Chef Jared and Company

10/10/2026

Chef Jared & Company will be closing at 1 pm today as our team heads out to help celebrate a very special occasion.

Congratulations to Jordan & Emma!

We’re honored to be part of your big day and wish you a lifetime of love, laughter, and figuring out what’s for dinner.

Thank you to our wonderful guests for your understanding and continued support.

10/06/2026

FRIDAY SOUP CLUB: FRENCH ONION 🧅

After 25 gallons of B**r Cheese disappeared last week, we got the message loud and clear, Manistee is ready for soup season.

This Friday we’re bringing out one of the classics:

FRENCH ONION SOUP

Slow-cooked onions, rich savory broth, and all that deep French onion flavor that makes cold-weather food worth waiting for.

$25 — Half gallon of homemade soup + a fresh loaf of our house-baked bread.

Last week taught us something important: preordering is probably a good idea.

We’ll make extra for walk-ins, but once it’s gone, it’s gone and apparently 25 gallons isn’t the safety net we thought it was.

Pickup Friday beginning at 10 AM.

Call or stop in to get your name on the list. 231-299-1087

Friday dinner: handled.

10/03/2026

CHEF GOT BORED AGAIN.

So naturally, there’s a new sandwich feature!

MICHIGAN THAI CHILI HOT HONEY PULLED PORK — $15

Slow-cooked pulled pork tossed with Mi Hot Honey , piled onto a bacon brioche bun with dill pickles and a sweet chili slaw!

Because apparently regular hot honey wasn’t enough. We needed the Thai Hot Honey to come in and choose violence.

Served with Great Lakes Chips.

Sweet. Spicy. Sticky. Savory. A little messy.

Basically everything a good pulled pork sandwich should be.

Come hungry. And maybe grab an extra napkin

09/29/2026

FRIDAY SOUP STARTS THIS WEEK.

And we’re kicking it off with a little help from our friends at Third Life Brewing Company

This Friday’s soup: B**R CHEESE SOUP

Made from scratch at Chef Jared & Company and featuring b**r from Third Life Brewing right here in Manistee because if we’re going to make b**r cheese soup, it seems only reasonable that the b**r should come from people right down the road who know a thing or two about making it.

$25 gets you a half gallon of B**r Cheese Soup + a fresh house-baked loaf of bread.

Dinner handled.

Preorders are highly encouraged because we’re making a limited amount and based on what happened with the Soup Club last year, some of you take your soup very seriously. 231-299-1087

Pickup this Friday beginning at 10 AM.

Local b**r. House-baked bread. Homemade soup.

Not a bad way to bring Friday Soup Club back.

09/28/2026

IT’S BACK. FRIDAY SOUP SEASON HAS RETURNED.

The weather is cooling down, which means it’s officially time to bring back one of our favorite cold-weather traditions at Chef Jared & Company:
Friday Half Gallons of Homemade Soup + Fresh House-Baked Bread.

Every Friday, we’ll make one soup from scratch, bake the bread, and make Friday dinner a whole lot easier.
1/2 gallon homemade soup + fresh house-baked bread — $25
Preorders are highly encouraged because once it’s gone, it’s gone.

And because we know some of you like to plan your soup consumption months in advance, here’s the lineup:

OCTOBER
Oct. 2 — B**r Cheese
Oct. 9 — French Onion
Oct. 16 — Wisconsin Cheddar
Oct. 23 — CLOSED
Oct. 30 — Cheddar Broccoli
NOVEMBER
Nov. 6 — Chicken Noodle
Nov. 13 — Bean & Ham
Nov. 20 — Tomato Basil
Nov. 27 — Clam Chowder
DECEMBER
Dec. 4 — B**r Cheese
Dec. 11 — Wisconsin Cheddar
Dec. 18 — Potato Chowder
Dec. 25 — CLOSED for Christmas
JANUARY
Jan. 1 — Beef Stew
Jan. 8 — Cheddar Broccoli
Jan. 15 — Chicken & Rice
Jan. 22 — Beef & Noodle
Jan. 29 — Bean & Ham
FEBRUARY
Feb. 5 — Tomato Basil
Feb. 12 — Clam Chowder
Feb. 19 — Crab Bisque
Feb. 26 — Crawfish Étouffée Style
MARCH
Mar. 5 — Cheddar Cauliflower
Mar. 12 — French Onion
Half a gallon of soup. Fresh bread baked right here. Dinner handled.
Because sometimes the best thing you can cook for dinner is absolutely nothing.
Friday Soup Club returns October 2.
Now the important question:
Which soup are you already planning your Friday around?

09/27/2026

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.- Chef is heading back into the classroom.

One of the things we’re incredibly proud to make time for each year is helping educate and mentor Michigan’s next generation of culinary professionals through the Michigan Hospitality Foundation’s - Boot Camp.

This year, Chef will be working with culinary students on October 19, October 23, and October 27.

Those days mean stepping away from the restaurant and, yes, sacrificing a little revenue. But there are some things we believe are worth more than what comes through the register. Sometimes you prioritize education over profit.

And while Chef is off teaching, it also gives our team something they’ve more than earned after another busy season: An extra day off.

So Chef Jared & Company will be closed October 19, 23, and 27 while Chef spends some time with Michigan’s future culinary professionals at Culinary Boot Camp and our team gets some well-deserved time to themselves.

This industry doesn’t get better unless we’re willing to invest our time in the people who are coming up behind us and if we can play even a small part in helping shape the next generation of Michigan hospitality, we’re going to make the time.

The restaurant will be back the following day, probably with Chef having learned a thing or two from the students, too.

Our Oct. 23 ProStart Boot Camp is one month away!

The best way to get ready for the 2027 ProStart Competition is by joining a team of professionals and educators at Boot Camp, where students will get hands-on instruction and feedback from industry experts.

Boot Camp runs 9 AM - 3 PM and costs $35 per student. Register today at mihf.org/student-events.html!

09/25/2026

We may not exactly have acres of lawn over here at Chef Jared & Company…

Okay, we barely have enough grass to justify owning a lawn mower But what we do have, Partridge Landscaping keeps us looking pretty damn good.

Fall is officially here, and we wanted to give a little shoutout to the guy who keeps our little patch of Arthur Street looking neat and taken care of.

And unlike us, some of you actually have real yards.

Partridge Landscaping is accepting new clients, so if the leaves are starting to fall and your yard is already plotting against you, now’s a good time to get on his scheduled.

We may not give him much to mow but he makes what we’ve got look good.

Support the local businesses that help keep other local businesses looking their best.

09/25/2026

9 TO 5 FOR DOLLY- National Dolly Parton Day

Pumpkin Pancakes — $9.25

Around here, we spend a lot more time working 5 to 9 than 9 to 5, but today we’re having a little fun with it.

We’re still open 7 to 2. Hopefully Dolly would understand that 9 to 5 doesn’t exactly work for a breakfast restaurant.

Today, we’re doing what we know how to do: feeding people and doing a little good along the way.

50% of every Pumpkin Pancake order sold today will be donated to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, helping put books into the hands of kids and encouraging them to read, learn, and dream.

Dolly gave us the music, the hair, the rhinestones, and a song that’s gotten plenty of us through a workday. But what she did for kids and literacy deserves to be remembered right alongside all of it.

So come have breakfast with us.

9/25. $9.25. 9 to 5 for Dolly.

(But we’re still open 7 to 2. Please don’t show up at 4:45 looking for pancakes.)

09/24/2026

Chef got bored again. October menu is here.

New dishes. New flavors. A few old favorites sticking around because Chef knows better than to start a riot. And yes, there has been plenty of taste testing. It’s a terrible burden, but someone has to do it.

Cranberry Turkey Brie is back, y’all been begging for that to come back!

Pumpkin Pancakes are here!

French Onion Grilled Cheese by popular demand!

Come hungry. We’ve got some new things for you to try.

09/23/2026

A Sweet New Partnership, With a Little Heat

We love working with Michigan businesses that care just as much about what goes into their products as we do.

So we’re excited to welcome Mi Hot Honey to Chef Jared & Company.

You’ll now find their honey products for sale right here in the restaurant, so you can take a little Michigan-made goodness home with you.

But we couldn’t exactly put hot honey on the shelf and leave it there.

It’s making its way onto the menu, too.

You’ll start seeing Michigan Hot Honey worked into some of our dishes, where that little combination of sweet and heat can do what it does best.

It’s another Michigan partnership we’re excited to bring to our tables and another great local product we’re proud to put our name behind.

Stop in, try it on the menu, and if you become slightly obsessed with it, don’t worry.

We’ve got bottles to take home, too.