Tratorria Stella in Traverse City is probably best known as being in the basement of a old state mental hospital. The impressive building has been reworked as the Village at Grand Traverse Commons. Once housing the mentally “insane” the 13,000 sq. foot building went through a $2.3M restoration and now houses restaurants, shops, business offices … Read more
It’s that time of week again and the age old question arises, “where do you want to eat?”. I have seen some every funny tweets that say “Marriage is basically asking, what do you want to eat? Over and over again until someone dies”. I think that’s pretty accurate. Tonight was no different. I made … Read more
Recently on a business trip to Chicago, we went to a nearby restaurant – Carlucci’s Restaurant and Bar. An Italian joint, nestled inside an office building, it is a perfect combination of class and style. With wood burning ovens, lively car area and expansive patio (unfortunately was not yet open this day) appeared to be … Read more
Typically, I won’t post any reviews from what Omar deems a “pedestrian” restaurant. Rarely do we ever frequent any “chain” type restaurants as Omar thinks (and I agree) that the food is just mediocre. The food is what it is really and I find if you get the right thing from each restaurant it is … Read more
