straight To This Cozy Michigan Amish Restaurant For A Meal You’ll Never Forget

Somewhere in the middle of Michigan, between the cornfields and the quiet county roads, there’s a bakery and café that will completely rearrange your understanding of what a good meal can be. The Hearthstone Oven in Ithaca, Michigan is that place, and once you find it, you’ll spend...

Ithaca, MI · 1d
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This Small Town Michigan Bakery Stands Out For Its Fresh Treats Worth The Wait

Nine police officers once pooled their money to buy a struggling bakery. They didn’t want their town to lose it. That bakery had been turning out treats since 1896. The officers kept the ovens warm and gave the whole place a badge-worthy makeover. The funny thing is, the joke...

Clare, MI · 2d
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Order An Old Fashioned At The Bar Before Digging Into Prime Rib At This Retro Michigan Steakhouse

Some restaurants chase every new trend, and some simply refuse to change. This Traverse City steakhouse lands firmly in the second camp, with decor that looks like it stopped the clock somewhere around the 1980s. Locals send hotel guests here, couples book their anniversaries around it, and longtime regulars have...

Traverse City, MI · 2d
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People Travel From Every Corner Of Michigan Just To Eat At This Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurant

Somewhere between a grain silo and a championship banner, the best chicken gizzards in Michigan are waiting for you. Joe’s Gizzard City in Potterville, Michigan is the kind of restaurant that makes you rethink every food decision you’ve ever made, starting with the ones that didn’t involve gizzards.

Potterville, MI · 7d
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People Drive Hours Across Michigan Just For The Deep Dish Pizza At This Small Restaurant

Hundreds of empty bottles hang from the ceiling of this pizza joint, and many of them carry signatures from past diners. That alone would make me curious. Then you learn the pizza is the real reason people show up. In August 2024, Yelp named this place the No. 1 pizza...

Michigan · 4d

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Locals Can’t Get Enough Of This Small-Town Steakhouse Hidden In Michigan

Somewhere in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, tucked into a city that sits right on the edge of two countries, there’s a steakhouse so good that people who already live nearby keep finding reasons to go back. The Antlers Restaurant in Sault Ste. Marie is the kind of place...

Michigan · 3d

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Traverse City native competes for $25,000 on Food Networks 'Holiday Baking Championship'

A Northern Michigan chef is still competing for the “Holiday Baking Championship” title and $25,000. Her éclair earned big praise from the judges.

Traverse City, MI · 2d

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You Weren’t Even Born Yet When These 7 Small-Town Michigan Taverns Started Pouring Beer And Grilling Olive Burgers

Michigan has a burger that most of the country has never heard of, and it comes topped with a creamy layer of chopped green olives. The olive burger has been a quiet favorite here for generations, and some of the best ones still come off the grills of old small-town taverns.

Traverse City, MI · 4d

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Here's the Thanksgiving Pie and Side Dish Michigan Loves Most

Every Thanksgiving table has a dish someone would stage a protest over if it ever went missing. You probably know the exact recipe on your family’s table, and you likely have very strong opinions about who is allowed to make it. In Michigan, two dishes rise above the rest. Michiganders searched for pumpkin pie and […]

Michigan · 1d

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Front Street Projects Up for Approval: MAWBY Tasting Room, Nicolet Headquarters

After more than 50 years in Leelanau County, MAWBY is expanding to downtown Traverse City. Traverse City commissioners will vote Monday to approve a liquor license for a new MAWBY tasting room on the ground floor of the Bella Vita @302 building under construction at the former J&S Hamburg property. Another Front Street project is also on the agenda Monday, with commissioners to vote on approving the headquarters for Nicolet National Bank on East Front Street.

Traverse City, MI · 1d

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The 2 Michigan Restaurants That Just Made The New York Times Top 50 List

16 food critics traveled the country undercover, and only two Michigan spots made the final cut! One is turning heads with secret-recipe birria dishes, while the other serves up cozy Polish comfort food in a retro diner.

Detroit, MI · 10d

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This Michigan Cafe Keeps Its Entire Menu Gluten-Free And Dairy-Free

Every single thing on the menu at this little bakery and cafe is free of both gluten and dairy. That includes the cinnamon rolls, the sourdough sandwiches, and tiny pancakes piled with s’mores toppings. The owner lives with celiac disease herself. She built the place because the safe, fun...

Traverse City, MI · 1d

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West Michigan Loses Its First Bojangles Restaurant

Bojangles is already gone from Michigan. Now, hundreds of Wendy's restaurants are caught up in the same company's bankruptcy battle.

Grand Rapids, MI · 3d

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Michigan sub shop will offer 47% discount to celebrate 47th anniversary

PORTAGE, MI — The family-owned sub shop Jersey Giant Subs turns 47 this fall, and it’s celebrating with the largest discount the company has ever offered. On Wednesday, Nov. 18, every sub on the menu will be offered at 47% off, all day long. Jersey Giant is a...

Portage, MI · 2d

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Michigan Halal Restaurant Targeted by Hateful Letter, Gets Flood of Support

A Michigan halal restaurant targeted by an Islamophobic letter has received an outpouring of support. CBS News Detroit covered a Michigan halal restaurant targeted by an Islamophobic letter, reporting that support poured in. A Pattern Michigan Advocates Have Tracked for Years. Incidents like the one at Halal Bros 2 Go...

Michigan · 1d

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Michigan Grocery Shoppers, We Need to Talk About Grocery Shopping Etiquette

Your grocery cart is not a roadblock, the checkout line is not a surprise and the cereal aisle is not a reunion hall. Michigan shoppers can do better.

Michigan · 1d

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Michigan loses its only Bojangles location. What's happening

Bojangles, a "Southern chicken" chain, that opened its first Michigan location earlier this year has closed its doors. North Carolina-based Bojangles operates 850 restaurants in 20 states across the United States through the company and franchises. The only Michigan location, operated by Meritage Hospitality, closed the only restaurant in the state at 1730 28th St. in Wyoming. The restaurant is no longer listed on the Bojangles website and is shown as permanently closed in a Google search. The Bojangles opened on Feb. 3 this year. Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. , one of the nation’s largest restaurant operators, on Friday, Sept. 17, announced that it had voluntarily filed petitions for relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan. Meritage, based at 45 Ottawa Ave. SW in Grand Rapids, had 314 Wendy’s, one Bojangles and five independently branded dining concepts across 15 states, according to a release about the bankruptcy filing. The Meritage website no longer lists Bojangles among its operations. “We are disappointed that our Grand Rapids restaurant has closed as a result of financial challenges facing Meritage Hospitality Group, the parent company of our franchisee, Chicken Ventures," the company said in a statement to the

Wyoming, MI · 4d

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Michigan Senator-Elect Calls Macomb County Shawarma Spot the Best Ever, Owner Cries

Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed stood in front of a crowd in Macomb County and delivered a verdict that had nothing to do with policy: Amo Sami’s Shawarma, he declared, serves the best shawarma he has ever eaten. The comment sent co-founder Sami Rayshouny into tears and, he says, sent customers streaming through the door.

Macomb County, MI · 4d

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The Humble Amish Restaurant In Michigan That Tastes Like A Warm Grandma’s Hug

There’s a little bakery and café in Ithaca, Michigan, that has absolutely no business being this good. The Hearthstone Oven is the kind of place that makes you question every life decision that kept you from finding it sooner. Michigan is full of surprises. You’ve got the Great...

Ithaca, MI · 15d