“If you ask someone, ‘Where would you go to get a great steak?’ I don’t think there’s really a good answer to that right now,” Capital Prime Majority Owner Joseph Goodsir said. “That’s the niche that we’re trying to go for.”

Goodsir said customers will be treated to certified Angus beef, free-range chicken, wild-caught fish, wine and a fully stocked bar, “comparable to those in Detroit and Chicago.”

Capital Prime will also feature “The Lounge,” a piano and jazz bar Thursday through Saturday that will feature local and national artists.

Grand Rapids Spartans, rejoice. The west Michigan-based pizzeria will open its newest establishment in August at 215 Ann St. Draft, with beer, martinis, burgers, award-winning pizza and sirloin steak all are a part of a family owned recipe that is “better quality than what you would get at a corporate business,” Peppino’s Pizzeria & Sports Grille President Joe DiLeonardo said.

Customers can expect a neat atmosphere with a private dining room, shuffleboard, two outdoor decks and TVs in every booth.

Franchisee Kris Elliott said the design of the East Lansing location will mirror the Grand Rapids location.

Like Peppino’s Pizzeria & Sports Grille, another Grand Rapids native restaurant is making it’s way to East Lansing. Tucked underneath the altitudinous Residences apartments, HopCat, 211 Ann St., will offer 100 draft beer lines, including India pale ales, pilsners and lagers, Belgian style, amber and browns, porters and stouts and wheat; the largest amount in the state, Barfly Ventures President Sam Short said.

“We work tirelessly to ensure that our staff is educated and trained in a way that you don’t necessarily see with larger companies and is tough for some small companies,” Short said.

Burgers, salads, fish and chips and an abundance of appetizers also are on the menu, or as HopCat’s website puts it, “the food your mom would feed you if your mom loved beer.”

Originally from the Flint area, the 90-year-old Halo Burger franchise is expanding its horizons to Spartan country; in addition to new locations across Michigan in Novi, Brighton, Farmington Hills, Rochester, Bingham Farms and Clarkston, all set to open before the end of 2013.

Halo Burger Director of Marketing Polly Dortch-Conlan said the restaurant serves a five-ounce burger, compared to most burger joints that serve three- to five-ounce patties. Dortch-Conlan claims the Halo olive burger is a customer favorite, a ground beef patty, never frozen, glazed with green olives.

The olive burger, Boston coolers and more will be located in the Frandor Shopping Center across from Kroger and World Market.