Coffee & Treats in Portage
Cold Stone Creamery
$12 for Three Groupons, Each Good for Two Create-Your-Own Ice Creams at Cold Stone Creamery ($20.94 Value)
Mix-ins blend with fresh-churned ice cream to create unique flavor combinations
Multiple Locations
$6.98 $4
Frozen Yogurt and Toppings at Y'OPA Frozen Yogurt (Up to 45% Off). Two Options Available.
Y'OPA Frozen Yogurt
Portage
$10
$6
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Frozen Yogurt at Let's Swirl (Up to 50% Off)
Let's Swirl
Oshtemo
$6
$3
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$15 for a 10-Punch Card for Gelato at Bert's Bakery ($30 Value)
Bert's Bakery
Bert's Bakery
$30
$15
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Five Frozen Yogurt Servings, 12 Cupcakes, or One 8-Inch Cake at Sweet Kreations For You (Up to 45% Off)
Sweet Kreations For You
Downtown Battle Creek
$4
$2.20
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$6 for $10 Worth of Sweet Treats at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
Multiple Locations
$10
$6
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$14.99 for One Dozen Gourmet Cupcakes at Posies & Pastries ($29.99 Value)
Posies & Pastries
Holland
$29.99
$14.99
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1 or 2 Lb. of Fudge at Kilwin's (47% Off)
Kilwin's
Northeast South Bend
$17
$10
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$6 for $10 Worth of Frozen Desserts at Spoonlickers
Spoonlickers
Multiple Locations
$10
$6
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Holiday Gift Basket or Seasonal Treats at Kilwins (Up to 42% Off)
Kilwins
Grand Rapids
$20
$12
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$6 for $10 Worth of Wood-Fired Breads and Pastries at Field & Fire
Field & Fire
Grand Rapids
$10
$6
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$6 for $12 Worth of Baked Goods, Coffee, and Lunch Food at Bostwick Bakery and Coffee Shop in Rockford
Bostwick Bakery and Coffee Shop
Rockford
$12
$6
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$12 for Bubble Tea at Sweet Livie Loo's Cakery & More ($20 Value)
Sweet Livie Loo's Cakery & More
Holland
$5
$3
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$11 for $20 Worth of Coffee Drinks and Coffee Beans at Magnum Coffee Roastery
Magnum Coffee Roastery
Magnum Coffee
$10
$5.50
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One Dozen Cookies or One 15" Cookie Cake at Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip (Up to 40% Off)
Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip - Meridian Mall
Okemos
$17.99
$11
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$10 for $20 Worth or Coffee, Tea, and Baked Goods at Our Daily Brew
Our Daily Brew
Fort Wayne
$5
$2.50
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$6 for $10 Worth of Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
Orange Leaf
Multiple Locations
$10
$6
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One or Three Groupons, Each Good for $10 Worth of Frozen Yogurt and Treats at Pinkberry ( 50% Off)
Pinkberry
Pittsfield
$10
$5
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From behind a frozen granite slab, the staff of Cold Stone Creamery uses twin spatulas to blend custom servings of ice cream and creative mix-ins to fit customers? exact specifications. Founded by Donald and Susan Sutherland in 1988, Cold Stone began under the hot Arizona sun, eventually spreading its frosty fingers to encompass more than 1,400 locations worldwide. Despite the size of the company, each location?s staff keeps up the handcrafted quality, making ice cream onsite every day and using those signature spatulas to create delicious pointillist art against the freezer wall.
White Velvet Frozen Yogurt tickles the milk of grass-fed Michigan cows with sprinkles of cane sugar until it giggles out rich, tart frozen yogurt. The tangy handcrafted semi-solid is then swirled into cups along with the tantalizing toppings of your choosing. Update staid fruit salad with concoctions involving blueberry, kiwi, strawberries, and dried pineapple, or swaddle a yowling sweet tooth with spoonfuls swimming in chocolate, cookies or cereal. Thanks to its simple, natural ingredients, the treat can be low in calories, sugar, and fat, and contains all the health benefits associated with natural yogurt, making it a healthier alternative to ice cream and frozen corn dogs.
Cuisine Type: '50s malt shop and diner food
Established: 1990
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Number of Tables: 25?50
Parking: Free street parking
Most Popular Offering: Malts and Elvis burgers
Kid-friendly: Yes
Alcohol: None
Delivery/Takeout Available: Takeout only
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Q&A with Cindy Bristol, Owner
What made you want to work with food? When did you first develop that passion?
I started cooking in sixth grade when my mother went back to work and I took over making the family meals. I also loved making desserts. I attended college and received a teaching degree to share my passion for cooking with high school students. As a mother with very young children, I started Scooters to help other mothers by delivering birthday treats to school and planning and executing children's parties, as well as providing a place for families to come and enjoy old-fashioned treats and service.
Is there anything else you want to add that we didn't cover?
The ice cream sundaes are named after songs which can be played with 45s in the jukebox.
D?cor can say a lot about the type of food a restaurant serves. How does your d?cor inform or reflect your culinary practice?
Scooters is housed in a converted hardware building [that is] more than 100 years old [and has] lots of nostalgic antiques to bring back memories of times past. A soda-fountain area has been added with old-fashioned soda-fountain glassware on the shelves that serve the ice cream treats. There is an attached Mickey-inspired party room.
In your own words, how would you describe your menu?
The menu focuses on bringing back all of those '50s memories. It includes old-fashioned ice cream sodas, malts with the tin on the side, brown cows, and Boston coolers featuring Ashby's Sterling Ice Cream. Don't forget those hard-to-find egg creams and phosphates, and satisfy those hunger pangs with an Elvis burger or a Presley's Passion with french fries. Or, perhaps a pizza would hit the spot.
In 1989, with memories of his high-school job as an ice-cream shop attendant fresh in his mind, John Ritter founded Ritter’s Frozen Custard to share his passion for the dense, creamy concoctions of his youth with a new generation of dessert lovers. Today, the Ritter Frozen Custard franchise remains dedicated to handcrafting frozen custard in batches that blend the treat’s French origins with a heaping dose of midcentury Americana. The rotating lineup of flavors always includes chocolate, vanilla, light vanilla, a nut variety, a fruit variety, and a specialty flavor—all of which contain a scant 10% butterfat. Clad in blue aprons, friendly staff members scoop custard into freshly baked waffle cones, blend shakes with a choice of 27 toppings, and decorate creamy cakes for any occasion. The shop’s mixologists never fluff up their ice cream with air, ensuring that custard that fills each cone, take-home quart, or waffle-lined pocket maintains a rich and creamy texture.
Though the recipes are kept secret, the ingredients that go into Y'OPA Frozen Yogurt's eponymous dessert are proudly publicized. Yogurt-makers blend real dairy and fruit purees with probiotic cultures to create a rotating selection of flavors, nearly all of which are low in sodium and cholesterol. Said flavors run the gamut from nonfat birthday cake and sugar-free wild strawberry to seasonal options, such as chocolate mint. Only the toppings outnumber the self-serve shop's flavors. More than 70 ? including fresh fruit, cookie dough, and baklava ? can smother each customized treat.
Voted Best Student Hangout and one of the best venues for live music and performances by the Kalamazoo Gazette, The Strutt presents crowd-pleasing American fare and nightly musical entertainment for stimulating study breaks or an evening out. The menus feature appetizers that include the black-bean-queso dip ($5.95), and heartier stomach stuffers, such as The Sloppy José, which puts a spicy, south-of-the-border spin on a classic dish ($4.95). Meanwhile, meat eschewers can chew on plentiful vegetarian options, including the roasted-veggie quesadilla ($5.95) or the Blue Apple salad, with apples, raisins, red onion, toasted almonds, and gorgonzola tossed in shallot vinaigrette ($6.95). A full bar, extensive beer list, and nightly drink specials complement any meal or musical act, and the plentiful brunch –– with live jazz on Saturday and bluegrass on Sunday –– and breakfast make this spot a go-to from day to day after.