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With the biggest meal of the year on the calendar this month, West Michigan brewers are ready to feast.

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

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.

When you only have three months of summer (in a good year), it’s critical to take every opportunity to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather. What better way to soak up summer than dining al fresco?

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

Blon and Yang Hang, brothers and owners of local Thai food favorite Rak Thai, will be opening a second restaurant, Juju Bird, in the Downtown Market.

Michael Goessman loves the ingredients he can find in West Michigan.

Grand Rapids enjoys a plethora of small markets offering everything from everyday items to specialty foods not easily found anywhere else in the city.

St. Patrick’s Day is coming, and besides the obligatory drinking and garish green clothing, Grand Rapids has more than a firkin of festive events happening over the weekend.

Ready to ditch the holiday leftovers and treat yourself to something exciting?

The owner of a local barbecue takeout and delivery place has converted it into a taco and burger joint.

After three years in Lowell, Main Street BBQ is opening its second location and there may be others to follow.

If you thought you were too old to get excited about seeing the ice cream truck cruising the streets, think again. Furniture City Creamery has purchased a vintage truck and will be taking its frozen treats around Grand Rapids this summer, so get ready to feel that joy once more.

April showers (or snow?!) bring May flowers -- but when you live in Grand Rapids, it can feel like the May flowers will never come. To cheer up your gray spring days, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite comfort foods. From mac and cheese to cookies, waffles to soup -- by the time you eat your way through the list, you’ll be ready for our long-awaited summer.

A new chopped salad restaurant has opened downtown.

Have you heard the buzz around town? Your daily grind is about to get a lot more brew-tiful with Mayan Buzz Café opening inside the new Bridge Street Market this week.

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.

There's something deeply romantic about wine, cheese and charcuterie. This simple but elegant spread can pose equally well as date night munchies or an appetizer to an indulgent meal.

Unfortunately, I don’t speak Italian, yet. I do, however, speak Vitale's!

A taste of Japan has rolled onto Michigan Street.