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Coscarelli’s Restaurant & Lounge

21 01 2009

2400 S. Cedar St.
Lansing, MI 48813
(517) 482-0238
No Known Website
Menu

Coscarelli's Restaurant & Lounge on South Cedar Street in Lansing.

Have you ever noticed that big grey building on South Cedar Street with the word “Coscarelli’s” painted across the front? I’ve noticed it, but never knew it was open. There are no windows or signs that show any sort of life at the place. The parking lot is around back and not really visible from the street. We’ve lived here for almost ten months and had no idea the place wasn’t abandoned. Last week, we were driving by and I happened to notice some cars in the parking lot behind the building. Later in the week, I was driving down Cedar again and decided to turn in to the parking lot and scope the place out. What I found was a lot of cars hidden by the big grey building. Not only Coscarelli’s open, they seem to be packed.

I had a late afternoon job interview and wasn’t sure how long it would take or how I would feel afterwards, so I told J I would pick her up on her dinner break and take her out to eat. Our original plan was to check out the new Brothers Restaurant in East Lansing until I remembered there was a home basketball game. J just said she wanted a salad and didn’t want to go to a chain. On my way home from the interview, I drove by Coscarelli’s again. When I got home, I did a Google search for a menu and actually found one. J approved so I picked her up at a little after seven and headed to that building we used to think was abandoned.

Coscarelli’s sits on South Cedar between Rockford and Lincoln. On the front of the building, there are signs painted on both the north and south sides. The south sides points you to the sports bar. The north side points you to the lounge. We were looking for dinner so we entered the parking lot off of Rockford Road. The parking lot was packed. We drove around twice looking for a place to park then just kind of made our own spot next to a snow bank. Read the rest of this entry »

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Corey’s Restaurant & Lounge

31 12 2008

1513 S. Cedar St.
Lansing, MI 4891
(517) 484-7060
No Known Website
Menu

Corey's Restaurat & Lounge on South Cedar Street in Lansing.

Since we found out our bar of choice wasn’t going to be open past 10:00 on New Year’s Eve, we decided to go out for dinner. We had driven by a very uninviting building on Cedar Street with a old sign hanging off the building that simply said “Corey’s Coktails.” We never gave the place much thought until a co-worker of J’s recommended it during a discussion of local eateries. J e-mailed me and asked if I just wanted to go out for dinner and I said, yes and suggested Corey’s, so that’s where we ended up for dinner on New Year’s Eve.

Corey’s Restaurant & Lounge sits on Cedar Street not too far from downtown. From the outside, you’d never guess what was inside. We pulled up to the building around 7:30 to find a packed parking lot. We entered the lot off of Cedar Street and found a place to park, but we had no idea where the door was. It definitely wasn’t on the Cedar Street side, so I assumed it was around back. As we were walking towards the building, we saw someone walk out solving the mystery of the front door.

When you walk in, you take a step down and enter in the lounge part of the space. There were no signs about seating or a hostess. I noticed a pub table along the wall not too far from the entrance so that’s where we went. There are two rooms to the space. Had we kept going, we would have found a more traditional dining room separated from the bar. We climbed up the chairs and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited for a waitress to see us. After a five to ten minute wait, we were finally noticed and a waitress came over for drink orders and left a couple menus. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Firm Food & Spirits

23 06 2008

227 S. Washington Sq.
Lansing, MI 48933
(517) 487-3663
Website
Menu

Finally! In our third attempt at eating at a downtown restaurant, we finally had a pleasurable experience. Last week at the BWL Chili Cook-Off, we grabbed a $5-off coupon from The Firm’s booth. It’s been a couple weeks since we’ve been grocery shopping, so there’s not a whole lot of food left in our cupboards. Instead of shopping this morning, we decided to just head out for dinner. When I got in my truck, I noticed the coupon still sitting in the console, so that’s where we went.

The Firm is located on Washington Sq in downtown Lansing. We stopped in on a Monday night for dinner. The place was deserted. There was a sign that said wait to be seated. The bartender noticed us and seated us at a booth in the dining room. The dining room is a pretty good size with a row of u-shaped booths along the walls with tables in the middle. There’s a cut-out in the wall that lets you see into the bar. I spent most of the meal watching the two LCD TV’s above the bar that were showing the College World Series. Read the rest of this entry »