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Smoke Free Restaurants in Lansing
17 04 2008Comments : 1 Comment »
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Categories : Food News, Lansing, Michigan
Barley’s American Grill
17 04 2008
I picked my girlfriend up from work on a Thrusday night for a quick dinner break. I had drove by Barley’s a few night’s earlier and wanted to check it out. I figured this was as good as time as any.
Barley’s is a pretty unique bar/restaurant. When you walk in, you actually walk into a huge pool room. It’s more of a pool hall feel than a bar. Take a right and you hit the bar. Go a little bit farther and you hit the dining room. Nice, spacious area surrounded by TV’s and cut off from the pool room and the bar to make a nice cozy setting.
We took a booth near the back and got menus. I had eaten burgers for the last three meals so I wanted something else. That something else was the Hot Cheesey Italian. Italian meats piled high on buttered, toasted bread. Between that was both cheddar and provolone cheese. This sandwich was surprsingly good. Little things like toasting the bread just made the sandwich so much better. The fries that came with it were actually fresh cut and had a hint of a cajun seasoning on them.
My girlfriend got the crunch chicken wrap. Instead of grilling chicken and putting it in a wrap, they deep fry some chicken tenders, cut them up, and put them in the traditional chicken wrap which also included mayo, lettuce and tomato. Her complaint with the sandwich was the tomatos. The chicken was hot and crunchy while the tomatos where cold. She said the contrast of hot and cold made the sandwich a little difficult to eat, but she made it most of the way through. Had the tomatos been at least room temperature, there wouldn’t have been any complaints. Like me, she noticed the fresh cut fries and appreciated the cook taking an extra five seconds.
The damage was $20 before tip. The food was really good for bar food. The cook/chef took the extra time to develop a menu that goes beyond grease and wings and developed a diverse collection of favorites. We accidently stumbled upon Barley’s, but it’s location combined with the great bar sets it up for a return trip
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Tags: Bar, Burgers, Lansing, Pub
Categories : Burgers, Lansing, Local Flavor, Michigan, Pub, Reviews
In Good Company
17 04 2008
I was working near Clark Lake for a couple weeks and I drove by In Good Company a couple times on the way to my job. Since I had a little time for lunch one afternoon, I decided to head back and give the place a shot.
You walk into the restaurant and come to the hostess station. The dining room is seperated into three sections. Since I was dining alone, they put me in the middle dining room by myself at a table for two. The waitress came over and brought me a Pepsi then took my dinner order. The menu at In Good Company is really unique for a diner. They have exotice things like a Bison Burger and they take someting like a panini and go a little bit farther than the usual diner fare.
I went with the Only One Burger. A fresh 1/2 lb angus beef patty is topped with bacon, cheddar, tomato, lettuce, and onion then put on a baked fresh bun. You get the option of either just ordering the sandwich or ordering a meal which gives you your choice of two sides. I went with a salad for my first choice. Just your basic side salad with a Italian dressing. My second choice I went with fries which are curly fries similar to those you get at Arby’s.
The burger was a little disappointing. All the extras made the burger tasty, but the meat itself was dry and 
sorta flavorless. It was a good concept for a burger, but overdone a little. I asked for the burger medium and it came out more well done.
The waitress came with the check while I was still working on the burger, so there was no lag time there. The bill was $10 before tip. Not bad for a full meal like that. The service was quick and I was able to make it back to my job in under an hour. In Good Company has a menu full of interesting items that will make this place worth a return trip.
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Tags: burger, Clarklake, Michigan, Restaurant
Categories : Burgers, Clarklake, Local Flavor, Michigan, Restaurant, Reviews
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