Battle Creek

[rlibkind]

My sister has entrusted the task to me to utilize the power of eGullet to divine the availability of good, interesting food in Battle Creek, since she'll be spending a bit of time there over the next few weeks as a business traveler.

Obviously, thanks to Mark Rose's postings, good chocolate is available. But my sister, much as she loves chocolate, is looking for a better-balanced diet.

Is there, for example, a good old-fashioned Midwestern steak house to be found in the immediate vicinity. (She'd rather not drive to Kalamazoo.) Or what in Wisconsin they call a "supper club"? Or just a place that makes pleasing, satisfying food, or produces a good example of any local specialties. A liquor license wouldn't hurt, but isn't absolutely necessary.

In her home city of St. Louis she's got access to much better than average Asian, Italian and other ethnic cuisines, so I think most of the more common ethnic styles would not be compelling.