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Press Release – Taste of Creole Dinner

15 05 2009

From a Williamston Area Chamber of Commerce press release….

A Taste of Creole Dinner, 6/25/09, Williamston. The Williamston Community Library Foundation (WCLF) presents its 4th annual “Taste of the World” fundraising dinner. Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 7 pm, under a tent at 226 & 304 W. Grand River Ave. (site of the future library). Featuring Creole cuisine, catered by Gumbo & Jazz. Entertainment, silent auction, lots of fun! $35 adult, $15 children. Tickets available at the Williamston Library (201 School Street), Independent Bank of Williamston (1245 W. Grand River Rd.), or by calling 517-655-5140 or 517-655-1047.

Funds will go toward building Williamston a much needed, adequate library. Ask to see the architect’s drawings. WCLF is a 501(c)(3). www.wclf.info

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RiverHouse Inn

21 02 2009

310 W. Grand River Avenue
Williamston, MI 48895
(517) 655-4300
No Known Website
Menu

The Riverhouse Inn on Grand River Avenue in Williamston

Back in January, I made reservations for Valentine’s Day at the RiverHouse Inn in Williamston. It’s a place that I have been wanting to eat at since it opened late last summer. It just looked like a neat place. Our Valentine’s plans changed a couple times and we ended up back in Chicago after having to cancel a trip to Dayton. I told J as we were heading to Hot Chocolate (review HERE) on Chicago’s north side that I actually had reservations for a place in Michigan that I canceled. It worked out for the best. We loved our dinner in Chicago and the lunch menu at RiverHouse Inn was actually more our style, so our first weekend back in Lansing in quite some time, we decided to brave a snow storm and head to Williamston for lunch.

The RiverHouse Inn is a gorgeous old house that sits on the banks of the Red Cedar River on the west side of Williamston. The building was actually built in 1929 and for 77 years, it was a private residence. The current owners of the building planned to remodel the place into a bed and breakfast, but that never really happened. Instead, they opened a restaurant. The inside of the building still looks like a house. When you walk through the front door, you come to a hostess station in a hallway between two rooms. The sign said “please seat yourself” so we started looking for the best place to sit. There were no people in the two rooms you can see when you walk in, but I could kind of see a staircase that led down to a bar area. I figured that was the best place to go since there would at least be a bartender who could see we were there.

We headed through what was probably an old living room or dining room that had just a couple tables in it on our way to the bar. Every table in the house is in a pretty intimate setting. It’s really hard to describe the ambiance. It looks like they used the existing layout instead of trying to open everything up and only keep load bearing walls. The place just had a charm that you can’t get from a new building. Read the rest of this entry »

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Fabiano’s Homemade Candy & Ice Cream

22 11 2008

119 S. Putnam St.
Williamston, MI 48895
(517) 655-3782
Website (dead link)

Fabiano's Homemade Candy & Ice Cream in downtown Williamston

After a day of shopping, we needed something sweet. A stop at Meridian Mall was next on our schedule and the GPS always takes us through Williamston to Grand River when we go from the Tanger Outlets back to Okemos. Somehow, I found Fabiano’s and homemade candy always sounds good.

We found Fabiano’s in downtown Williamston. When we pulled up, we kind of got a mixed signal on whether the shop was even open. There were two signs in the window. One said “open.” The other said “closed.” On top of that, there was a building for sale sign in the window. We could see lights on inside, but no people. J told me to go check, so I got out and pulled on the door. It opened so I went in.

The inside of the shop is very sparse which leads me to believe that “building for sale” is in the window for a reason. There was just one girl working by herself. There’s a big case filled with truffles and chocolates. The clerk asked what I wanted, but J hadn’t made her way in the store yet, so I asked for a few more minutes. She went back to cleaning up behind the counter. J came in and we decided on some chocolates. I was hoping for fudge, but there was none there. They’re a candy shop, not a chocolate shop. Read the rest of this entry »