Café 36 - Kalamazoo (MI)

4 /5 C O: I visited this place for the first time. I was impressed and will definitely return. Katia our waitress was very pleasant. We’re coming back for pizza! Thanks for the great service!

5 /5 Anna Fisher: Eating here was an EXPERIENCE, I was in foodie heaven! The server knew just the right beer to suggest, for the appetizer I said "surprise me," and I was happily surprised with the rice tots! As a vegetarian, I never have as many amazing choices as Café 36, it was hard to choose! The aubergine bolognese was fabulous, with a generous portion that will allow me to enjoy it for lunch tomorrow! My friend got the margarita pizza, and LOVED it! Usually not a fan of the dough, she loved how tasty and crunchy the pizza crust was! I got the mesculun greens salad as well, whoa, so tasty & fresh!! My friend had the baby spinach salad and was blissed out! To top it all off was an out-of-this-world dessert: raspberry fluff with baked meringue over stracciatella gelato. The service was perfect, (the waiter Adam was easy on the eyes, too.) It was a comfortable place to dine, the other patrons seemed to know each other (repeat guests!) like a best-kept neighborhood secret. This has to be in the top 2 of "best meals ever!" Hats off to the owner, the chef, sous chef, the manager, the server, Café 36, you rock the whole damn state!!!! Thank you for such a lovely experience! Well be back!

5 /5 Sarah Vacca: At first this place is hard to get to. It is part of a grocery store. The sign says "Market and Cafe". Once you go in you make two quick lefts. You can either take the stairs or the elevator. It is a smaller cafe but there is indoor and outdoor seating. The outdoor seating is only for parties of 2 because of the narrow patio. Everything was great at our visit. The food was delicious and high quality. The flavors were outstanding. My husband had the walleye and with corn and mushrooms. I never tasted a mushroom that good. I had a salad with chicken and that was delicious too. My husband also had the rhubarb cheesecake. He said it was the best cheesecake he ever had. Our waitress, Jeanie, who was excellent, said their chef makes it homemade from scratch. They also have items that are gluten free including dessert. The only thing that could be better was since the cafe is small their bathrooms are located in the grocery store below. The bathroom room was very clean and the market downstairs also has high quality and organic foods.

5 /5 Lisa Dillman: We loved this place—delicious beet salad and pizza with a crust I am still dreaming about weeks later. Its pricy—and we didnt drink but the drink prices are pretty high. That said, the food and service are excellent, and the decor is simple with clean lines and decent seating.

5 /5 Shiva Agarwal: Pizza was nice. One of the few places in Kalamzoo that serve brick oven pizza. It was light and not over the top. I do feel the size was smaller than other pizza places for the price we paid. But the place looks more suitable for date or a sophisticated dinner with colleagues. The only other dinners I saw were nicely dressed and apparantly no student like me was in sight.