Chop shop

E.A. Brady’s is a craft butchery serving up fresh cuts for your winter platters.
Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival chef kitchen

Sample away at the Wine, Beer & Food Festival

It’s almost time for the Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival.
Morning Belle donut waffle partial

Morning Belle

New restaurant cracks the code (and eggs) on breakfast.
Emonae Korean BBQ tonkatsu plate

Korean barbecue and karaoke place opening in Grand Rapids

Downtown is getting a new place that will blend Korean barbecue with karaoke.
Poquito exterior sign in black and white

Tapas restaurant opening at lakeshore

A new restaurant that specializes in Spanish tapas is opening soon at the lakeshore.

The art of cake

Lincoln Alexander creates more than delectable goodies; his cakes are sculptural feats.

Steadfast Supper Club

Chef Matt Overdevest brings the restaurant experience to your home.
Bryan Esler

Restaurant revival

Gaia Café is cooking once again thanks to Andrea Bumstead’s determination.
Bryan Esler

Kitchen hustle

Irie Kitchen is the passion project of chef Vince McIntosh.
Zoko 822 brings Basque Country cuisine to Grand Rapids.

Zoko 822 Draws Inspiration From Spain’s Basque Region

Basque Country is nestled in the north of Spain near the western border of France. The autonomous community sits at the foot of the Bay of Biscay and celebrates a culinary culture that’s unique to mainstream exported Spanish cuisine.

Social House

The new restaurant hopes to overcome the seemingly cursed location.

A new groove

When East Hills favorite Grove, owned by Essence Restaurant Group, reopened this past spring, it was nearly unrecognizable from its former self.
Rak Thai bubble boba tea cups

Thai food vendor expanding at Downtown Market

The brothers behind a Thai restaurant at the Grand Rapids Downtown Market are expanding to sell more bubble tea.
Fork Fest

Fork Fest celebrates West Michigan’s bounty

Nearly 40 local vendors will be on hand at a showcase of the region’s best food and drinks.
Third Nature Brewing Co. exterior

Suburban brewery schedules opening

A new brewery in the area is embracing the great outdoors.
One Twenty Three tavern bar bartender

One Twenty Three tavern opens downtown

A tavern serving up American cuisine has opened downtown.
One Trick Pony patio seating

Downtown restaurant gains approval for dogs on patio

One of the city’s oldest establishments has secured county approval to legally allow dogs on its patio.
Chef de cuisine Stephan VanHeulen brings palpable passion to the penthouse kitchen at Cygnus 27. Photo by Michael Buck

Chef Profile: ‘Going the Extra Mile’

Two hours before dinner service commences, Cygnus 27 chef de cuisine Stephan VanHeulen has deftly inspected the kitchen, marveling at the diver scallops — gorgeous, pearly pink and way more substantial than anything you can buy at a supermarket; smelling the exhilarating earthiness of the fluffy hen-of-the-woods, royal trumpet and white beech mushrooms; and tasting the whipped root vegetable purée. But it’s the massive octopus with eight tentacles, a dangerously delicious beast, that stopped him in his tracks.

Sensory awakening

MDRD brings a taste of Spain to the 27th floor of Amway Grand Plaza.
Grain Sandwich Shop Berry Clucking Delicious

West Side sandwich shop wins Grandwich competition

A sandwich shop on the city’s West Side has won the 2019 Grandwich contest.

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