How to vote for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining in our 11 regional polls
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Outdoor dining can be beautiful on a sunset night in Michigan. This is from the Hearthstone Bistro in Muskegon, Michigan.Courtesy of Hearthstone Bistro
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It’s time to get cozy, Michigan!
We want to find the best restaurants offering creativity and fun destinations in our search for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining.
We need your help, again.
We received more than 130 nominations and some great emails from you, telling us about your favorite restaurants across the state.
Regional Polls
The deadline to vote is 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29.
Vote now for Muskegon and the Lakeshore area’s Best Outdoor Dining
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
The Hearthstone Bistro at 3350 Glade St. installed dining igloos in order comply with outdoor dining restrictions. (Ben Soyars | Hearthstone Bistro)
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Time to bundle up!
We’re trying to determine who has the best outdoor dining in the Muskegon and Lakeshore area. It’s time to make your vote count as part of our search for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining.
We took your local nominations over the last several days and compiled this list of four entries. Thank you so much.
Starting now you can vote once per email address, every three hours. (Poll below.) You can also write in your votes if we missed your favorite spot.
Dave Woodruff steps up in crunch time
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Durango’s face of the restaurant industry has been busy By Patrick Armijo Education, business & real estate reporter
Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 5:03 AM Dave Woodruff, general manager at El Moro Spirits and Tavern and president of the Durango chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association, has led efforts to assist the industry as it faces unprecedented stress during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dave Woodruff steps up in crunch time Dave Woodruff, general manager at El Moro Spirits and Tavern and president of the Durango chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association, has led efforts to assist the industry as it faces unprecedented stress during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One Martini, Ice Cold, With a Blanket and a Scarf
Drinking outdoors in the winter, thanks to Covid, can be painful, but bar owners are trying to make it feel like fun or at least less frigid.
Curling, anyone? Marcus at Nohu, the chef Marcus Samuelsson’s rooftop hotel bar in Weehawken, N.J., has a rink to keep customers moving in the cold.Credit.Adam Friedlander for The New York Times
By Robert Simonson
Jan. 21, 2021
In winters past, Del Pedro, an owner of Tooker Alley in Brooklyn, responded to snowfall by inviting a group of friends to drink martinis in the bar’s frigid backyard. Called the Polar Bear Martini Club, the gatherings were a wry gesture of hearty determination tossed into the teeth of inclement weather.
A New Good City Brewing
Plus: New Puerto Rican restaurant, Snack Boys is transformed, and goodbye Original Pancake House on Downer. By Michael Holloway - Jan 17th, 2021 06:38 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Good City Brewing’s Pils
Good City Brewing is gearing up to open its third taproom, this time at Mayfair Collection in Wauwatosa. The Brewery will take over the 8,000-square-foot building previously home to ABV Social Space, which permanently closed its doors at the end of 2020 after four years of business. If all goes according to plan, the taproom could open sometime this spring. BizTimes’
“When (Mayfair Collection developer) HSA reached out to us late last year about opening a new location, our initial thought was that we were crazy for even entertaining the idea,” Katt said in a news release. “But a pillar of our business since day one has been risk taking, and we thought the opening of this taproom would time well with vaccina