09 | September | 2008 | Mid-Michigan Dining

Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet

9 09 2008

5085 W. Grand River Ave.
Lansing, MI 48906
(517) 886-4227
Website

Aunt Millie's Bakery Outlet on Grand River in Lansing.

Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet was not our destination today when we started out. A few weeks ago, I did a post about Aunt Millie’s bread which I found at Kroger. In that post, I stated the only thing I didn’t like was the price, but that was before I found the bread at Horrocks. Frequent commentor Ang told me there was a Bakery Outlet on Grand River. When I did a Google search to find the store, another business popped up just a few blocks away. There wasn’t much info on it, but there was a place called Aunt Millie’s Deli Diner located at 6086 W. Grand River. I had J put Aunt Millie’s in her GPS to get there from Horrocks and again, a business called Aunt Millie’s Deli Diner showed up. When we got to the spot it claimed to be, there was nothing but empty land. I thought maybe the GPS was a little off and got East or West confused, so we kept driving. Our drive brought us to Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet, so we stopped in to see what it had to offer.

Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet isn’t fancy. It’s a small room attached to the administration offices. The store is stocked with all of Aunt Millie’s products. The shelves are nothing more than bread racks. Since we had just stopped at Horrocks, we didn’t really need any bread, but I wanted to look. We’ve been buying wheat pitas and making home made pita chips. We picked up two packages at Horrocks, but if they had them cheap here, I cold always use more. Read the rest of this entry »

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Roma Bakery, Deli, & Fine Foods

9 09 2008

428 N. Cedar St.
Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 485-9466
Website
No Online Menu

Roma Bakery, Deli, & Fine Foods on Cedar St. in Lansing

Finding Roma today was totally an accident. We made our weekly trip to Horrocks and wanted to find something for lunch. I seem to remember someone telling me Aunt Millie’s had a Deli out on Grand River, so that’s what we went looking for. We put it in the GPS and when the GPS said we had arrived, there was nothing that even remotely looked like a diner. We found the outlet store, but no deli. I thought maybe it was farther down Grand River, so we kept driving. Eventually, we hit I-96 BL and I got on that without even knowing. Once I figured out we were going through Old Town, I thought of that bakery on Cedar Street that we had passed so many times without even giving a second glance to. Since it was getting late in the afternoon and J needed to get to work, I suggested stopping since it would probably be something we could grab and go.

Roma is situated just a few blocks from Oldsmobile Park and downtown Lansing. The building makes it look like nothing more than the corner bakery, but there is a sign out front that says “Join us for lunch.” The parking lot was pretty empty when we pulled in around 1:00 and we wondered if we were making a mistake.

The inside is set up like a local grocery store. The name Roma suggests an Italian bakery, but I would call it more European as they offer food and baked goods from all parts of the continent even though most of their wares are Italian. The deli case is in the back of the store. Next to the deli case is a long pastry case filled with home made goodies. Since lunch was the priority, we hit that up first. Read the rest of this entry »