Local Cuisine of South Haven

We've been here for 3 full weeks, and have had time to get a feel for our dining options here in Michigan.

• Italian, not surprisingly, is HUGE here. There are only about 40 or so places to get food here in South Haven (which includes places like McDonald's and Taco Bell), and around 10 of them are Italian restaurants. We ate at one of the Italian restaurants near our house, and it was excellent. We would definitely go back there again, and they also offer gelato as well!
• Feeling a bit more ambitious, we tried the only Mexican restaurant in town. We've lived in a few different areas where Mexican is one of the dominant cuisines, so we feel pretty good that we can tell good Mexican food from bad. This was really, really good Mexican food.
• After having such a good experience with the Mexican food, I figured it was time to try what passed for Chinese food. MISTAKE. It's a good thing we didn't try this before the Mexican food. It was, quite honestly, the worst Chinese food we have ever had. The only food that was tasty at all, unfortunately, was the fried foods. Ugh.
• We also had pizza this week, and could definitely tell we were near Chicago. On one side of the pizza, sausage and mushrooms. On the other, pepperoni and green olives, my wife's favorite. Throw in that the pizza was cut into squares rather than slices, and it definitely reminded me of my favorite pizzeria in Chicago.

I think what we've learned is that we need to remember where we are. Certain foods are just not very likely to be good in certain areas. We still will have to be ambitious from time to time, but also wary as well.