Turn and face the change
Changes. They are all around us. In the way we educate and the way we consume everything from information to medicine, adjustments are constantly being made to our society, hopefully for the better.
And so it begins…
Aloha! Welcome to my inaugural issue of Grand Rapids Magazine.
Farewell, friends.
Hi everyone. It’s been a good ride, but unfortunately this issue is a bittersweet goodbye as my time at the helm of Grand Rapids...
Drinks with Pat
A few weeks ago, I mentioned Cork & Fork at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
Drinks with Pat: Popular vs. trendy
Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of tasting some delicious beers from St. Louis-based Schlafly Beer.
Drinks with Pat: Attributes of alchemy
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.
Drinks with Pat: The subtlety of the craft
One of my favorite breweries in the area is Cedar Springs Brewing Co.
Drinks with Pat: The ol’ oat soda
Today is International Beer Day — yes, yet another made-up holiday that encourages us to drink or eat more.
Drinks with Pat: Locality matters
One of my favorite things about the world of food and beverage is terroir.
Drinks with Pat: Reinventing the flavor wheel
There’s an argument that Woodford Reserve is one of the first true craft distilleries.
Social Misfits, Naughty Bettie to host brunch and burlesque event
A downtown Grand Rapids eatery has teamed up with a local lingerie boutique to take dinner theater to a new level.
Drinks with Pat: A never-ending journey
The craft beer scene in West Michigan was completely different in the mid-90s.
Drinks with Pat: The flavored whiskey boom
This week, a pretty cool whiskey brand founder was in town.
From Heritage Hill to pickleball, we’ve got it all
Somehow, we’re deep into summer 2022. How did that happen?
Drinks with Pat: Not your dad’s ice cream
It’s summertime, and sometimes there’s nothing better on a hot, humid evening than a scoop of ice cream.
Drinks with Pat: Women and Whiskey
There’s a really cool whiskey event in Grand Rapids this weekend.
Drinks with Pat: Hey, that’s my friend Collin!
A year or so ago, I was scrolling through my Instagram, as a millennial is apt to do, and I saw my childhood friend Collin O’Brien rocking out on drums.
Drinks with Pat: Five years of Thornapple
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.
Drinks with Pat: Going down to Indy
Last weekend, I went to the Indianapolis 500.
Drinks with Pat: The road not taken
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.
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