
You’re Not From West Michigan If You Haven’t Eaten These 5 Iconic Foods
In my opinion, you're not from Michigan if you've never had a Vernors.
I would also add that you need to try
- Faygo (Rock & Rye is the best)
- Better Made Chips (BBQ is my favorite)
- Bumpy Cake
- Detroit Style Pizza
- Coney Dog
- Paczki (Raspberry or Apple are my favorite)
- White Castle Slider
- Bells Oberon

Each part of Michigan has their own thing that you got to try.
For The Upper Peninsula it's a Pasty:
For Detroit it's A Coney:
or Detroit Style Pizza:
But what is West Michigan known for?
You're Not From West Michigan If You Haven't Eaten These 5 Iconic Dishes
These five items are just a few of the iconic dishes that everyone in West Michigan knows about.
Cottage Burger
You can find the Cottage burger at The Cottage Bar & Restaurant
Served on a dark rye bun, smothered with green olives, lettuce, tomato, bacon, Swiss & American cheeses, and a signature hickory smoked mayonnaise.
Fricano's Pizza
Since 1949 Fricano's has been serving up some amazing pizza in West Michigan.
Fricano's Pizza Tavern is an Officially inducted member of Pizza Magazine's Pizza Hall of Fame.
Cosmik Fries
Cosmic fries can be found at HopCat.
They original location is in Grand Rapids but is now found around Michigan and other Midwest cities.
Pronto Pup
You need to head out to Grand Haven to try a Pronto Pup.
I recommend getting it with both Ketchup and Mustard
Make sure you bring cash because that's the only form of payment they take
Yesterdog
Some of the most popular dogs they serve up are the "Yesterdog" and "Ultradog"
Yesterdog is located on Wealthy Street in Grand Rapids.
I stand by these iconic foods, but is there one you feel should have made the top 5?
Send me an EMAIL so I can check it out.
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