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Meet the Codfather: He’s got a Michigan fish fry offer you can’t refuse
Updated Mar 18, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
Every Lenten season, chef Lee Burmeister is known as The Codfather. He operates his Hard Knocks Food Truck in Grand Ledge, Michigan. It is parked from 4-8 p.m. Fridays in front of Sanctuary Spirits. He serves walleye and cod, of course. It s not uncommon for him to sell 200-300 dinners on those nights.John Gonzalez
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But by night, especially during the busy Lenten Fish Fry season, Lee Burmeister becomes “The Codfather.”
“It just happened accidentally,” said Burmeister, who with his wife, Abbie, runs the Hard Knocks Food Truck in Grand Ledge. “A few years ago after a busy Friday fish fry, I was cuttin’ it up with my kitchen staff and told them they can call me ‘The Codfather.’
A wildlife club is serving up Ann Arbor’s best fish fry with 1,000 dinners a week.
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
The Friday night fish fry at the Livingston County Wildlife and Conservation Club is a pretty big deal. They were named the top fish fry in the Ann Arbor area by MLive readers.Courtesy Photo, used with permission.
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ANN ARBOR, MI-MLive readers named the Livingston County Wildlife and Conservation Club as their pick for the Ann Arbor area’s best fish fry. A private club, that opens to the public for their popular fish fry, has pivoted over the last year from indoor dining to an incredibly popular outdoor, drive thru dining experience.
U.P.’s Best Fish Fry dates back 50 years
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
The Swallow Inn in Rapid River, Michigan, was voted as Best Fish Fry in the Upper Peninsula. It was originally a boarding house when it opened in 1890.Courtesy of Bel Photography
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That’s until Trudy Boyer took it over in May of 1997.
“Most of the owners have been 10 years in and out,” she said with a laugh. “I guess they couldn’t take it any more..I’ve passed up every owner by 10 years.”
The Swallow Inn was the Upper Peninsula poll winner for Michigan’s Best Fish Fry. It had nearly 19 percent of the vote, edging out The Longbranch in Faithorn, which had 17.3 percent of the vote. Nearby Jack’s Restaurant in Rapid River finished third with 5.4 percent. (See the full poll results below.)
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