Must-try

While it’s not the first restaurant to offer poke bowls in Grand Rapids, Wikiwiki Poke Shop is the first to put the popular Hawaiian cuisine front and center on its menu.

On Thursday, the Happy Cat Café opened its doors downtown, creating a purrfect spot for lovers of both coffee and cats.

Wow! What a year. 2018 feels like it lasted about 10 years—so long that you probably forgot that the Winter Olympics, the hottest debate (was it Yanny or Laurel?) and IHOB (likely the dumbest call for attention ever) were all JUST THIS YEAR.

Turns out Thursday Oct. 4 is National Taco Day. Head to one of the places below and fill your plate with tacos in celebration.

The former Pal’s Diner has been renamed Dan’s Diner and will reopen before the end of the month.

In a perfect world or in a dream—those are the only two places where you might find something like Outside Coffee. The third spot was in Erica Lang’s heart, which leads us to the fourth spot: The Wealthy Street reality.

Drinks with a skyline view are now available in Grand Rapids with the opening of Haute at New Hotel Mertens. The rooftop opens at 4 p.m. today.

Grand Rapids West Siders are a devoted bunch, with a desire to see their neighborhood grow but also to remain true to its hard-working, hardscrabble roots.

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market is featuring a long menu of spicy specials all day long on Saturday.

A locally based chain of beer bars is opening its Holland location soon.

It's estimated that there are as many as 7,000 Irish pubs in the world outside of Ireland in as many as 53 countries.

Sometimes all it takes is once to make something feel like home.

A teacher who has a 12-year-old son with Down syndrome is gearing up to start a nonprofit café in Ada she hopes will provide jobs and a sense of belonging for individuals with disabilities.

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market wants you to eat your greens this Saturday.

If you are attending the annual Harvest Festival in Rockford this weekend, be sure to stop by Rockford Brewing’s beer tent and pick up a beer brat.

When you hear taproom, most likely your first thought is beer, but Sacred Springs is a different sort of taproom. It serves up locally made kombucha.

A local Thai takeout place has undergone a rebranding after changing hands within a family of restaurateurs.

Paola Carlson isn’t planning to slow down any time soon.

A new coffee shop is in the works for Grand Rapids' Creston Heights neighborhood.

Despite the pandemic, Ken Sung and Clark Frain, the owner and executive chef of Terra, followed through with plans to open Terra Bagels.