Nominate the Best Place for Beer/Wine in Chesterfield Township and New Baltimore

Let us know the best place for beer or wine in Chesterfield Township and New Baltimore so we can put it to a vote and find out which is the Readers’ Choice 2012 winner.

Where can you find the best place for beer or wine in Chesterfield-New Baltimore Patch? Patch is relaunching its Readers’ Choice program and we’re asking you, your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers and anyone else to nominate the best spot in town. We’ll keep accepting nominations through July 9. After that, nominations will be closed and we’ll start the voting, so make sure to get in your favorites now. All you need to do is nominate a business by adding the name in the comments below. If you already see the business you want to nominate, make sure to add your comment about why it should be included, because we may not be able to add all nominations to our poll and we want to make sure the top ones make it into the poll. Thanks in …

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Bites Nearby: The Fire House Pub

This week's highlighted restaurant is The Fire House Pub, a neighborhood bar and grill with high-quality food.

Bored with the same old dining out destinations you've been going to for years? Hungering for a new fabulous food experience?  Each week, New Baltimore-Chesterfield Township Patch and readers will pick a great restaurant either in town or nearby that has cuisine considered supreme. Here's this week's choice:  The Fire House Pub Overview: One of Chesterfield's neighborhood bars, The Fire House is more than a shot and a beer place. Quality food and a fun atmosphere make it a sound dining option. Drinks: All of the usual beers are on tap with a couple specialties as well. A full bar is available. Nightly drink specials are very much beer-centric with $2 specials every night of the week. Appetizers: Upscale take on bar bites. Shrimp …

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Slippery Rock: Eating Well Slippery Style

A neighborhood bar with good food, charming Slippery Rock is focused on welcoming customers.

In the midst of downtown New Baltimore's renovation discussions, Jeff and Paula Kropiewnicki opened Slippery Rock in fall 2009. A spacious neighborhood restaurant with no pretensions, Slippery Rock is a place where you can sit at the bar with a cold beer or enjoy a meal at one of the booths.  The decor is simple and inviting.  Their bar stretches across the length of a building, making it ideal for communal conversation and drinking. My first question when I sit down at a bar is, "What are your Michigan beers?" Given the great beer state we live in, most bars will stock at least one local beer (on tap is a bonus).  Slippery Rock has two on tap--Dragonmead's Lancelot Cream Ale (Warren) and Frog Island Amber Ale (Ypsilanti).  Michigan beers …

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Wintergarden Tavern: Meaty Wings and Other Things

The Chesterfield Township tavern is family-friendly with something for everyone.

Wintergarden Tavern is a huge place.   Lots of televisions, video games, a large dining room, a big bar area make this a place for anyone.  There's not necessarily cohesiveness between the sections, but there doesn't have to be. With its friendly servers and welcoming atmosphere, Wintergarden is a fun place to visit.   Wintergarden  boasts 15 flavors of wings.  As a lover of bold spiciness, I gravitate towards words like "hot," "fire," and in the case of Wintergarden "volcanic."  In theory, volcanic garlic cilantro wings sound pretty amazing.  The possibility of incendiary heat with a garlicky bite and bright fresh cilantro makes my mouth water. Yes, these wings are hot, but the heat is as one dimensional as a stick figure. Using a word …

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