Comments on: The Peanut Barrel http://midmichigandining.com/2008/08/19/the-peanut-barrel/ Restaurant and Food News and Reviews for Lansing, East Lansing, Okemos, Holt, and Beyond Sat, 26 May 2012 05:12:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mid-Michigan Dining http://midmichigandining.com/2008/08/19/the-peanut-barrel/#comment-516 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:40:40 +0000 http://midmichigandining.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-516 Last time I had a Long Island Iced Tea I had a bad night…I was young and didn’t realize there was no iced tea in it……

]]> By: Bethany http://midmichigandining.com/2008/08/19/the-peanut-barrel/#comment-513 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:09:34 +0000 http://midmichigandining.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-513 You seem more like a beer or pepsi guy, but I also would highly recommend their Long Islands….a rodeo burger, fries and a long island on a nice late summer/early fall afternoon or evening is fantastic!

]]> By: Enlightened Spartan http://midmichigandining.com/2008/08/19/the-peanut-barrel/#comment-482 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:04:43 +0000 http://midmichigandining.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-482 Great! Glad you made it. I’ve spent at least $10,000 on food and beer at the Peanut Barrel… been a regular there since 1988… 20 years! If you see Rod, he is an older African American wait staff with a scruffy beard – he has been waiting tables there as long as I have been going to the PB.

Anyhow, my favorite burger is the Border Burger with Swiss on Rye. I don’t think I’ve had anything different for 10 years – always order the same thing.

However, they are also known for some of the best chili in Lansing (numerous awards) and for their Tuna Melt.

Glad you made it! Great place to watch football as well…

Finally, an interesting fact, the building next to the PB (Bubble Island, Steve & Barry’s) is only about 13-15 years old. Before that, it was a bookstore (Jocundry’s), and The Professor from Gilligan’s Island was signing books there but came over to the PB for a burger and I got his signature. And, before the bookstore (about 16-17 years ago), it was just a dirt parking lot. I remember my buddy pulling in there with his car and the hubcap rolled off and into the PB seating area. Back then, you could also eat peanuts on the patio — until the city passed a law prohibiting peanuts on patios, because idiots like myself used to throw them at the cute college girls.

]]> By: ktpupp http://midmichigandining.com/2008/08/19/the-peanut-barrel/#comment-481 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:10:25 +0000 http://midmichigandining.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-481 Yum! The Rodeo Burger is my favorite at the Barrel! Also, take another trip and get the Chili Cheese Fries… I think they’re the best in town! They use good, homemade chili, not that brown soupy stuff from a can! Fantastic!

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