06 | December | 2008 | Mid-Michigan Dining

Westlund’s Apple Market

6 12 2008

2301 E. Grand River Avenue
Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 482-3900
Website

Westlund's Apple Market on Grand River Ave. in Lansing

J and I had both seen the recent commercials for Westlund’s Apple Market touting $1.69 ground beef. She doesn’t eat ground beef that often, but I could live on the stuff, so on our way home from Howell, we decided to check it out.

Westlund’s in on Grand River a few blocks from Frandor. I don’t know why, but I was expecting it to be out towards Eastwoode. I thought my GPS was screwed up when it turned me left on Grand River from US 127. J kept assuring me that is was the right way. She could remember driving by it, but I couldn’t picture it.

It was a snowy day and it was hard to see the parking lines in the lot, so I just made my own space across from a car thta was already parked. We made our way in and I got a little nervous when I saw signs on the door that said (these are paraphrased) only one student in the store at a time unless with an adult and leave all backpacks in the front of the store. Signs like that just don’t make me feel all that comfortable and that’s not what I was expecting from a neighborhood grocery store. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tomato Bros

6 12 2008

3030 W. Grand Avenue
Howell, MI 48843
(517) 546-9221
Website
Menu

Tomato Bros on Grand River Avenue in Howell

Another weekend. Another trip to the Kensington Valley Outlet Mall in Howell. After our last trip to Howell when we ate at The Bloated Goat Saloon (review HERE) in Fowlerville, someone suggested in comments that we try out Tomato Bros. J asked if it was the place we always drive by on Grand River, but I didn’t remember seeing it. Either way, the menu looked good so that’s here we headed.

Tomato Bros. is on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Highland Road. You can’t miss it. There is a huge sign over the entrance of the building in addition to the typical roadside sign. One you turn in, you find a parking lot that is a little weird. Some of the spots are facing north and south while others are facing east and west. They really try to pack the cars in there. I parked my truck and J thought I was nuts. It looked like I made my own parking space, but I assure you, I didn’t.

We made our way inside. Once we got through the big, decorative, wood doors, I didn’t find what I was expecting to find. I figured Tomato Bros was going to be a sports bar, but it was really a nice, sit down restaurant with a bar. We were met by a hostess and asked us the dreaded “smoking or non-smoking” question. We chose non-smoking and were shown to a booth in the back of the restaurant near the kitchen. The space is rather large and there were quite a few groups of ladies dining. We assumed they were either going to or coming from the outlet mall. Read the rest of this entry »