Zal Gaz Grotto is one of those places I always SAY I should go to on a weeknight, until work…read moreinterferes. Not this time, since I'm on the road, and family is involved. For the uninitiated, ZGG is an organization for master masons, whose charitable cause is providing dental care for special needs children. It does so through providing a venue for food and music. Many Monday nights, the Paul Keller Orchestra provides the music. The night we attended, they were Paul-Kellerless, but with special guests. Therese H.'s brother is regular in the PKO, and we enjoyed this opportunity to hear them play. Good drinks, good music, fun times. Pro tip: bring your concert ear plugs. Thanks ZGG.

Great place to enjoy music and others who enjoy dancing. Am looking forward to our next visitread more

Excellent venue for meetings and meals. I attended a memorial service and found the lobby…read morecomfortable and neat; I the meeting room was excellent with tables and chairs. The meal was superb.

The food was upscale the best but I'm gluten free Hardly a…read moregluten free selection The location was convenient with plenty of parking Lovely decorated

We spent a couple nights at Stone Chalet, and are glad we did. It's about one mile from where…read moreTherese H. grew up, and near the homes of two other family members. More important to you, it's nestled in a beautiful neighborhood about one mile to most elements of the U of M central campus. So you can walk, if you're so inclined, and five to ten minutes in a car gets you to any number of important or interesting places. Parking is on the street, which turned out to be no problem, as there always were plenty of spaces near the entry sidewalk. Perhaps it's helpful to say that the Stone Chalet campus is the site of a former Unitarian church. That's how I remember it, driving/jogging by during student years. Therese remembers it was the site of piano recitals. Anyway, the former "main building" has been converted to an event center (we didn't spend much time there) and the former parsonage converted to guest quarters. Our room was Alice-in-Wonderland themed, spacious and cozy for an autumn visit. Breakfast was ordered via an app, with many choices, including gluten-free options for Therese. If you want a good and even inspiring conversation, seek out the owner Vincent, who can share some fascinating stories about real estate and his efforts to purchase, maintain, and make profitable the Stone Chalet property. We enjoyed our time here, and wish Vincent, Daisy, family and staff, all the best. Thank you, Stone Chalet.

Daisy & Ruby were incredibly attentive. They helped me every step of the way and made sure I knew…read moreexactly what was going on. This venue is a tight nit family and the perfect place for a small intimate wedding.

This is a very nice facility for events and expos. I appreciate the variety of events they bring to…read morethe area and being able to check out tons of vendors in one place for whichever thing you are interested in. I don't like having to pay for tickets and then pay an additional fee for parking.

Decided to go check out some craft vendors at the Showplace…read more The craft show was located at the left side of the building or Hall A. Lots of 3D Print, crocheted items, resin pieces, wood craft items, dog focused vendors. Already printed t-shirts and homemade clothing items and custom wreaths. It was a quick visit, nothing caught my eye, took a second look at some knitted hats. Mostly inexpensive items being sold.

I toured both of their locations and I was extremely disappointed. Everything looked cheap and…read morechuegy.. my tour was lead by the owner of the business (Amy) and you could see right through her fake smile. I overheard her talking to her employee Jess when I got there from around the corner and I was pretty disgusted with what I heard. Im so glad I dodged all the red flags at this venue. These are not people you want in charge of your wedding.... The mean girl energy was strong there.

Due to COVID I had to postpone my wedding 3 times and start from scratch with finding a new venue…read more This honestly was the best thing that could have ever happened because Amy brought our perfect wedding to life! This venue is hands down amazing :) What I love most about this venue is all of the different options for my guests. For those guests who do not like to dance, they can go outside and play games (cornhole, hillbilly golf, ect.) or even roast marshmallows and catch up with friends who they have not seen in over a year. It's awesome! Amy you are the best and I will be forever grateful for you and your staff :) If you want the perfect wedding book here!

A nice place to hang out during the day with some food establishments, plenty of seating, good…read moreWiFi. Located near lots of classroom buildings and museums. Pretty spacious and never feels like it's overcrowded with students even at busy times. Could definitely use a little updating in terms of furniture and overall architecture. Also, I would love if there could be more local businesses represented inside rather than generic crappy chains like Panda Express and Subway, especially since these chains are just as expensive and hard on a student wallet now (eg a bowl from Qdoba is the same price as a bowl from Kosmo's Bop Shop). Also, the Panera in the Union suffers from severe mismanagement - they are so disorganized and don't seem to know what they're doing. Every time I order a drink through the app the cup never makes it onto the shelf. It's baffling. Lastly, I regularly go to the Blue Market in the lower level to refill gift cards and none of the student workers have any idea how to do it and need to get a manager. Overall it's not the students' fault but whoever runs the Union needs to step it up.

Incredible institution and beautiful Union. Multiple coffee shops and other food options on the 1st…read morefloor. Meeting space and large conference rooms in the others.

I love these old train depot buildings and I find myself wishing that train travel was a bigger…read morepart of the US infrastructure today. This Victorian facility was actively used for about 100 years until the 1980s when Amtrak, which by then was the operator of most of the remaining US passenger train operations, decided to cease service to Chelsea. The effort to restore the building began in 1985 by concerned members of the community who formed the Chelsea Depot Association. They clearly have done a superb job. It now appears to function as an event venue for weddings, etc. It also remains a structure to admire on the exterior as well.

We needed a last minute venue to host a funeral luncheon. The Chelsea train depot was the perfect…read moreplace, even if you aren't "into" trains. Lucky for us, the man we were honoring was. Marsi was just wonderful to interact with. She was so helpful to help me plan around all the other things that were going on unexpectedly. The process of renting the space was easy and she able to email all the papers i needed and was quick to answer all my questions. I dont quite remember the capacity of the depot but we were able to set up many tables and chairs (that are provided in the rental). The kitchen area was large and cold and warm storage was available. We rented in the month of december and the depot was decorated lovely.

This updated review is for Cornman Farms' Thanksgiving offerings! It was just going to be us and we…read morewere headed out of town the day after so we wanted something easy and delicious. Check & check from Cornman Farms! The food was honestly so so delicious - we had the: *Thanksgiving Turkey (Our turkey is brined in thyme, sage, rosemary, garlic, shallots, juniper berries and black pepper then cooked sous vide for 24 hours to slowly develop the flavor, growing juicy and succulent along the way. The turkey is served semi-deconstructed with the turkey crown separated and wishbone removed. The legs, thighs and back meat are all hand-pulled for easy display and serving. This will be the most delicious turkey your family has ever tasted. ) - they had portions for 4 or 8 so we got the 4....it was PLENTY of food even though it didn't seem like it at first. No dry turkey for us this year as this was wonderfully succulent indeed! *Crookneck Squash Soup ( Crookneck squash is at its peak in late November and is our favorite choice for our creamy squash soup. Its deep orange color, sweet and nutty flavor is the perfect start to your Thanksgiving feast!) - Kind of like a butternut squash soup and this was sooo silky, luscious with a touch of sweetness. I was obsessed with this soup! *Crispy Stuffing (Our immensely flavorful and crispy breadcrumb stuffing is made with sage, thyme, rosemary, onion, garlic, celery and leeks. This stuffing is made with meat stock.) - my only complaint is that I should've ordered 2 of these!! This was so great - no soggy stuffing from Cornman! *Turkey Gravy - It came with a really great guide on re-heating and timing. So clutch and we followed it to a tee for a perfect Thanksgiving meal. I also will note - I forgot to order an item and THEN a week later, I asked to move up my pick up time. Each time, Tabitha responded IMMEDIATELY and was so kind about it. So shout out Tabitha! FYI - they moved the pick up location! It's actually fairly intuitive as it's now in the main barn. It was really nice that they had hot tea and coffee available for free as it was frigid out. What a nice touch. Will definitely be ordering again from Cornman Farms!

Happy ten year anniversary Cornman Farms!! What a fabulous space with wonderful food programming…read moreand a fantastically caring team. We had our "elopement" package wedding here and it was such a smooth and easy experience from start to finish, with an online portal to log communications and action items. The CMF team kept us organized with to do lists, and were quickly responsive to any questions. They were kind, courteous, and professional. Even though it is their day to day job, they really modeled the enthusiasm and care for our event as if it was just as special to them as it was to us! I love that the elopement package really included everything - florals, photography, dinner, cake, event coordinator, officiant, etc, so that we didn't have to really plan or figure out any outside vendors. The sit down dinner menu was curated with our input, featuring farm to table chef creations. Just an example of the level of customer service - my mother in law really loved the fennel fried broccoli we had with dinner. I messaged the team after our wedding on Instagram just noting that we loved it and wondering if they might share a hint on how it was prepared so we could attempt to recreate (and of course would have understood if they couldn't share any info)... they ended up emailing me the actual recipe and were glad we loved! Besides our wedding, we have also enjoyed visiting for their food pop ups! The fish and chips dinner is huge and tasty, and we have loved the pie and mash as well. They have a nice online shop where you can order food and beverage items to go as well as other merchandise. We also love that we can get a slice of our wedding cake (a classic Zingerman's flavor) from the bakehouse more or less whenever we want :). Overall, what makes this venue stand out the most is their people and their kindness in genuinely wanting people to have great experiences here. Highly recommend!