Onto the pre-existing dinner plans that made me leave Cleveland SMC early. The boy and I were celebrating 4 years of dating (read: wow I’m getting old) and decided to go somewhere new and low-key. We keep hearing all this great stuff about the Detroit Shoreway area, and living on the west side, we decided it was due time to check out one of the places. 

I was given a few choices:

• Latitude 41N
• Stone Mad 
• Krazy Mac’s

I’d heard great things about all these places, especially Stone Mad a newer Irish pub (with an indoor bocce court!) from various friends or B’s family. I decided that with all the cold weather, I could use some comfort food, and chose Krazy Mac’s. 

The name “Krazy Mac’s” is relatively new and the place has a cool history that I won’t go all the way into. For those of you familiar with the restaurants Cheddar’s or Snickers, that’s what Krazy Mac’s is. According to their website: 

As you know, Snickers opened at our current location at Detroit Avenue and West 58th Street in October 2005. Then in February 2007, we opened Cheddar’s Cafe in the building next door. By October of that year the immediate success of Cheddar’s prompted us to combine the two restaurants, offering the popular menu of 21 kinds of macaroni and cheese served at Cheddar’s as well as some of the well-loved favorites from Snickers.

Apparently the name Cheddar’s was already taken by some restaurant chain down in Texas, so after combining the two restaurants (and changing the name of Snickers to Cheddar’s) they had to change their name once again, to Krazy Mac’s. 

Anyways, back to the best part about the restaurant – our meals! They were out of their seasonal beers (no pumpkin ales or Great Lakes Oktoberfest) so I decided to have a Hoogarden to keep the spirit of summer going strong. B, of course, had Budweiser.

For starters, we shared a Krazy Mac’s Pizza, which is a small pepperoni pizza with mac and cheese on it. AMAZING! For the main dish, B ordered the Fiesta Mac (the menu on their website is not up-to-date as this is not listed), which was mac and cheese with taco meat, guacamole and sour cream. It also came with some really salty tortilla chips. I got the Southwestern Mac, described as “Cheddar & pepper jack with chorizo sausage, green peppers, onions, black beans, in a roasted red pepper sauce.” The portions were huge and I have some leftovers for lunch today! Our entrees each came with some yummy cheesy bread and salad with great italian/balsamic dressing. I took a picture with my phone, but of course I had no flash and the crummy lighting made my food look like a pile of old oatmeal. Rather than disgust you with the horrible picture that doesn’t do my food justice, I’ll let you just imagine the best looking mac and cheese of your life.

I can’t wait to go back again. Our waiter was super friendly. The whole place had an intimate atmosphere (B and I sat in a large booth with plush seating and comfy pillows) and was pretty affordable and casual. 

What are you still doing there reading this? Go to Krazy Mac’s Now! (5800 Detroit Ave, north side of Detroit, just past W 55th, Cleveland)