Stand44 — Restaurant in Dearborn

Honestly surprised at how much they got right here. These sort of venue dining places frequently serve up dry, flavorless food for far too much money, but our experience was the opposite: the dinner options were extremely well presented and delicious. The chicken was juicy and flavorful, for example. The butternut squash ravioli were great. And there's a lot of finishing/garnish/final prep that makes the quality really work. Rather than have everything in a single bin, they've separated components out to bring them together right at serving, and it makes a huge difference.

And for $14 for the ravioli and $16 for the chicken dish, that felt pretty darn fair for the portion size and for a complete meal.

Everyone enjoyed their meals, they were served fairly quickly even though it was busy (breaking up the stations is a bit of an odd choice, because on the one side, if you're just getting one thing, it's fast and parallelizes the problem, but on the other hand, if people in your party want things from different stations, it can be a bit of a slog), and we honestly came away pleasantly...

I was looking forward to trying this new place because the last time I at the village they listed French Onion soup on the menu but not today. Since I am a small eater, I ordered the kids cheeseburger with potato salad. Pizza is not sold by the piece but the whole pie. 2 choices of entrees is too much food. Salads are aimed at the trendy for tready eaters. Size of cheeseburger is Wendy's single cheeseburger not McDonald's cheeseburger. Even with the normal amount of mustard and ketchup it was dry tasting. At least the potato salad was good. The local "healthy?!" Fountain pop was terrible. There are a few other choices in the cooler in bottles. The cooler also have some choices of food like fruit, p&b sandwich, cookies. Local, health, natural is the goals which is good but taste isn't there. I will eat...

The food is overall good, but I really feel like the chef doesn't care at all about families with young children. The only option for kids, besides the adult meals, is a kid's burger. Guess what, a lot of kids do not like burgers. I had hoped over time, the menu would evolve, but over a year later, there has been no change. Chicken tenders and a non-meat option would mean a lot for families to feel like the chef cares about caretakers that may be struggling with picky eaters, when options are already...