I ate from the TC BBQ place in the State Street marketplace. My food was tasty. Ordered: fried chicken pickle sandwich and tater tots. Slight upcharge for the tots was completely worth it. Huge portion, couldn't eat them all. A lil' pricey but tasty. It was way too loud inside, so I ate outside. But there's a bar inside and I think bars have been closed for a while and are now re-open at lessened capacity I guess. So, people were celebration by listening to 'Sweet Caroline,' way too dang loud. Get off my lawn, you know how it is. I love Neil Diamond too, but not at like 1,000 decibels. Kthxbai. But, I had a long shift at work, not literally, more figuratively, and being assaulted by noise when I just want to fill my belly (hangry) is not one of my favorite things. ASD/Asperger traits anyone, Bueller, Bueller?? read more

Great location, atmosphere and staff but the place has an identity crisis going on. Crepes to coffee to bbq...we were quite confused when we arrived for dinner and everything was closed but the bbq. Well that was a VERY interesting experience to say the least. Let's start with the Mexican street corn salad shall we? About one ounce of corn, maybe a half oz of cheese which should be the star here and a ton of romaine lettuce. The chicken I ordered with it was pulled, smoky deliciousness just missing a hint of salt. No avocado as it said on the menu but a blob of guacamole in the center and maybe 10 small tortilla strips to hunt for. Now the flavor you ask? Hmmm. Just missed the plane to Mexico and running down the runway shy of entertaining. Blah. To the mac and cheese with pulled pork. How the hell can anyone screw this up seriously. This couldb e the meal of the century if done right, but seriously this meal actually defined the art of jacking up two American staples where I may never recover. The mac and cheese had the great corkscrew noodles with a gloppy thud of cheese wiz on them and a handful of what tasted like boiled pork chopped in top, with a drizzle of a sweet bbq sauce that didn't do anything for the dish. Horrible. Biggest let down of my summer. Now to the meat plate. Same boiled pulled pork, flavorless, chewy, boring. Served without sauce, really? No rub? The ribs... served cold minimal rub no sauce. The tater tots stole the show though as well as the baked beans. Yes its true...the side items were dope compared to the bbq. I gave it the 2nd star because of the patio, nice night and ridiculously fabulous cherry seltzer. The porter and the stout were not very good so pass. Amateur tasting beer. Bottom line...get the tater tots and the seltzer, sit on the patio and enjoy! read more

We sat down right away, a nice outside patio area. Our server was kind and attentive (even got a new mask for us when one of ours fell off our table). We ordered a blonde ale and an oatmeal cream pie beer, there were both delicious. We ordered the chicken tenders appetizer and they were delicious, decent size tenders-crispy, while still juicy and tender on the inside. read more

State Street Market - Public Markets Near Me - Traverse City, Michigan

We wandered in here thinking we'd catch a bite and drink some beer. Walking in was pretty confusing as there was a BBQ and Crepe place. Crepe place was definitely closed. We picked up that we should probably just set ourselves at the tall tables in the back. After about 15 minutes what seemed to be one of the two servers stopped by and took our drink order. I ordered a beer and my GF got nothing because there was no cocktail menu and she doesn't drink beer. There was a full service bar the waitress explained but we've never been too keen on visiting a bar to figure out what drinks we can come up with. Another few minutes went by and the other server walked up and told us, "If you haven't put in an order, you should just go to the bar." Then wandered off. We did come in for food and looking at the menu we looked at each other knowingly thinking we should probably find somewhere else to hang out before things close for the evening. I polished off my beer quickly, which in its defense was good, and then promptly left for somewhere else. read more

Although the atmosphere is nice the bbq food is not worth the money. I had high hopes for this place but the ribs were cheap quality, the cole slaw was flavoor less and the fries were not good Def not a tru bbq place the sauce tasted like korean bbq read more

The food was great. The staff was great. The bartender knew his beers and we were able to get a four pack of the beer my dad had

Stopped in for a snack and a beer. Very laid back chill environment, which I love! The Beef Poutine from MBC was so good especially with the great beer I had from The Market Bar. read more

Came in after work on a low-key Tuesday. Locals playing cornhole. I like the bar, it's informal and plenty of space. Okay selection. Wren was closed so I ate a burger from f-que. Burger was good, but the fries were NOT worth paying extra two bucks. You don't get a lot and when I asked for ketchup I was given a handful of ketchup packets!! Like what is this, McDonald's?? Much better value at actual local places. I guess they figure, I made it in here so I'm good. Skip f-que. I even asked the guy if his BBQ was good and he legit hesitated before he told me they were "known for their burgers and pizza." The pizza, btw, was under a heat lamp. Ain't nobody gonna touch that. I'm a local and I've never even heard of this place. Next time I'm hoping Wren is open. The good news? Monkey Fist makes a good hefeweizen. read more

I actually love this place, but the past few times we've stopped in the food vendors have been closed which was disappointing. The one day was a Sunday so that was one thing, but the other time was during the week at 6:30. Especially in the summertime, I'd hope for later hours. I love all of F-Que's food (wings, chorizo burger, chef salad, chicken Caesar wrap, and fries were all great on various occasions), and Wren the Butcher's poutine is one of the best. The brewery also makes a variety of delicious beers- some of my favorite in Traverse. Hoping the marketplace is able to add a couple additional food vendors and/or extend hours just because I hate having to leave when we're looking for a meal as well as drinks. The arcade games are fun when you're with friends or have kids, and I think this place could especially kill it in the winter! read more

This place has solid potential - currently home to a few food vendors, a brewery, vintage shop and local goods. The outdoor seating adds to its charm and will be a huge bonus to an area that is often short on such type of seating. It'd be great if it wasn't so meat and beer focused; vegetarians may struggle hard here (possibly so would health-conscious folks). I can only assume in the future it will have opportunities for other vendors. read more

We thought we would try this out on a Sunday evening. The first place that we came upon that was opened was F-Que. We went up and wanted to find out what food they served. We were greeted by an employee that was busy cleaning and said they were only open for 20 more minutes and she couldn't do anything in the grill! We decided she obviously wanted to leave by 8pm and didn't feel she really wanted our business so we went on to another restaurant that luckily was open for another 1 1/2 hours. (I think the phonetic name of F-Que is really how they feel about their customers). At the next place, the person was a little more welcoming but not by much so we ordered food from him. At 8:03pm, the woman at F - Que was on her way out of the building with 2 pizza's and keys in her hands. NOTE TO F-QUE OWNER: if you say you are open until 8pm, you should serve until 8pm and then start cleaning up. Also, the Monkey Fist brewery does not offer any diet soda as mixers with the alcohol they serve. All in all, very disappointed in our visit to State Street Market Place. Won't be back!!! read more