Whether you are tailgating or watching from home on television, Lions fans who want to make gameday snacking easier can pick up from Detroit area Savvy Sliders a limited-edition Detroit Lions branded Tailgating Box featuring 10 gourmet sliders for $25. The Tailgating Box is available while supplies last, and is filled with The Original Savvy, Savvy Classic, or the Fried Chicken Sliders; making them a great meal option to satisfy friends and family at football gatherings.
And if the Lions WIN ... the next day fans can score a FREE 5-piece order of Savvy Wings with the purchase of any combo meal at any of Savvy Sliders’ 40+ Michigan locations. Let's Go Lions!
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Guy Fieri's Chicken Guy! in Livonia Michigan, guests dining in the restaurant will receive a complimentary shake, with a purchase of a combo, on April 1, 2024. At Chicken Guy! guests experience an array of Fieri's fan favorites, including signature sandwiches, chicken tenders and hot tender combos, salad bowls, and all the special sauces. The menu features fresh chicken tenders, hand-pounded to maximize crunch and paired with a wide selection of signature delicious sauces to complement any menu item.
The restaurant is also known for its hand-spun shakes. Try one of their FLAVORTOWN SHAKES for FREE with the purchase of any combo when dining in at the Livonia location on April 1st:
Triple Double Mint -- hand-spun mint chocolate soft serve, crushed OREO® cookies, chocolate mints, chocolate syrup, topped with fresh whipped cream;
This August marks the 93rd anniversary of Better Made Snack Foods! Known for their delicious potato chips and other tasty snacks, this family-owned business still manufactures their products from facilities located within the City of Detroit utilizing locally sourced ingredients including potatoes harvested from Michigan farms. Founded in 1930 as Cross and Peters Company, the brand now known as Better Made, has been number one in the hearts -- and tummies -- of Michiganders for generations.
To celebrate Better Made Snack Foods anniversary this year from August 1 through National Potato Day (Saturday, August 19) will be hosting giveaways on their Facebook and Instagram accounts. Winners will receive a deluxe gift box filled with freshly made Better Made Snacks. Join in their birthday celebration fun by participating in these giveaways. And if you are following them on Instagram please give me a follow at @Geekdad248 too.
For more information about the company, visit bettermade.com. Happy birthday Better Made!
A Detroit restaurant known as one of the best spots in the city for a date night is helping raise money for the charity Higher Hopes, which supports feeding underprivileged children in the community, throughout the month of March. Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails located at 15 Kirby Street in Detroit's cultural district (which includes the Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H Wright Museum of African History, Michigan Science Center, and Wayne State University) will donate $2 to Higher Hopes from every Last World cocktail sold at this hot date night spot during the month.
The “Last Word” cocktail is a gin-based, prohibition-era cocktail originally developed at the Detroit Athletic Club and is now a hit all over the United States. Detroit's societal elite indulged in the cocktail at the not-so-secret speakeasy located within the D.A.C. during prohibition. Recently, the drink has seen a resurgence in popularity. The Last Word cocktail consists of equal amounts of gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and freshly pressed lime juice, which are combined in a shaker with ice. After shaking, the mix is poured through a cocktail strainer and is served straight up.
Appreciate AFB Hospitality Group inviting ageekdaddy.com to join in a free holiday brunch with some of Metro Detroit's most popular bloggers including yesnodetroit.com and metrodetroitmommy at THE MORRIE in trendy Birmingham, Michigan. THE MORRIE has garnered a reputation for being a lively spot for food, drink and music. It was my first time visiting the place and I wasn't disappointed. It was a great time!
First off was enjoying some Bloody Morries. These were some super bloody mary style drinks! Titos Vodka, housemade bloody mix, celery, pickle, olive, lime and hickory-smoked BACON. A great drink to put you in a festive spirit!
After drinks it was time for some eats. Wow! I wasn't expecting the Bacon, Egg & Cheese Flatbread to be so enormous. It was like ordering a large pizza for myself. No problem though because it was delicious. I ate it all up!
Chargrilled cauliflower flatbread, maple bacon, cheddar jack cheese, pickled shallot, arugula, scallion, white sauce, and baked eggs. I especially liked how the eggs were cooked in a sunny side up style so that their warm yolks melted out and covered the flatbread in a gooey goodness that complimented the dishes other ingredients. Warmed up my belly on a cold winter day. It was so good!
Of course, I wasn't going to turn down desert even after a huge, delicious meal. Have to say the desert was amazing! An ice cream sandwich that may have been one of the BEST deserts I've ever had! Yes was that good!
Caramel ice cream sandwiched between two English toffee cookies. It was so tasty I'm tempted to go back to THE MORRIE just for desert! That being said their food and drinks are so good it would be a shame to stop by and not indulge in their whole menu while there.
In addition to food and drinks this dad blogger was also treated to some great live music during this holiday brunch. I really appreciate that live music isn't just not for the night time scene at THE MORRIE. It is impressive that they have performers on site during brunch hours. The musician really enhanced the setting with a fine performance of soft rock songs.
THE MORRIE gets a geek daddy nod of approval for a tasteful place to eat out. In addition to the Birmingham spot there is also a location in Royal Oak. Head over to themorrie.com to see a calendar of upcoming performers and learn more about their menu.
I always enjoy going out to eat at BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL! I've been eating at their Metro Detroit locations for nearly 30 years. So when they invited me to visit their downtown Royal location to celebrate National Tequila Day by sampling some margaritas as well as a few of the new dishes they are promoting, obviously I wasn't going to turn them down.
BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL has a create your own stir fry concept for its restaurants. You walk through a buffet line gathering up meats, vegetables, spices and other ingredients to have grilled together for your meal. You can go freestyle mixing and matching as much as you can fit into the bowl they provide you or gather up the ingredients listed on available recipe cards to make meals like the Blue Ribbon BBQ, Beijing BBQ and Korean BBQ that I was invited to sample on National Tequila Day at BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL. Once you've filled up a bowl with stuff you'd like to eat, take it up to the restaurant's huge barbeque where a cook will grill up a meal for you.
BLUE RIBBON BBQ
1. Add 1 tong of SAUSAGE and 2 tongs of STEAK.
2. Add 1 tong each of GREEN ONIONS, MUSHROOM and BABY CORN.
3. Fill a sauce cup with 2 ladles of BLUE RIBBON BBQ SAUCE.
4. Add 1/2 spoon of CRACKED BLACK PEPPER to your sauce cup.
5. Head to the grill!
BEIJING BBQ
1. Add 2 tongs of CHICKEN.
2. Add 2 tongs each of YELLOW ONIONS and PEA PODS.
3. In a sauce cup, add 2 ladles of BEIJING BBQ SAUCE.
4. Add 1/2 spoon of CRACKED BLACK PEPPER and 1/4 spoon of GROUND GINGER to your sauce cup.
5. Head to the grill!
KOREAN BBQ
1, Add 2 tongs of PORK.
2. Add 2 tongs each of GREEN ONION and CARROTS. Add 1 tong of WATER CHESTNUTS.
3.Add 2 ladles of KOREAN BBQ SAUCE into a cup.
4.Add 1/4 spoon of GROUND GINGER and 1/2 spoon each of FRESH CHOPPED GARLIC, CRACKED BLACK PEPPER and SESAME SEEDS to your sauce cup.
5. Head to the grill!
In addition to enjoying these great Mongolian BBQ dishes, Sauza Tequila also sponsored an open bar for taste testing margaritas during the evening. All of BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL'S margaritas are made with Sauza Blue Silver Tequila. They have three varieties to choose from: traditional lemon-lime, strawberry and chipotle mango. Having to drive myself home, I didn't over indulge and just had 2 drinks -- a traditional margarita and one of the spicier chipotle mango ones. They both went great with these stir fry dishes. Everything was very tasty!
Before heading out for the night, I couldn't resist getting a hot fudge sundae. BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL has some delicious deserts on the menu that also include deep-fried Oreos and cheese cake. Now that hit the spot!
I had a wonderful meal at BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL enjoying a few Sauza Blue Silver Tequila margaritas and some delicious stir fry dishes. Because this is a restaurant that I enjoy going back to again and again, BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL has absolutely earned A Geek Daddy nod of approval. In addition to their Michigan locations, there are also restaurants in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. For more information, please head over to gomongo.com
While I did receive a free meal, the opinions expressed in this post are honest and my own. Thanks BD'S MONGOLIAN GRILL for sponsoring this review.
