- 6200 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
- Lansing, MI 48911
- (517) 393-5100
- Website
This is the Meijer I usually shop at. I don’t go here often, but when I need something besides grocery, this is usually it. I don’t like going to this store because it’s really hard to get in and out of. It’s situated between Pennsylvania and Cedar which is a wierd enough tract of land as it is, but add in a mega-mart and the roads just get goofy. I’ve found it’s almost impossible to enter off Cedar Street because the ramps from the Interstate merge right in front of the entrance. Your only choice really is to cross traffic on Pennsylvania. Like most other Meijer stores, this place is HUGE and very hard to navigate.
We went to Meijer on this day for two reasons. We had a hundred and five cans to return and we needed charcoal. While I appreciate Michigan’s bottle bill for what it does for the environment, I loathe actually taking the bottles an cans back. I always feel dirty brining garbage bags into a store, but I do like turning them back in at the store because it makes my shopping bill a little lower. It sounds like I’m flip-flopping and I guess I sort of am. There are things I like and things I don’t like, but I am glad Michigan does it. Anyway, the bottle return is visible from the main entrance just past produce. So we wheeled our way around the fruits to get back to the machines. Read the rest of this entry »
My girlfriend got the Buffalo Chicken Wrap. The tortilla for the wrap was the really interesting thing about this sandwich. It looked like it may have been toasted after the wrap was put together…almost pressed. The wrap came filled with spicy buffalo chicken pieces, lettuce, tomatos, and a mayo. The wrap only came with a pickle spear on the side, so she got an order of fries as well. The spicyness was definately there. On the car ride home, she was still talking about the heat. Half of the sandwich is sitting in our fridge right now so she has lunch tomorrow. The size of the wrap was overwhelming and more than enough for one meal. Usually, she’ll pick most of the tomatos out of a wrap like this, but with this one, I only noticed a few pieces on her plate so the wrap must have been put together real well.
The menu is fantastic. Joe’s signature dish is obviously the gizzards which are deep fried in their signature batter. Gizzards just don’t sound good to me, so we went with something else. I’m going to describe out meals seperately, but in reality, we both ordered something different then gave the other half so we could try more of the menu. I’m going to start with my girlfriend’s order this time because it’s such an interesting idea.
the same batter for their fried chicken instead of a bread crumb coating, so the crust of the chicken smooth and thin. Like everything else at Joe’s, the chicken has it’s own uniqueness. They actually start by boiling the chicken before frying. The boiling leaves the meat moist and prevents the batter from burning before the chicken is done. Like the Triple D Burger, the batter on the chicken added a whole range of flavors and textures you don’t normally expect. 
We both got pop’s while we looked over the huge menu. They do breakfast all day and offer some unique items like veal parmigana while making sure not to stray too far from what makes truck stop food great. I ordered the Pepper Jack Cheeseburger. The burger is a 1/3 lb frozen patty topped with a slice of pepper jack cheese served with coleslaw on the side and crinkle cut fries. I don’t expect a whole lot when it comes to these types of places and I got exactly what I expected. The meal was not great by any standard, but it was comforting and brought back memories of late night drunkeness in college. There’s just something about a greasy diner burger and salt that’s comforting to me.
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