Between the Buns Competition

02/07/2025

The Between the Buns Competition judges have made their final decisions in ranking the top 5!

Russo’s Pizzeria Bar & Grille at Gun Lake is selected as the top winner of the 2025 Between the Buns Competition! Congratulations to their team!

Below is the final ranking of the top 5!

First Place: Russo’s
Second Place: Sand Bar and Grill
Third Place: Curley Cone
Fourth Place: Wayland Hotel
Fifth Place: McDuff's Bar and Grille

Thank you to each location that participated, for your hospitality and amazing food!

Congratulations on making the top 5!

02/05/2025

Congratulations to Russo’s Pizzeria Bar & Grille at Gun Lake for winning the most amount of votes!

The top five are Russo’s Pizzeria Bar & Grille at Gun Lake, Sand Bar and Grill, McDuff's Bar and Grille, Wayland Hotel, and Curley Cone!

Judges will be going around Friday to pick the winner of the Judges vote!

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01/31/2025

Today is the last day of Between the Buns! Make sure to try the last few on your list! You have until midnight tonight!

Auction House Cafe - Breakfast Burger
C's Pizza & BBQ - Brisket Sammie
Sand Bar and Grill - Fried Green Tomato B.L.T
McDuff's Bar and Grille - The Great Loafer
Wayland Hotel & Bar - Absolute Money
4 One 2 Distillery - Chicken Bacon Mac Wrap
Salvinos - Bruschetta Chicken Sandwich
Russo's Pizzeria - Russo’s Italian Beef Sandwich
Big Dipper - Turkey Pesto Panini
Curley Cone - Philly Beef Grilled Cheese
Hillards Corner Lounge - Crispy Chicken Alfredo Parm Sandwich
OpenRoad Brewery - Cudighi Sandwich

Between the Buns is a Wayland area handheld competition! The goal is to bring business to local restaurants, have fun trying new places, and help to fight childhood hunger. The competition will be from Jan. 1st through 31st. Voting will be open to the public for the month and the top 5 locations wil...

01/29/2025

THREE MORE DAYS!!!!!!!

Make sure to get out the next couple days and try the rest of the sandwiches on your list!

Between the Buns is a Wayland area handheld competition! The goal is to bring business to local restaurants, have fun trying new places, and help to fight childhood hunger. The competition will be from Jan. 1st through 31st. Voting will be open to the public for the month and the top 5 locations wil...

01/27/2025

Only a couple more days left to try them all and VOTE! Here is the voting link if you are ready to cast your vote!

Between the Buns is a Wayland area handheld competition! The goal is to bring business to local restaurants, have fun trying new places, and help to fight childhood hunger. The competition will be from Jan. 1st through 31st. Voting will be open to the public for the month and the top 5 locations wil...

01/22/2025

Between the Buns is almost done! Make sure you vote for your favorite Sandwich!

Use the link below to cast your vote!

Between the Buns is a Wayland area handheld competition! The goal is to bring business to local restaurants, have fun trying new places, and help to fight childhood hunger. The competition will be from Jan. 1st through 31st. Voting will be open to the public for the month and the top 5 locations wil...

01/15/2025

Check out all the sandwiches for the Between the Buns competition! The Wayland area sandwich battle is all January long!

Auction House Cafe - Breakfast Burger
C's Pizza & BBQ - Brisket Sammie
Sand Bar and Grill - Fried Green Tomato B.L.T
McDuff's Bar and Grille - The Great Loafer
Wayland Hotel & Bar - Absolute Money
4 One 2 Distillery - Chicken Bacon Mac Wrap
Salvinos - Bruschetta Chicken Sandwich
Russo's Pizzeria - Russo’s Italian Beef Sandwich
Big Dipper - Turkey Pesto Panini
Curley Cone - Philly Beef Grilled Cheese
Hillards Corner Lounge - Crispy Chicken Alfredo Parm Sandwich
OpenRoad Brewery - Cudighi Sandwich

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01/14/2025

We are almost half way through the competition! What sandwiches have you tried so far?

Auction House Cafe - Breakfast Burger
C's Pizza & BBQ - Brisket Sammie
Sand Bar and Grill - Fried Green Tomato B.L.T
McDuff's Bar and Grille - The Great Loafer
Wayland Hotel & Bar - Absolute Money
4 One 2 Distillery - Chicken Bacon Mac Wrap
Salvinos - Bruschetta Chicken Sandwich
Russo's Pizzeria - Russo’s Italian Beef Sandwich
Big Dipper - Turkey Pesto Panini
Curley Cone - Philly Beef Grilled Cheese
Hillards Corner Lounge - Crispy Chicken Alfredo Parm Sandwich
OpenRoad Brewery - Cudighi Sandwich

01/06/2025

Check out all the sandwiches for the Between the Buns competition!

Auction House Cafe - Breakfast Burger
C's Pizza & BBQ - Brisket Sammie
Sand Bar and Grill - Fried Green Tomato B.L.T
McDuff's Bar and Grille - The Great Loafer
Wayland Hotel & Bar - Absolute Money
4 One 2 Distillery - Chicken Bacon Mac Wrap
Salvinos - Bruschetta Chicken Sandwich
Russo's Pizzeria - Russo’s Italian Beef Sandwich
Big Dipper - Turkey Pesto Panini
Curley Cone - Philly Beef Grilled Cheese
Hillards Corner Lounge - Crispy Chicken Alfredo Parm Sandwich
OpenRoad Brewery - Cudighi Sandwich

01/03/2025

Between the Buns is on their third day! What sandwiches have you tried already?

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12/31/2024

Tomorrow is the start of Between the Buns! Here is a list of the local places who are participating. Each place has business card which you can take to mark where you have been!

OpenRoad Brewery
C's Pizza and BBQ
Curley Cone
Wayland Big Dipper
Russo's Hopkins and Gun Lake
Sand Bar and Grill
Salvinos
4 One 2 Distillery
Auction House Cafe
Wayland Hotel Bar and Gill
McDuffs Bar and Grille
Hillards Corner Lounge

12/27/2024

We are only a few days away from the start of Between the Buns on January 1st! Remember, not only are we supporting our small businesses by trying the sandwiches, $1 of each sandwich goes to our LOCAL Hand to Hand program!