Okay, time for another Lunch At First Bite post and this week we’ve got not one, but two special luncheon guest stars. And these are the two guest stars I bought the earrings from Relics from yesterday’s post for. This is a very circular post and I’m already getting a little dizzy!
Let’s get to Mike’s before I fall over!
Here we are at Mike’s Tavern, one of my favorite places in Peoria! I’m a little annoyed with this giant truck that’s messing up my photo.
*Spoiler Alert:* This is just the start of photography problems with this post.
Let’s go in and start today’s luncheon post!
Here we are inside of Mike’s Tavern. It always feel like coming home when I walk into this legendary West Peoria Tavern!
That’s Haiden who’s the bartender for the afternoon, great to meet him!
Here’s a shot of the bar and some of the daytime regulars enjoying an afternoon at Mike’s Tavern.
And one of those regulars is Peter, who’s been featured on the MBIP blog multiple times and his friend who’s name I didn’t write down, so he’ll be forever known as, “Peter’s friend.”
Great to see both of them!
There’s the eight beers on tap behind the bar.
And now time for my patent-pending, oh deer caption: Oh deer!
Ahhh, that felt good!
Three of my favorite things in Mike’s Tavern: The school desks, the payphone in the back and the cigarette machine opposite the bar.
Classic Mike’s Tavern items!
Check it out, Elvis is up on the ceiling looking down at aonther classic item in here, a Budweiser Clydesdale trolley!
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And now it’s time for special luncheon guest star number one…
Our first guest star is no starnger to these luncheon posts, it’s my friend, Michelle!
Michelle lives here in West Peoria and is a regular here at Mike’s Tavern. Always great to see her!
We decided to grabe a table in the back room opposite the bar. There’s also a state of the art dartboard back here and a discreet gaming room.
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And now, it’s time to introduce our second special luncheon guest star…
Our second special luncheon guest star is none other than my friend, Amber!
I think this is Amber’s first time on a luncheon blog, she’s usually featured on our Saturday night dinner blogs and it’s nice to see her at lunch time!
Okay, let’s let this lunch begin!
Mike’s has a nice menu with appetizers, burgers and tasty sandwiches.
We started off with an order of their Fried Ravioli and these were a tasty treat! they were crispy on the outside and filled with spicy and savory sausage on the inside.
Amber didn’t order a main course, as she had plans later that interfered with eating lunch, but Michelle got an order of the mini tacos.
There she is enjoying her tasty luncheon order.
I had to get their spicy tenderloin sandwich. This is the best tenderloin in Peoria and if you don’t believe me, there’s video proof over at the Midwest Slice Of Life YouTube Channel.
If you haven’t tried this tenderloin, you need to stop in at Mike’s Tavern and try it out!
The top photo kind of fuzzed out and that’s bugging me, sometimes I hate the MBIP Camera!
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And now It’s time to present our Relics gifts to Michelle and Amber!
Yesterday I featured a post on the new Relics store in East Peoria. I knew I was meeting Michelle and Amber and so I bought them each some earrings from the Lauralai Jewelry display at Relics. As I mentioned yesterday, these are handmade earrings made by local jewelry designer and artist, Laura Maushard.
I gave Michelle the Audrey Hepburn earrings and Amber got the Marilyn Monroe earrings. They both loved them and I was happy that they liked the gifts!
Sadly the stupid MBIP Camera fuzzed out Michelle’s photo.
Sometimes I hate the MBIP Camera. Hate, hate, HATE it!
After lunch, Mike’s co-owner, Mark Donahue stopped by our table for a nice visit.
Mark owns Mke’s along with Bob Bullock and he said things have been going great here at Mike’s and business has been steady, which I love to hear!
Great to see Mark and chat with him, but as you can see, the stupid MBIP Camera fuzzed out his photo too!
Hate the MBIP Camera! Hate, hate HATE it!
Wonderful to see and visit with Mark and thanks to Michelle and Amber for joining me for a fun lunch and afternoon at Mike’s Tavern in West Peoria!
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626 Cedar Avenue
West Peoria
309-674-1860
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