The Lansing poll winner of Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining is a deck over the Looking Glass River
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
Posted Feb 20, 2021
Fabiano s River House Bar & Grill is beautiful at night in Portland, Michigan. It was the poll winner for Michigan s Best Outdoor Dining in the Lansing area.Courtesy of Fabiano s Riverhouse Bar & Grill
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PORTLAND, MI - Oh, that deck.
In the summer time, when there’s no pandemic, the deck over the Looking Glass River at Fabiano’s River House Bar & Grill in Portland is rocking. Live music on the weekends, a huge fireplace, big big crowds and good times.
Photo Gallery of Dewitt, Early 1900s
Dewitt has the distinction of being the first permanent settlement in Clinton County.
The village and the county were named after politician De Witt Clinton, whose idea for a waterway through Michigan gave way to the Erie Canal in 1825. Clinton was the governor of New York from 1825-1828, a few years before Dewitt was settled.
It finally was settled in 1833 by David Scott and his family on the north side of Looking Glass River. However, Frederick Boles bought and settled land south of the river and platted a village there in 1837. In answer, Scott platted his own village on the north side in 1841; it was eventually given the name “De Witt”, years later conjoined as simply “Dewitt”. Unfortunately for Boles, he didn t – or couldn t – pay his taxes and the state took his land away from him in 1842.