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Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill, Soup Spoon Café, Weston’s Kewpee Sandwich Shop and Olympic Broil are just a few of the Greater Lansing restaurants that stood out to voters in this year’s Top of the Town contest.
Which Lansing-area restaurants really reign supreme?
The She Ate/He Ate critics agree — Ellison Brewery’s Nashville Hot Yardbird sandwich is a smash hit, as are its other offerings, including pizzas, wings and breakfast sandwiches.
She ate/He ate: Ellison Brewery and Event Space earns rave reviews
Ellison Brewery and Event Space 1314 S. Washington Ave., Lansing 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday ellisonbrewing.com more
“I know the things that really help us as a barbecue restaurant are the food and the people that serve it. All our employees are longtime employees,” said Bryan Torok, co-owner of the Smoke N’ Pig BBQ. “They don’t leave — we don’t have much of a turnover.”
Smoking out the competition
Whether you’re looking for ribs, brisket, pulled pork, wings or soul-food sides such as mac and cheese, baked beans, coleslaw and cornbread, Greater Lansing offers plenty of restaurants to satiate your barbecue cravings. more
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Cask and Co. offers an array of elevated burgers, such as its Spartan Burger, which is topped with pastrami, bacon, a fried egg, an onion ring and pepper jack cheese.
Under the bun
Lansing may not be the home of the hamburger, but it sure isn’t a stranger to them, either. Whether you’re looking for a quick bite to eat or an evening to entertain an elevated palette, Lansing’s burger joints won’t disappoint. more
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You don’t need to get fancy with watermelon salad. A simple dressing of white vinegar and brown sugar allows the ingredients to speak for themselves.
Let the watermelon do the work
I tried my first watermelon salad at The Covington Restaurant in Edgartown, Massachusetts. The dish consisted of watermelon cubes that were tossed into a pile of salad greens alongside turnip shavings, pickled scapes, feta cheese and balsamic vinegar... more
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The mild, refreshing flavor of cucumber is famously harnessed when the vegetable is mixed with garlic, mint and yogurt, as it is in khyar bi laban, a Lebanese cucumber-yogurt salad.
Cooked as a cucumber?
At an overpriced tapas joint, I once took a chance on charred cucumber salad. The dish sounded counterintuitive, to put it delicately, because everyone knows cucumber should be served cool. Cooking a … more
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El Oasis’ Veggie Oasis Burrito stands apart from its meat-filled counterparts not only in the way many veggie options do, with the inclusion of the noble avocado, but with a fried, cheese-stuffed poblano pepper.
My new favorite at familiar El Oasis
I’ve lived on the east side for more than 15 years, so El Oasis’ original location on Michigan Avenue and its menu aren’t novel to me, nor are they probably new to many of you, dear … more
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Kimchi Box offers a variety of Korean-inspired dishes, including tacos, corn dogs, sandwiches and wings, but the star of the show is the Duk-bok-ki, a spicy rice cake stew.
Korean rice cake stew: The gift that keeps on giving
With the conclusion of Michigan State University’s spring semester, it’s once again safe to visit East Lansing’s eateries. I took advantage of this opportunity and visited Kimchi … more
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The whole dandelion plant is edible, from the sunny top to the deep taproot and everything in between. Fried in butter, oil or bacon, the flowers are reminiscent of artichokes.
The dandelion challenge
I make a point to eat a dandelion every day. The whole plant is edible, from the sunny top to the deep taproot and all the stem, stalk and leaf in between. There are ways to eat dandelions that … more
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Red curry is the easiest Thai curry to make, with the added benefit that its delicious taste offers great leverage to get kids and adults alike to eat their vegetables.
The power of curry
My son Remy would walk on molten lava for a bowl of red chicken curry. He says he doesn’t like curry and purports to hate coconut, but I don’t need to solve this paradox to benefit from … more
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Both Pablo’s restaurants offer a large breakfast selection, including breakfast burritos and tacos, omelets, Huevos Rancheros and Chilaquiles, layered tortilla chips mixed with a mild red salsa, topped with queso fresco and sour cream and served alongside two eggs, refried beans, avocado and chopped steak.
Pablo’s Eastside: Same great food in new digs
Pablo’s Eastside 2010 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday 517-580-8315 pablosrestaurants.com … more
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Chocolate-dipped, strawberry and ricotta-filled ice cream cones make a perfect treat for Mother’s Day.
A Mother’s Day cone-ucopia
When Zeus was a newborn, his father wanted to eat him, so the future king of gods was taken to a secret chamber beneath Mount Ida on the Greek island of Crete. There, baby Zeus began drinking the … more
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Pablo Maldonado, owner of Pablo’s Old Town, opened his second restaurant at 2010 E. Michigan Ave. on March 6. “People have been asking me for years and years to open up a new location because they wanted to have liquor,” he said. “The Old Town location was too small, so we decided to get a bigger space with a liquor license just for that reason.”
Pablo’s Eastside: Same popular food, now with liquor
Since 2005, Pablo’s Old Town has been a mainstay of Mexican cuisine in Lansing. Serving an array of dishes, from tacos, quesadillas, burritos and enchiladas to steak, seafood, soups and salads, … more
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