The Farm Report

Tarragon Chicken Salad with Walnuts

By The Farmer On April 28, 2012

I love a good Chicken Salad. My mom made it often when growing up and always served it on soft dark rye. So of course, I follow her lead. Our Chicken Salad is seasoned with fresh Tarragon, walnuts, green apples for [...]

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Farm fresh flowers

By The Farmer On April 28, 2012

Flowers are blooming!  First Tulips, then Daffodils, Lilacs, and in early June will come my favorite, Peonies.
Flowers are for sale in front of farms all along the countryside of Michigan.  We have these beautiful flowers from Michigan here at [...]

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Parsley buttered thick-cut grilled cheese & tomato soup

By The Farmer On March 7, 2012

Chef Gary created this for our $10 DAILY FARM DINNER. It is a great example of some of the daily farm dinners we will feature.
They will be slanted towards the food that comes to mind [...]

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Sauteed vegetable and wild rice burger

By The Farmer On March 7, 2012

This is our vegetable burger at Grange Hall. We get mixed reviews about it and I can tell you why. Those who are used to "meat filler" type of burgers are expecting a meatier texture they might get from a burger with [...]

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Finally, Open for Lunch!

By The Farmer On February 27, 2012

We finally feel we've established a rhythm and can swing lunch into the mix. For all those who wanted to visit us on your work week lunch hour, come see us. Tuesday – Friday 1130 a.m. – 10 p.m. That's [...]

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Old-fashioned chocolate pudding pie.

By The Farmer On January 20, 2012

Today's weather forecast called for 5-7 inches of snow; so I decided to make it a day I would practice my upcoming February pies.  We will feature Old-fashioned Chocolate Pudding Pie and Tart Cherry Pie. Today is made both of [...]

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Antonio and big Andy loading up Faygo!

By The Farmer On January 20, 2012

When creating Grange Hall I wanted to have a soda that reminded many of their childhood.  For me, one stands out; Faygo.  My Grandmother always had a bottom shelf of her refrigerator filled with various flavors of Faygo [...]

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Grange Burgers lined up to go.

By The Farmer On December 11, 2011

Grange Burgers lined up on a Saturday Night. If you come see us please note we do not melt our cheese. We strongly believe that cheeses has more flavor and texture served a la cold…

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Candy cane ice cream..dreamy.

By The Farmer On December 11, 2011

Here is a few scoops of our creamy and dreamy candy cane ice cream. We just simple made our vanilla base and then folded in pieces of broken bits of candy cane. I am having a hard time [...]

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Cold meatloaf sandwich and fresh green bean casserole.

By The Farmer On December 11, 2011

We started on our daily specials this week, finally.  We made yummy COLD meatloaf sandwiches, served on our toasted buttery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion and ketchup, of course. I personally think they are meant to be served cold, as [...]

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Peppermint candy cane ice cream

By The Farmer On November 27, 2011

This is probably one of the best flavor combinations I have had in a long time. Candy Canes folded into a fresh-spun vanilla ice cream.  There is something about that creamy vanilla and the sweet peppermint flavor. Heavenly. [...]

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By The Farmer On November 24, 2011

Grange Hall's Fresh Pumpkin Pie TO GO! Our first season making pies at Grange Hall has been so much fun. People are so excited when they come pick up their pies. Full of giggles and thanks…Our pies are made [...]

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Grange Burger is here

By The Farmer On November 9, 2011

The Grange Burger being made by Chef Jason. Come and get it!

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Matt setting up the pie and ice cream station

By The Farmer On November 9, 2011

Looking through the barn doors at Matt setting up his pie and ice cream station for the night. We have been having alot of fun creating our homemade ice cream.
Fall flavors include Pumpkin [...]

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The meaning of our Farm Fresh Eggs

By The Farmer On November 2, 2011

No it is not just words. I actually picked up these eggs in Paw Paw, Michigan from Egly's Land and Cattle Co. This is a farm in which I personally buy my families grass-fed meat. I went over there today to [...]

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Chef Jason enjoying the new barn entrance

By The Farmer On October 29, 2011

Look how amazing this facade is. Wow, its so so beautiful. As you may or may not know Grange Halls historically are white wooden buildings. Not very flashy but simple A frames or barns, but typically all white. [...]

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Chris and Leno

By The Farmer On October 29, 2011

Pictured here is my tireless husband and his right hand man Leno, who you know we call Leroy. These two men worked day and night for the last 3 months to build Grange Hall. Today we took down the temporary [...]

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About to be unveiled

By The Farmer On October 28, 2011

Here is Leno, my husband's right hand man priming our new farm barn doors. We actually call him Leroy.. as it is a more fitting farm hand name. We are doing our final touches and planning for an opening by [...]

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Grange Hall Farm Burger

By The Farmer On October 13, 2011

Here is the big daddy again. A reminder of why we are doing this. It's absolutely delicious! I just personally enjoyed this one for lunch. 100% Grass-fed beef, crispy poppy and sesame seed bun, fresh tomato, red onion and crunchy romaine [...]

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Pumpkin Pie – Oh my.

By The Farmer On October 13, 2011

Well today was the big day, the day I made my first pumpkin pie of the season.  I actually just made four of these things. Two of which I  made with fresh pumpkin and two I made with fresh butternut [...]

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Black butcher cow

By The Farmer On October 11, 2011

Today was spent doing a bunch of fun things like watching my sis put together a large cow art installation. What a cool piece. I was alittle worried how this was going to turn out, but it just might end [...]

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Ice cream bar being constructed

By The Farmer On October 10, 2011

So the last post mentioned that my husband is building Grange Hall Burger Bar. His lastest project is building the Ice Cream Bar ( as we call it).  We have antique dressers that press up against a bar to [...]

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Facade barn doors being built

By The Farmer On October 10, 2011

Okay the real fun begins, all the glorious design work of my Amy starts being added. Kirby her husbands, whom happens to be a builder, is seen here building our custom made barn-like doors for the front facade. They [...]

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Cider doughnuts

By The Farmer On October 4, 2011

Cider is unfiltered, unsweetened apple juice that is fresh pressed from apples.  It is best enjoyed at a countryside apple mill, such as Grandpa's Cider Mill in Coloma, Michigan. We love their cider doughnuts and hot cider this time of year. So [...]

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Michigan concord grape jelly

By The Farmer On September 25, 2011

Our childrens' sitter, Julie brought over Concord Grapes from her friend's grape farm. Concord Grapes are mainly used for making juices, wine, and preserves.  In fact, interestingly enough Welch's has a very large presence in this area.  Most [...]

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Pie station antique wall paper going up

By The Farmer On September 22, 2011

We have finished enclosing the old service station into a pie making room. We enclosed it with the glass that was previously our front door glass foyer. So now we have a glass room where [...]

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Saving sweet corn for the winter

By The Farmer On September 19, 2011

There seems to be a debate on whether or not you need to blanche your sweet corn before you freeze it for the winter. Some farmers do, some do not. What I have come to discover is that when [...]

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The remains of blue moon ice cream

By The Farmer On September 17, 2011

My mom bought me a old-fashioned Ice Cream maker a month or so back. Since then I have been getting my girls back to school and building Grange Hall. My extra time has been limited. But yesterday I made [...]

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A real hen house

By The Farmer On September 17, 2011

I have 3 children, all are girls. When I first meet someone and they discover I have all girls I here things like, " boy you sure do have a hen house don't ya".. This morning I went out to gather eggs [...]

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Sweet Corn Ice Cream

By The Farmer On September 16, 2011

Today I fiddled around with making Sweet Corn Ice Cream. I had spent the morning shucking corn, par boiling it and putting it into freezer bags. I wanted to be sure we had plenty of good corn for the winter. [...]

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Jollay Orchard’s Apples

By The Farmer On September 15, 2011

I was out buying McIntosh Apples ( very tart green purple variety) to make an apple pie for the family this past weekend and I stumbled upon Jay the owner of Jollay Orchards. He has several varieties of Apple that he grows [...]

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844 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
+1 312 491 0844
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Open Autumn 2011

Fall/Winter Hours

Come in before or after work and belly up to the bar for the tastiest and healthiest burger in the West Loop.

Tuesday – Saturday
3 pm – 10 pm


Weekday Lunches Beginning Spring 2012
11 am – 3 pm

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Coming Spring 2012

Saturday and Sunday
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October
Jollay Orchards First Fall Apple Pie

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Pumpkin Nutmeg Pie

December
Aunt Bev’s Pecan Pie

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