Time to vote for Best Fish Fry in Flint and Thumb region
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
Fish is served during the Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church fish fry on Friday, March 8, 2019. The church in Michigan Center goes through about 1,200 pounds of fish each week, serving about 1,000 people between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.J. Scott Park | MLive.com
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FLINT, MI - It’s fish fry time, folks.
Thanks for all your nominations. We had more than 360 nominations across the state, including 44 in the Flint and Thumb area in our search for Michigan’s Best Fish Fry.
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.
Local Eats: Chelsea’s newest restaurant is burger joint meets sushi bar and more
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
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CHELSEA, MI – Just feet from the city’s iconic clock tower there’s a hot new restaurant in Chelsea serving up burgers, sushi and upscale entrees.
Seven years ago, Jason and Suzei Povlich, who also own the Rumpus Room craft beer bar and several local Jet’s Pizza franchises, resolved to bring a sushi restaurant to their hometown. When Chelsea Alehouse relocated in 2018, they saw an opportunity and opened The Grateful Crow.
“Probably the biggest thing I hear is that Chelsea needs another good restaurant that’s different,” Jason Povlich said. “So you know, we went to town with it.”
Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining: See winners from across the state
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
We had more than 130 nominations for Michigan s Best Outdoor Dining. The Hearthstone Bistro in Muskegon - a great place for date night - was the winner of the Muskegon and Lakeshore Poll. See all of our 11 regional poll winners below.Courtesy of Ben Soyars
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The next week it’s 40 degrees.
That’s Michigan for you.
Regardless of the weather, one thing we know for sure, restaurant and bar owners across the state have been working hard to meet your needs, and to offer a variety of dining options.
How this tiny village made its local bar the Best Outdoor Dining spot in Northern Michigan
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
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Along with friend Julie Saunders, they took over ownership of the bar on Oct. 28.
After some remodeling, painting and cleaning, they reopened it on Nov. 14.
Then, four days later, they had to close for indoor dining like all Michigan restaurants to adhere to health department guidelines because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“But it was a fantastic four days,” Jeff Lay said.
“The locals were all pouring back in, and they were happy what we had done with the place, and excited we didn’t change the name or get rid of any of the artifacts or history that’s in the bar.”
Ann Arbor outdoor dining poll winner has enticing dishes, great ambiance
Posted Feb 13, 2021
Pacific Rim in Ann Arbor was picked as the area s best outdoor dining. Asian inspired dished come out gorgeously plated.Pacific Rim Courtesy Photo, used with permission.
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Garnering votes from around the world, Pacific Rim by Kana was named the poll winner for the Ann Arbor region in our search for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining. This popular downtown spot has been serving the community for 20 years, and offers Asian inspired cuisine created by a the chef owner who just happens to have degrees in both biochemistry and theology.