Peace on Arth...with sausage factory parking in the rear!

This month (November) we chose Michigan's Little Bavaria! Frankenmuth is an awesome place. Anytime of year really, but late fall early winter is the best time. We went to Bronner's first, because...really? How can you miss the place that has 360 days of Christmas! We all got some great ornaments and we saw some disturbing things. Sexy Santa was something I could've lived without seeing. Ever. Just sayin'.

We did not go the popular route and eat at Bavarian Inn or Zhenders. We chose the Sullivan's Black Forest Brew Haus & Grill on the recommendation of one of Mom's co-workers. We've never really been impressed with the "special chicken dinners" in Frankenmuth and we don't understand the hype surrounding it.

Place: Sullivan's Black Forest Brew Haus & Grill
Location: Frankenmuth, MI (behind Bronner's)

Our first stop was Bronner's. We found so many cute ornaments! We even found one of a Quesadilla for Jeri and we had it personalized with her name! She loved it. The ladies that do all that personalization deserve an award or some candy or something. They did a great job.

When we finally made it out of the mad house that is a Christmas Store one month before Christmas, we headed over to the restaurant. And ordered some drinks!

White Cheddar Ale Soup

Highlights

Teaching Mom about photobombs!

White Cheddar Ale Soup - Three of us ordered the soup. And we loved it. We love cheese as it is, but this soup was so good, I'd go back just for that soup alone. And pair it with the fresh warm rolls that they sent out? Heaven. Especially on a cold day!

Lemons! - Just for the face Jeri makes when she eats them. They had lemon slices with our water. And the water was in some really nice and fancy glasses! Which made us really anticipate the other drinks! Jeri needed extra lemons, cause she has some fascination with them.

Chicken Schnitzel - "I'm gonna order Chicken Schnitzel just cause I like to say "schnitzel" - Marti. And she did too! Also, none of us could correctly describe capers, but Marti got them anyway. Yay! for trying new things Marti!

The Ratings: On a Scale From 1 to 5

Chicken Schnitzel

Waitstaff

I feel like I need to start prefacing this section with an asterisk. *Almost all of us have either been a waitress or are currently waitresses. So we are very critical of this part. So please take it with a grain of salt and with the knowledge that we are going to be more critical than the average person.

Mom - 4; She was attentive when we actually saw her.

Jeri - 2; I had an empty glass! How rude.

Terra - 4; Our waitress was okay, but the boy waiter that stopped his running to the kitchen to take our picture? He was awesome! Overall they seem to have some pretty good staff.

Susie - 3; Not very attentive and it wasn't very busy.

Marti - 3

Food Quality

The Border

Mom - The Border (A taco salad); 5; It's a taco-splosion in my mouth!

Jeri - Basset Flat Iron; 5; Even though I didn't actually eat anything, it smelled amazing! (She was working a good buzz and didn't want to mess it up. We can respect that!)

Terra - Basset Flat Iron; 3; I loved the soup that came with the steak. They didn't have mashed potatoes till two. But it wasn't mentioned on the menu! So I had to get a baked potato. It was okay. The steak had lovely mushrooms on it, but the steak itself wasn't very flavorful.

Susie - Stuffed Chicken Florentine; 3; It wasn't cheesy enough.

Marti - Chicken Schnitzel; 5; The soup was amazing and the chicken was pretty good too.

Basset Flat Iron

Food Value (Was it worth what we paid?)

Mom- $9.99; Yes

Jeri - $17.99; Yes

Terra - $17.99; No

Susie - $14.99; No

Marti - $15.99; Yes

Drinks (Out of 10)

Mom - Pirates Porter (an ale); 8

Jeri - Long Beach; 10; New favorite! I had 2!

Stuffed Chicken Florentine

Terra - Long Beach; 10; I loved it! It was strong and it kicked in fast!

Susie - White Zinfandel; 10; You can't go wrong with a white wine.

Marti - Malibu & Pineapple Juice; 10; Tasty and you can never go wrong with pineapple juice and Malibu!

Overall

Mom - 5; Fun!

Jeri - 5; The food smelled amazing! I was so tempted to lick it! I can't wait till tomorrow so I can eat it. Tequila!

Long Beach!

Terra - 4; The soup was awesome and my drink was amazeballs. And you gotta love a roller coaster in the bathroom! Right girls?

Susie - 3; I had more fun in Bronner's

Marti - 5; Tequila?! I never know what to say. LOL. 

All in all it was a great time! We got to go shopping before and after. There are so many great little shops in downtown Frankenmuth. If you want to know the back story about the title ( and it's super funny! At least it was when we were bombed on Long Beaches!) or about the roller coaster, ask in the comments and we'll tell you. Want to suggest a place we should try in Southeast Michigan? Put that in the comments too. See you next month.

Terra

Sexy Santa!