Old Burdick’s Bar and Grill

 

Old Burdick’s Bar and Grill started in Downtown Kalamazoo, so I will include it in this blog.  There are now two more locations in Kamalazoo other than downtown for your convenience. 

Old Burdick’s offers a wide variety of meals.  It’s listed as American fare, and the menu ranges from comfort food like meatloaf ($10)  to Michigan salmon ($17) to steaks (about $15) and just about everything in between.  The entire menu can be viewed at http://www.allmenus.com/mi/kalamazoo/47254-old-burdicks-bar–grill/menu/.

THE DEALS

• On Wednesday and Sunday students receive 50% off food and drinks with a student ID. 
• Kids under 12 eat free with each adult entrée purchased. 
• They offer a great deal on their late night menu on Friday and Saturday nights from midnight to 1:30am.  The special is 50% off select appetizers (queso, other select dips, chicken fingers, salads, sandwiches).  Most are around $4.

It’s a great restaurant to take the family to, especially because your kids can eat for free.  They offer lots of Michigan beers as well to keep the money local. 

Old Burdick’s is located at 100 West Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo.  Give it a try!

Harvey’s on the Mall

Possibly the best stromboli in the world can be had right here in Kalamazoo.  I recently went out to dinner at Harvey’s on the Mall with some friends.  They said the stromboli is worth the trip and Monday nights from 9 to 1 is $2 You-Call-It’s.  I figured it would be worth it to check this place out for the sole purpose of finding more great deals at downtown Kalamazoo eateries for the readers of this blog.  Oh man, was it worth it!!  I’m a lover of good food.  And even more so, I am a lover a good, inexpensive food.  I ordered the Chicken Alfredo stromboli.  It’s grilled chicken, red and green peppers, and spinach all smothered with a creamy alfredo sauce.  The strombolis are cooked in their wood fired brick ovens, so the wait is just a little longer, but I can’t think of another time in my life when an extra five minutes made that much difference.  This is no Pizza Hut pocket pizza!  This stromboli had a near perfect crust.  The outside was crisped to perfection from the oven but still chewy on the inside.  It was packed with filling.  I shared this deliciousness with a friend as was glad I did.  I’m sure the other half would have been great the next day reheated, but my dinner ended up being pretty cheap by splitting.  The price?  $6.99!!!  For the entire thing.  All of their strombolis are $6.99 unless you are building your own, and then the price depends on how many ingredients you choose.  And FRESH, FRESH, FRESH.  Everything we had was fresh.  I added their homemade chips to my order for an extra 99¢.  They were also very fresh, perfectly seasoned and crisped, and cheap.  The $2 drink was good.  Better than most $2 You-Call-Its.  

And as far as keeping the money local…Friday nights it’s easy to do at Harvey’s.  They have $3 bottles of local beers (Bells, Arcadia, New Holland, Founders, and Shorts). 

This restaurant is worth the trip.  It’s located at 416 South Burdick in downtown Kalamazoo.

I have a few passions in life.  Anyone who knows me knows that I love good food.  So I figured there is nothing easier for me to blog about than that!  I have lived in the Kalamazoo area for almost nine years now and have enjoyed many of the restaurants unique to this area.  Times (read: my financial situation) have changed, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy the best of what Kalamazoo has to offer every once in awhile.

I don’t go out as often as I used to or as often as I would like to, but if I’m out, you will likely find me downtown Kalamazoo.  I do what I can to help our local economy.  I would much rather spend my money at a locally owned restaurant downtown than at a national chain.  I’ve made it my mission to find the best deals downtown, and I’d love to share that with other people in the area who are also interested in helping our local businesses.

We may not live in a large city, but that doesn’t hold our downtown area from offering the best of what you may find in a large city.  It offers a wide variety of foods, entertainment, and unique microbreweries.   And all of this ends up costing much less because we are a smaller city.  It’s the best of the big city with small city prices.