Editor's Letter

Pickleball! If you don’t know what it is, go look it up and try it out. 

This week, a pretty cool whiskey brand founder was in town.

Summer might look a little different this year, but that didn’t stop us from putting together our annual City Guide.

There’s an old adage, a suggestion for would-be authors that goes like this: write what you know.

Grand Rapids might go by Beer City now, but the brewing industry’s roots are much deeper than the 21st century.

Hi, I’m Pat Evans. You might remember me (but probably won’t) from my five years as a reporter at the Grand Rapids Business Journal and beer columnist in the back pages of this very magazine.

As Drinks with Pat takes shape (maybe you’ve noticed it’s a recurring column at this point, or maybe you haven’t) I’m going to use it to chat with fun people.

Shortly before leaving for Las Vegas in 2017, I shot a segment of "Beer Beat with Pat" on WZZM 13 at Thornapple Brewing Company, at 6262 28th St SE in Grand Rapids.

Before Atwater Brewery opened its location in Grand Rapids, I ventured over to Detroit to chat with then-owner Mark Rieth to see what it was all about for Grand Rapids Business Journal.

Make sure to set aside some time to visit your favorite places and show them support after such a tough past year.

In the February 2021 issue, we look at dating in Grand Rapids, the new South East Market, the Division Avenue Arts Collective and more.

Grand Rapids is full of tucked-away places and cool history, and this month, we uncover some great destinations that typically fly under the radar.

The past two-plus years have been incredibly difficult for everyone.

A downtown Grand Rapids eatery has teamed up with a local lingerie boutique to take dinner theater to a new level.

Midwesterners are known for our modest niceness, our “opes” and our inclination to make fun of ourselves.

Grand Rapids has an abundance of bakeries, custom cupcake, cookie and cake designers, and retailers with plenty of sweets for sale.

There’s an argument that Woodford Reserve is one of the first true craft distilleries.

One of my more vivid memories as an adult, for a reason I’ll never be able to understand,  is sitting at a bar in Louisville with Long Road Distillers founders Jon O’Connor and Kyle Van Strien.

Travel and food go hand in hand, so this fall, pack your car and head to the lakeshore for a weekend of fun and feasting.

One of my favorite things about the world of food and beverage is terroir.