Restaurants in Portage

The Great Steak and Potato's staff of stomach saters beefs up an extensive menu of toasty sandwiches crafted with freshly baked bread and specialty cut meats. Main-attraction cheesesteaks hog the spotlight with a captivating mélange of onions and toppings supporting a powerhouse of marinated premium sirloin steak. Wrap teeth around the original philly—topped with gooey philly cheese—or pitch a three-cheese chicagoland cheesesteak into your mouth or a friend's catcher's mitt, which can then be used as a plate. Grilled sandwiches include the wisconsin inside out, which plasters a hot, pressed bun with provolone and white american cheese, flooding palates with cheesy goodness. Chicken phillys swap out beef for all-tender, all-white chicken, and sides such as signature french fries ($2–$3.99) or slathered baked potatoes ($3–$5) complete the feast, much like finding a puzzle piece completes the quest for a new business-card shape.

A New York–style deli, Soup'R Heros sates rumbling hunger mufflers with its menu of soups, sandwiches, salads, and more. Scale the condiment-encrusted peaks of a “Hero” sandwich—a 14" sub layered with deli meat sliced to order and your choice of toppings—such as the roast beef and turkey or the tuna salad ($6.75 for a half, $9.25 for a full). Or brave the treacherous topping slopes of the meatier “Super Hero,” which comes in varietals such as chicken salad and ham, salami, capicola, and pepperoni ($6.75 for a half, $9.25 for a full). Those with bread-based phobias can sup from Soup'R Heros’ selection of up to eight soups, which rotate daily.

A Pizza Yen tantalizes taste buds with meaty subs, french-bread pizza, juicy hot dogs, salads, and soups. Take a ride on the sandwich rainbow with A Pizza Yen's kaleidoscope of bread-bordered selections, including a five-inch classic Reuben, corned beef cloaked in sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing ($3) or the 9-inch combination sub stuffed with ham, salami, bologna, and onions ($4.25). Send your face west on 94 with a bite out of a Chicago dog with the classic combo of gerrymandered condiments, including cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, pickles, and mustard with a sprinkle of seasoned salt ($2.25), or indulge in the carnival delights of the Coney dog served with onions and smeared with mustard ($2). A Pizza Yen invites diners to customize a french-bread pizza, launching a parade of tastiness with pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, sausage, ham, and an entire varsity field-hockey team ($2.50–$3.75, add toppings for $0.50 each).

Fazoli's expeditious culinary team assembles gondolas of oven-baked pastas and chopped salads for a palatable odyssey through comestible canals. The basil pesto-drizzled tortellini and sun-dried tomato rustico ($5.99) plants a garden of artichoke hearts in the belly, and the country Caesar salad tucks sleepy bacon and breaded chicken into a bed of lettuce, crispy onions, and mozzarella ($5.49). Diners can nosh on traditional Italian flavors with a plate of spaghetti in meat sauce or fettuccine alfredo ($4.99). Fazoli's bountiful menu also bursts at the seams with pizzas, sweet treats, and a supply of breadsticks that's as bottomless as a trapdoor in the Oval Office.

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.

With 31 years of sandwich-making experience under their belt, the guys behind this unassuming sandwich shop leave the frills to the subs. Jersey Giant Sub’s sandwiches are stacked with enough fresh meat and cheese to share with a pen pal. Some menu goldmines include the eponymous Jersey Giant, a rockin’ ham, cheese, capicola, and salami party ($7.49), and the Jersey Devil, a ham, cheese, capicola, salami, prostini, pepperoni, roast beef, and turkey number named for Lord Jersey, inventor of the pitchfork ($10.01). Grandma’s recipe makes its professional debut in the tuna sandwich with half pound of the ocean’s finest piled on ($5.19), while the vegetarian sandwich stacks high with cheese and any other veggies or condiments found behind the counter ($6.54). All sandwiches are served on fresh bread baked daily and come with secret Italian dressing, choice of veggies and sauces, and giardiniera or yellow peppers for just a bit extra. With all subs cashing in at less than $10.01, Jersey Giant Subs is perfect for students on a budget and folks with monster appetites.