Between the Buns

Competition 2024

Downtown Wayland is hosting a sandwich/handheld competition called Between the Buns for January. The goal is to bring business to local restaurants 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 will undergo a judging section to select the winner. Each location has punch cards to help guide the consumers around the area and QR code for quick voting at each tables.

The public can sample the various entries and vote at the Downtown Wayland website, downtownwayland.com/betweenthebuns for their selection. The top 5 finalists will be announced on January 31st and a final vote by judges will take place soon after.

Each business will donate $1 for each handheld to the Hand2Hand program. This program is run by local churches and is available in 278 different schools around West Michigan. Families can sign-up for free and receive food over the weekend. Our goal for this program is not only to bring business to the Wayland area restaurants but to help fight childhood hunger.

Between the Buns Voting

Please note you are only allowed to vote ONCE.

Handheld Items

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Bay Pointe Bar & Grille

Pesto-Pesto Grilled Chicken Sandwich - Sourdough bread grilled with basil pesto. On the inside Sun-dried tomato pesto, fresh tomatoes, Gruyere cheese, and grilled chicken breast. Served with house made sweet potato chips

Auction House Cafe

Big Auction Burger - 1/2 lb. Burger Patty, BLT, Mayo, smashed between two Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

McDuff's Bar and Grille

The Dubliner - Half pound of slow roasted corned beef, sour kraut, swiss cheese, and topped with our house made 1000 island dressing

Wayland Hotel & Bar

Absolutely Delicious - Smoked bacon belly, Hotel special BBQ sauce with homemade slaw on a grilled New England bun.

4 One 2 Distillery

Fricken Chicken Taco - Fried chicken, flat fries, white American and cheddar cheese and avocado ranch on a flour shell

Salvinos Wayland

The Kickin Chicken - It is a Blackened Chicken Breast with Bacon, Cheddar Cheese, deep fried Jalapenos and banana peppers, Cajun Mayo, Lettuce and Tomato on a Brioche bun. Comes with chip!

Hilliards Corner Lounge

Classic Rueben Sandwich - Corned Beef slow roasted and sliced in house, piled high on marbled rye toast, balanced with tangy sauerkraut, layered with melted Swiss cheese, and drizzled with house recipe Russian sauce.

Sand Bar and Grill

The Real Monte Cristo - A double-decker Turkey, Ham, Swiss and American Cheese sandwich with powdered sugar and raspberry preserves. Served with fries.

Russo's - Hopkins and Gun Lake Locations

Chicken Bruschetta Pesto - Grilled or crispy chicken topped with bruschetta, pesto and mozzarella cheese on a brioche bun. Served with chips and a pickle.

Main Street Bakery

The Hot Honey - Just like all the Hot Honey's, our sandwich is sweet, a little salty, and spicy. Our sandwich features a breaded chicken breast filet covered in Mike's Hot Honey, pepperjack cheese, bacon, mayonnaise, and pickle on our made from scratch yeast donuts!

Smoke On The Water BBQ

The Brisky Business - Sometimes a little brisket is exactly what we need to spice up our lives, so that's where this sandwich starts is with our brisket. Between a toasted brioche bun, slapped with spicy mayo, grilled onions, shredies, tomato, melted cheese and lettuce. This is worth the "brisk"