This is really the reason I’m glad I went with the burger over the chicken. There was a huge stack of hand cut, crispy potato sticks. The sandwich came with fries and they were pretty amazing. It was tasty but there was too much of it. It was layered on pretty thick on both the top and bottom bun. I didn’t ask for the aioli to be left off and in hindsight I should have. The meat patty was enveloped in a layer of cheese and the bacon was actually pretty crispy consider how thick it was. I added on a slice of thick cut bacon for two bucks. This sandwich is a patty made of a chuck and bacon blend topped with a thick slice of American cheese, shaved red onion, lettuce, and a roasted garlic aioli on a poppyseed bun. I was really, really tempted to try the Pickle Brined Chicken, but I stuck to my habits and ordered the Burger. The menu options at Long Road are salads, entrees, or sandwiches. She was disappointed the slushy was gone but was not disappointed in this drink replacement. This drink is Michigin (get it…it’s gin), Cherry Liqueur, citrus, soda, and a sage leaf. J’s second choice after the slushy was a drink called Swipe Left. It was sweet from the cherry but still boozy. I have no idea what most of those ingredients are but they made for a really tasty drink. This drink is Straight Corn Whiskey, Rock ‘n Rye syrup, demerara, aromatic bitters, and a Michigan cherry. There are options for whiskey flights but I actually wanted a drink so I picked the Devil’s Work. In fact, our food came out before our drinks did.Ĭocktails aren’t really my thing so I just chose the one with whiskey that sounded good to me. The waitress told us the bar wanted to make both of our drinks at the same time so by now, we’re pushing fifteen minutes with no drinks. Unfortunately, after about another ten minutes, the waitress comes over and tells us that drink is no longer available. The Emerald City is a slushy made with blueberry liqueur, rose, and orange. J put in an order for a GR Restaurant Week special. It took quite a while for her to actually make our way to us and by then, we had more than enough time to look over the large cocktail menu. The first waitress brought us drink and dinner menus and said our waitress would be right over. Instead of an antique bar, the design choice was a much newer, bright, streamlined bar that accents the tin ceilings and dark floors above and below it. The design choices seem to blend the historic look of the building with a modern, sleeker style in the furniture.
There’s also a pretty large bar right as you walk in the door. We picked a table near the window looking back out at the rush of traffic on Leonard Street. There were a variety of seating options from picnic tables, to pub tables, to four tops.
#Long road distillers windows
A waitress told us to grab a seat anywhere in the large dining room lit by natural light coming in from the large windows that surround the outside of the space. We walked in to a fairly empty restaurant at a little after 5:00. We hopped off the Interstate at Wealthy and weaved through downtown to find a gravel parking lot just a few doors down that had signs saying we could park there. A crash on US-131 NB slowed traffic to a crawl. Getting to Grand Rapids northside was a mess on this Friday rush hour. The building from the 1880’s was a clothing store called Urban Fit for many years before being turned into a distillery but had a long life before that as many different things. The distillery and restaurant sit at the corner of Leonard Street and Quarry Avenue. Long Road Distillers is on Grand Rapids northside. I thought we’d do something different and do cocktails before the show instead of a beer flight. I knew Long Road existed but didn’t realize they had a kitchen. Long Road Distillers is the restaurant I chose after seeing a segment on EightWest earlier in the day.
#Long road distillers tv
I had to come up with a Plan B quickly and once again, having a local lifestyle show on TV for white noise gave me a great idea. Our original plan was to stop at Four Roses Cafe in Plainwell for dinner on our way to Grand Rapids but we realized they don’t open until 5:00. L is in Wisconsin with J’s parents so we were set up for a pretty good night out. We got my mom and aunt to come to town to watch B. They put out a new album which means a new tour and a stop in Grand Rapids gave us an opportunity to see them for the sixth time. The group disbanded for a few years but recently got back together after the whole solo thing didn’t really work out for either of them. Since then, we’ve seen Sugarland four more times. One of the first dates J and I ever went on was to see Sugarland at the Illinois State Fair.
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