Best Sports Bars in West Michigan for Watching the Lions
Our local Big Ten teams may be having a lackluster season, but the Detroit Lions are giving fans plenty to roar about.
10 Taco Week Spots to Explore
Grand Rapids Taco Week is underway, giving taco lovers a delicious excuse to explore local restaurants, try something new and score tacos for just $3 with the GR Taco Week app.
Eat Tacos. Win Prizes.
Here’s an honest question: Could you eat tacos every day for a week? What about twice a day? And would you do it for a chance to win $500 in gift cards?
Ride the Gravy Train to Michigan Street
Downtown Grand Rapids may have the art this September, but restaurants along the Michigan Street Corridor are working on a different kind of masterpiece.
Update: New Date for Taste of Gaines
Food, music and community spirit will once again take center stage as Taste of Gaines returns this fall.
Yesterdog’s Vibe Still Rocks After 50 Years
Walk into Yesterdog in Eastown and nothing much has changed.
Clean Cuisine
There’s a certain kind of meal that doesn’t just impress you—it lingers afterward in a quieter way.
A taco shop takeover
There are few places in Grand Rapids where a group of people can walk in hungry and completely disagree about what they want to eat — and somehow everybody still wins.
It’s a wrap!
The meal that was once largely associated with octogenarians and bottomless coffee has gotten a pretty serious makeover in recent years.
What’s Cooking?
One of the great privileges of my job and my life is how much I get to travel, and when I do, I put a premium on cultural experiences and especially experiences around food.
A slice of Culture
I’ve always believed cheese deserves more than a supporting role on the plate. So when a shop dedicated entirely to cheese landed on my radar, I knew I had to investigate.
Lovejoy opens in Holland
I wish I were Lucas Grill’s cousin – because then his grandma could be my grandma, too. And, if I were lucky, some of his delightful memories of her would also be mine.
Recipe: Blueberry sangria + a mocktail
Here's a local twist on a time honored traditional Spanish drink—sangria!Â
15 burgers worth biting into
Grand Rapids Burger Week has arrived, giving burger lovers the chance to enjoy creations from 15 participating restaurants, with burgers priced at $7-$10 through the official app.
Tasty never retired
If you venture to the Breton Meadows Shopping Center at 2269 44th St SE, you'll find a glorious mecca of Mediterranean food and much more.
Trust, plated
It’s Thursday evening at Trust GR restaurant, and Chef Trimell Hawkins is using the relatively quiet weekday to supervise his team as they prepare, plate, and serve the intricate dishes that are the restaurant’s trademark.
Summer in Wonderland
It can be risky returning to a distillery you enjoyed the first time, many years later, because it might not live up to those amazing memories.
Tellers Lounge mixes tradition with innovation
Attention, foodies: There’s a new culinary dynamic duo along the SoDIV corridor of Heartside.
Recipe: Strawberry-rhubarb freezer jam
Summer fruit season overlaps just long enough to make a little kitchen magic.
Allora debuts summer menu as chef refines restaurant’s identity
Just months after stepping into the executive chef role at Allora, Chef Greg Jones is unveiling his first seasonal menu.
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