My wife and I tried Farmhouse Kitchen & Market for the first time last night. We moved from Grand…read moreRapids to the Montague area 8 years ago. To say we missed the great food scene in GR is an understatement. We certainly found a gem in Farmhouse. The ambiance at Farmhouse is upscale but not too stuffy. The service was excellent. We had the wagu sirloin. My wife said it was the best steak she has had in a long time. The highlight for me was when I gave AJ, the bartender, a fun challenge to make up a bourbon based drink for me. AJ accepted my challenge and came up with an amazing fall spiced bourbon drink using Iron Fish's maple bourbon. Farmhouse is located on a golf course and closes on November 1 through the winter. We are already planning another meal there before they close.

The restaurant was painfully loud. It was obvious they had tried to fix the noise problem by adding…read moresome padding to the ceiling, but it was nowhere near enough. The food was equally disappointing. The cheese on our grilled cheese wasn't even melted, and the Reuben sandwich came without Thousand Island dressing--we had to ask for it. The staff were unfriendly and left dirty plates on our table, leaving us with no room for our own food. We had high hopes for this place, but it was a huge letdown. We left with a headache.

Great Pizza! Bar tender was very nice and helpful. Nice list of Michigan brewed beers to choose…read morefrom.

When we first walked in we were served our first beer. Shortly after it seemed as if we were…read morepurposely being ignored. After attempting to flag our bartender down we finally got a response from another person in the bar who was able to bring us one single menu for 3 people. After our menu we sat and waited a half hour and watched everyone else around us get acknowledged and served. 30 minutes later we put enough cash on the bar to cover drinks and walked out. This bar seems to only cater to locals. I truly had high hopes when I walked in. If your from out of town just go to Applebees your better off.

Ok, TLB is brewery #263 for me. This was my second brewery for today before heading off to my hotel…read moreand it was definitely a great stop. I always try to review a brewery based on beers alone but sometimes it's hard. Sometimes I stop in and the vibe is just not good, or the service sucks, but neither was the case here. Great vibe, friendly staff and patrons. And as I will get to in a moment, the beer was great too. This is a small brewery with a one barrel system and a small tasting room. It's size belies it's impact though. The beers were really good, although I will not review them in depth individually. Sorry but I ended up chatting with Jameson, the owner, as well as a couple of patrons at the bar. The beer highlights for me were the blueberry and the barrel aged red. SWPFTD would enjoy the barrel aged red. In fact it might have made her PD if you know what I mean. You probably don't but if you don't take the time to figure it out you never will. Your loss... Of course your loss could be your time in figuring it out. This is going to be a short but enthusiastic review. I would definitely recommend stopping in at Third Life Brewing if you are in the area. Of course it would be really hard to stop in if you aren't in the area. In fact I'm hoping to stop in again since I missed picking up a TLB sticker for my RV fridge which is covered in brewery stickers. Maybe Jameson will read this and reach out to offer up a sticker. (Awesome name by the way...) If anyone is a glutton for punishment, please, follow my brewery, and distillery, reviews from across the U.S. and beyond! https://www.yelp.com/collection/-8iscFkpiiCI563-FDfwGg and if anyone is wondering who SWPFTD is you will have to check out my review of Black Market Brewing Co in Temecula, CA to understand. Yes, you will need to read into it a little to get the joke but I have confidence in you! I hope my confidence is not misplaced.

Brewery #266 Third…read moreLife Brewing is a true microbrewery: a small brewery doing good craft beer with no food and no frills. Third Life is located in the former office of an old warehouse that I believe was an old Iron Ore company ( if memory serves me right). The brewery even has the old safe still in wall. I got my usual flight that consisted of Cat Jammin'-Raspberry (Raspberry Wheat), Tomtoberfest (Marzen), S.S. Dankowiak (DIPA) and the Duke of Witch Tree (Hazy IPA). All of them were really good but the S.S. Dankowiak was the star of my flight board. Cool atmosphere with lots of table and board games. Good music playing and a cool brewery sticker. Who doesn't love a bear in a canoe?

Quaint bar vibe, with ample bar seating to enjoy a beer on tap. The Alaskan brown ale is cold and…read moreperfect accomplice to chase down the burgers. Burgers are delicious hand patties and cooked to your specifications. These are "notorious" as they claim. Service was quick, friendly and there if you need them. They have soups still and offer up specials.

My mom and dad chose this place for lunch during our first day traveling. I got the bbq pulled…read morepork sandwich with house chips. I usually have really bad food anxiety and can't finish my food, but I was able to finish my entire sandwich because it was so good. Everyone enjoyed their food and had a good time here overall. Staff were also friendly and added to the positive experience. If you are in Pentwater, Brown Bear is a great place to stop.

Service - eleventy billion stars. Highly engaging and funny. Star of the show. The vibe in here…read morecannot be denied. It's a really fun space and a great place to come with friends. Carbonnade - delish. Would 100% order this again, and possibly in the bread bowl next time! I love that you can just order a cup tho, to see if you enjoy it first. I love places that give you portion choices. Belgian Onion soup - oddly boring with oddly boring bread that tasted too much like the gas it was grilled with. The onion soup sadly didn't have a whole lot of flavor on its own. It needed a lot more salt. And the bread that was topped with on top of it had the flavor of the gas from the grill that they grilled it. And it's soaked up a lot of the soup because the bread itself is pretty spongy for a French bread. I appreciate that there you are making it in-house though. Overall, maybe not as good as a traditional French onion soup. Could have used a lot more flavor of its own. Endive salad - great, if you like blue cheese! This and the Carbonnade were the standout dishes for me. I wolfed this down. This also comes in a small or large size, which meant we got to try more menu items without ending up with too many leftovers! Frikandelle - ok no. Idk man. A miss on almost all levels for me. Cheese sauce was nice! Burger was...dry. slaw was...pickley. There was...too much bread? This was also somewhat dry, unfortunately. This dish sounded great on paper to me, but it and I were just not a match in the end. Hot chicken & waffle - The chicken is very crispy and the breading tastes really good. The maple syrup is very light and the whole syrup and hot bit tastes like a mapley sauce which is pretty nice. The slaw on it with kale is pretty good. Not overpowering, sweet or saucy. It has kale in it which is interesting. The pickles are nice. There's kind of like a sweet bread and butter pickle and are really good, but I think I prefer them off of the sandwich. The waffle itself is pretty weak and wet and not very crispy. If they worked on the waffle, this could be a pretty stellar dish. It was our server's top recommendation! Sunday night 7 pm, busy but only a 5 min wait. Everyone who helped us, from hostess to bill, was outstandingly kind and very personable. These are passionate, knowledgable people who seem to be having a lot of fun. It's infectious! Even though we didn't enjoy some of the things we ordered as much as we wanted to, we thoroughly enjoyed our time here and would look forward to coming back here in the future, even just for drinks and hanging out, in the future!

Yummy! Yummy! The Unicorn Tavern delivers on all fronts: creatively cozy, delicious food, and…read morewelcoming staff. I love how this area is decorated with old doors dividing the booths. The indoor/ outdoor space blends together in the warmer months with cool hangout spaces and game areas. This place is truly a work of art. Drink lists abound, but because it was lunchtime we stuck to food. We were not disappointed. Everything was well conceived and delicious. I can't wait to come back and try the bone bread next time, stew and scrumptious sounding salads. Today we had the kids smash burger, Brussels burger with frites and fried haddock and frites with a delicious coleslaw. The best part? Different sauces to choose to dip the fries in. The curry ketchup was the best (special shout out for *actually* cooking the curry into the ketchup) as it did not taste of raw curry. They definitely don't cut corners here. We noticed, and we appreciated it. We will be back.

Under new management and now there is full service. Food is plentiful and delicious. Everyone is…read morevery friendly. Lots of beer and beverage choices. If you haven't been here lately, check it out.

Great cider, nice and tart! Sarrah was the best bartender and has good taste in wine. The…read moreTagabrew charm is genuinely the cutest one I've seen.

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and you are always glad you came!!!…read more Great beer and the staff is awesome. Go in, get a beer, live a little!

A great local brewery - I've only been in the "off season" and I can't wait to see more on the tap…read morelist in the upcoming months. My current favorites were the Irish red and coffee stout.

Great service! Love the Italian beef sandwich, the pretzel hotdogs and the ground beef Philly…read morecheesesteak.

Good, diverse selection of beer, cider, and other drinks. Food was good, too. Worth a stop!!read more

As a DD, I had the best experience at Rake Beer Project…read more I also cannot have sugar and wanted a non-alcoholic choice other than water or the usual one flavored diet soda. I asked the bartender (I wish I would have got his name) if they had any options for me given those 3 things, and he came up with a DELICIOUS sugar free iced coffee option that was so good that one of the friends who had been drinking all night decided she wanted one to go along with her beer. It's sometimes hard as the DD to find a place with any variety and I was so happy to have a place make me a priority too. After all, your DDs are getting those drinkers safely to and from your establishment to bring in those big bucks - so you should give them a little thank you by treating them nicely as well. Thanks Rake Beer Project, for going above and beyond.

We got breakfast take out on Saturday, 11/29/25 around 11:30am after recommendations from The Crue…read morewhile getting a haircut. The service was great and the food and coffee drinks came out quick. For drinks I had a banana bread latte and he ordered a mocha with an extra shot. Both were delicious! We ordered 3 different entrees to share - I might not have the names right, so please bear with me if you try to find them on the menu and you can't find the exact same thing. Started off strong with the breakfast burrito. It was so good! I don't know if it had a cheese sauce or just melted American cheese, but it was a good balance of cheese, hash browns, eggs and sausage. The munchwrap was awesome with chorizo sausage, hash browns, a tostada for crunch and cheese all grilled up in a flour tortilla. Last and our least liked was the Cheddar Bay Biscuit bowl. I like the concept, but the execution was poor. The biscuit had been microwaved damn near to death. It was hard to cut through with a knife. The consistency was somehow soggy and hard while also chewy. Add to that the saltiest sausage gravy ever. We each ate one bite, said no thank you and tossed it. Everything else was so good, this might just be a bad one off, but I don't think I could be convinced to try it again. I don't think food is served all day, so if you are hungry, get there before 2pm (I think).

We love the wines from Oceana Winery! There is a great selection. The scenery is beautiful in a…read morequiet space among the pines. It is a relaxing atmosphere with kind staff who are knowledgeable in what they are selling. A great spot to support local on your wine tasting tour in west mi!

They have new owners who are super friendly and welcoming! We had a group of 8 about 35 minutes…read morebefore closing. We were never rushed, given extra samples, and had an absolutely lovely time sitting there chatting with the new owner! I think a few girls bought bottles. Definitely stop by! The setting is very laid back.