Restaurant Reviews

VIDEO: City Built Brewing Company-One of Our Favorite Breweries

By Mark Deering / February 13, 2024 /

City Built Brewing is one of the best places to grab a drink and food in downtown Grand Rapids. They’ve become our hub for hangouts after our Thursday night city rides and are the newest sponsor of our cycling team! We were beyond excited to get a backstage pass to one of our favorite breweries…

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Date Night Adventures During COVID

By Kevin Ahrens / February 5, 2021 / Comments Off on Date Night Adventures During COVID

COVID has affected many of our usual plans but it doesn’t mean we can’t still keep date nights alive! My wife and I headed out for a night “on the town” in our home city of Grandville. We packed our Yeti cooler with some appetizers and drinks and headed to the bowling alley for a…

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Interview with Lazy Ballerina Winery

By Mark Deering / May 1, 2020 / Comments Off on Interview with Lazy Ballerina Winery

We love a good wine tour adventure, so we’ve been talking with Michigan wineries to learn more about them and to get in our wine tasting however we can! Check out our interview with Lazy Ballerina Winery! They are based in Southwest Michigan and have been in business since 2015. Their wines cleverly play off…

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Lunchtime Live at Bronson Park

By Mark Deering / June 25, 2019 / Comments Off on Lunchtime Live at Bronson Park

Looking for a new lunchtime experience? Lunchtime Live at Kalamazoo’s Bronson Park may be just the ticket! Every Friday during the summer from 11am-1:30pm, Food Trucks line up in the park to help draw people out of their offices to enjoy the outdoors and build community in the area. There is live music and fun…

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Seventy Six | Food Adventure | Holland Michigan

By Mark Deering / March 10, 2019 / Comments Off on Seventy Six | Food Adventure | Holland Michigan

We love food! Who doesn’t? Friends of ours said try Seventy Six in Holland Michigan! We did and will be back! The atmosphere was farmhouse modern! The wine racks exposed and large bar gave it a fun feel. Drinks: Amy had a glass of wine and I ordered a Perrin Black Appetizer: We had the…

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Food Adventure | Sovengard Restaurant

By Mark Deering / June 15, 2018 /

Exploring food in Grand Rapids can be an endless endeavor with so many good places to eat and new ones opening regularly. Our latest food adventure brought us to The Sovengard, and it did not disappoint. The Sovengard, a New Nordic Movement restaurant, describes their menu process as, “Spearheaded by chefs, has a firm grasp…

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Adventuring New Food Stan Diego

By Mark Deering / May 17, 2018 / Comments Off on Adventuring New Food Stan Diego

Adventure New Foods   Many of you may have been to the Crooked Goose restaurant off of Lake Michigan Dr. near Meijer’s- well that restaurant is no more, it is now Stan Diego, a taco joint. Spring 2018 this new restaurant with the same owners opened in place of Crooked Goose, the Deering Team headed…

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