Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2024 Top of the Town contest. Bon appétit!
Acapulco Mexican Grill Lansing
Colorful eatery serving familiar Mexican dishes with …
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7/16/25
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I write this column having just inhaled a No. 7 from one of my favorite downtown Lansing lunch spots: The New Daily Bagel. I could tell you that it was research for …
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By GABRIELLE LAWRENCE & BRYAN BEVERLY
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7/16/25
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Five years ago, Eric King, 51, started a battle he knew he couldn’t win.
To keep his cooking skills sharp, he challenged his friend Gregory Winfree to a chili cookoff. King wasn’t …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/9/25
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Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2024 Top of the Town contest. Bon appétit!
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7/9/25
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I was staycationing last week, and after a long-overdue and rather intense massage, I decided to treat myself further at King Subs. Being in the sandwich business myself, I had long heard of King …
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By LIZY FERGUSON
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7/9/25
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Cheong (chi-yong) is a Korean way of preserving fruits and vegetables by making a sweet, flavorful syrup that you suddenly find indispensable. In ancient times, various types of cheong were used …
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By ARI LEVAUX
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7/2/25
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Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2024 Top of the Town contest. Bon appétit!
Conrad’s Grill – all locations
No-frills eateries offering a wide array of …
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7/2/25
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There’s a selection of Mexican restaurants in East Lansing, but Barrio is something special. It isn’t just because it’s more of a bar than a traditional restaurant, giving off …
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By COURTNEY BOWERMAN
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7/2/25
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Trucking company owners Yasmin Lopez and Juan Jose Alejandrez bought Lansing’s old Elks lodge not for the building itself, but for the acre of empty space behind it.
By the time they …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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6/25/25
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I don’t have air conditioning in my house or car, yet despite this and the recent high temperatures, I couldn’t deny a strange and sudden craving for ramen this past …
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By LIZY FERGUSON
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6/25/25
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We shook hands to make it official. If my tacos were the best ever, as claimed, I would win the wager. Otherwise, victory would go to my adversary. It was admittedly the most audacious of claims, the …
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By ARI LEVAUX
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6/25/25
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Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2024 Top of the Town contest. Bon appétit!
Bravo! Italian Kitchen
Upscale-casual Italian chain serving pasta, pizza, …
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6/25/25
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It was the tofu that first attracted my attention. During the thick of the pandemic, we were all staying home.
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By GABRIELLE LAWRENCE & BRYAN BEVERLY
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6/18/25
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Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2024 Top of the Town contest. Bon appétit!
Bravo! Italian Kitchen
Upscale-casual Italian chain serving pasta, pizza, grilled …
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6/18/25
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Ice cream is a wildly popular dessert, with an estimated 15.4 billion liters consumed each year around the world, according to the World Atlas. New Zealand consumes more ice cream than any other …
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METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION
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6/18/25
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Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2024 Top of the Town contest. Bon appétit!
Dublin Square
Upscale Irish pub with a pub-grub menu, plus live bands and …
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6/11/25
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I’ve always enjoyed Good Truckin’ Diner’s fun and tasty breakfast creations, but I struggled to relax within its small confines in REO Town. Recently, though, it relocated to the …
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By LIZY FERGUSON
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6/11/25
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Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2024 Top of the Town contest. Bon appétit!
Arctic Corner
Ice cream stand serving soft serve, sundaes and twists
314 E. …
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6/4/25
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The Lansing area doesn’t have any Sonic restaurants, but the next best thing is Nip N Sip Drive In on the city’s north side. Like Sonic, it’s a drive-in establishment where you can …
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By COURTNEY BOWERMAN
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6/4/25
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When former BlackDog Coffee owner Lisa Barna decided to close up shop, she had already tapped her successor.
Foster Coffee Co. co-owner Nicholas Pidek had helped Barna set up shop in 2022, and …
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By Leo V. Kaplan
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6/4/25
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