Tag: Restaurant
Our Remodeled McDonalds
For many years when we gave directions to our house we would always say to turn after the 50’s McDonalds, but now we will have to say turn after the European style McDonalds which has been under remodelling all winter and spring long with just the drive thru opened. Today, after coming home from a lunch with Grandma, James and his Dad saw the new design McDonalds is opened and so we stopped in and ordered a couple cokes (we had just ate with Grandma at Red Robins so we were not hungry). Its very neat and clean with the option of ordering from stations as well as waiting in line.
However, I miss the old 50’s McDonald with Superman crashing through the glass.
A Visit To Ford Garage Restaurant
What a fun place to eat the Ford Garage was. Its located near Greenfield Village on Michigan Avenue a few blocks from the Oakwood/Michigan Ave intersection. Its only been open about 6 months or so, but it is sure worth a visit. There are two bars and a huge television (along with dozens of other television scattered about) so its a perfect place to watch the big game. There are two bars there, each with an old Ford vehicle above them with the wheels spinning to create a wonderful atmosphere similar to Greenfield Village.
Manuels Taco Hut at Christmas
Each year we go to Manuels Taco Hut for their Halloween display, but this year we wanted to do something different and see their Christmas display. It was well worth it and at least as good as the Halloween one. Lots of decoration above us including a choo choo train that goes along the entire restaurant and plenty of “bumble” (the abominable snowman from Rudolph). James had a great time and enjoyed the food as well. All in all a very fun trip.
Daves Barbecue Restaurant
Mom has been trying to get to Dave’s Barbecue for the past year, yet something always comes up and we don’t seem to make it. Finally all the moons and stars and planets aligned and we were able to take her to Dave’s for a barbecue feast. James loved the food as well and said to put it on his list of good restaurants (which is a very small list to be sure). We now have two favorite rib places, Boneyard which is North of us a few miles, and Daves, which is South of us a few miles.
Grandma and Red Robins
We had lunch with Grandma at Red Robins and James ordered his usual “hot wings”. We made it to the restaurant before noon and had no problem getting seated, in fact Grandma asked for our usual seat (which is the first one). After the meal we went to Spirit Halloween (which was on the way home) and looked at all the new decorations for 2016. Grandma enjoyed the haunted dolls while James enjoyed trying on hats including a sailors cap that made him look a little like Gilligan.
After Spirit Halloween we took a quick drive through Hines park where lots of activities were taking place. It was a beautiful August day, not too hot and not too humid and a drive through the park just seemed right.
Earlier in the day we stopped at Aunt Pegs and James did his usual vacuuming for Aunt Peg, then went across the street to return bottles to get himself a little spending cash. Aunt Peg hopes to see Richard down in September for her birthday and we certainly hopes he makes it as well.
Joe’s Crab Shack 2016
Its been a while (over 5 years) since we last enjoyed a visit to Joe’s Crab Shack but that changed today as we were in Warren shopping and decided to visit the famous restaurant. James has developed a bit of a taste for crab legs so we thought we would treat him to a place that specializes in crab legs. We all bought our own crab leg tool to take home as a kind of souvenir and also in case we ever decide to try to make these at home.
Of course Dad enjoys this place because of the big shark hanging from the ceiling but admitted the crab legs were good.
Frankenmuth Spring 2016
What started out as a simple trip to the post office ended being a great time in Frankenmuth. After dropping of some packages at the Post Office James wanted to know where 1 mile is. He thought it was Ford road so we set the trip odometer to zero at Ford road and found out Ford road is actually zero mile road and Warren is 1 mile road. We kept clocking the mile roads till we got to Pontiac, then decided to head to Frankenmuth since we were already half way there. 75 North was closed so we picked up 75 in Waterford and had a great time. James bought several books at a book sale at the River Place Shops, Dad got a haunted train engine at Bronners, and Mom got to do some antique shopping. Afterward we at lunch at the Bavarian Inn (where James actually bought lunch for a horse). On the way home traffic on 75 in Pontiac again slowed us down but it hardly put a damper on a great day with great weather in a great little tourist town.
Final Restaurant Meal of 2015
And the winner is … Red Robins.
You just have got to love the burgers and soups at this place (and whoever came up with the idea for stacking onion rings on a vertical stick should be given an award for genius). James usually gets wings or pizza when visiting here as he is not a hamburger fan.
We met our friend Dynamike here and exchanged Christmas gifts. Dynamike is a magician so we got him a few magic tricks to add to his already large repetoire. Dynamike has performed twice at the White House and has been on television too many times to list here.
For New Years Eve we thought the place was a little quiet, one would expect more things to be happening on this day. Maybe people don’t go out as much on New Years eve as they used to, or maybe they just don’t go to restaurants on New Years Eve.
Halloween at Manuels Taco Hut 2015
Our tradition at Manuels Taco Hut continues as we at their Halloween day for lunch. The place opened at 1pm and their was a line outside well before it opened. Luckily we made it in the first seating so we did not have to wait for people to finish. We noticed a couple new things including a clown mirror, a talking girl corpse, and a un-living portrait that actually used the same program that we use, only they have it in a much larger frames. James ordered chicken nuggets and french fries while Mom and Dad got their usual burrito meal.
One thing that we noticed was missing was the singing pirate in the treasure chest, wonder if they are just rotating their props or if something happened to him? When we left it had just begun to sprinkle so it looks like we will have a wet Halloween for the 3rd year in a row.
Manuel’s Taco Hut is located on Ecorse Road in Taylor MI (just East of Pelham Road) and is open year round.
Halloween at Manuels Taco Hut 2014
For the third year now we made it to Manuels Taco Hut for their Halloween event. I do not know how many years in a row it takes before its considered an annual event but it certainly is well on its way for this family. They have the entire restaurant decorated for Halloween in black with glow in the dark spider webs on the ceiling and ultraviolet lights everywhere. Halloween music fills the air and several of the decorations came to life and performed for us while we were there.James enjoyed the event as always and its a great way for us to get back into the Halloween spirit especially after a weekend of Halloween at James party. Located at 16806 Ecorse Road in Allen Park, Manuels Taco Hut seats 48 in a cozy dining room atmosphere that is perfect for Halloween. The place is usually packed so its best to arrive between lunch and dinner or you may experience a long wait.
