May/June 2025
Features
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The Best of Grand Rapids 2025
Each year, the community weighs in on what makes Grand Rapids great in our Best of Grand Rapids readers’ survey and we celebrate with a party.
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Get out and golf!
While Michigan winters can be a drag for avid golfers, when spring rolls around, the Mitten State continues to shine as a haven for golfers.
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Food + Drink
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The Big Easy meets Monroe Center
Want to spot the difference between Cajun food and Creole food? Raphael Jones says to check for tomatoes.
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Recipe: Spring’s Bounty
Spring brings with it more than just warmer weather and blooming flowers—it ushers in the season of mushrooms.
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Fresh seafood, affordable, too!
When Zully Vielma and Louis Hamper settled in Greenville in 2016, for Louis Hamper, whose mother lived there, it was a homecoming.
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Three restaurants, one dream
Brunch at Lady Bird in Saugatuck started with a raspberry mimosa and quickly spiraled into a delicious dilemma…
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Smitten with the Mitten at hidden gem
I recently happened upon a restaurant I hadn’t been to before, and wow, what a delicious surprise it was!
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A ‘grey hare’ you’ll love
Something unexpected has taken root on Wealthy Street— a bar-meets-gallery that channels New York cool into what was once a craft brewery.
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Look + Feel
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Moments with a capital ‘M’
Jason Novotny is Vice President of Design at TowerPinkster, one of Grand Rapids’ titans of design. Recently, TowerPinkster merged with Comprehensive Engineering, a local firm specializing in mechanical, structural, and civil engineering.
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Recreation Reimagined!
Each year, we endure the unrelenting chill of winter–waiting, albeit not always patiently, for the unparalleled bliss of a West Michigan summer.
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Sowing the seeds of success
Like proud parents sharing pictures of their new babies, customers at Flowerland, West Michigan’s 75-year-old purveyor of plants, sometimes bring in snapshots showcasing the plants that garden supply buyer Kathy Rohm has helped them nurture.
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Women’s fashion: what’s trending
If your type of spring cleaning includes a wardrobe refresh, read on to discover four fashion trends that will have you dopamine dressing your way into sunnier weather and sunnier dispositions.
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People + Places
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Party with the Best of Grand Rapids
Kick off the summer in style with an evening of food, drinks at the second annual Best of Grand Rapids party, presented by Max’s South Seas Hideaway.
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Author tells tales from ‘Bear County’
John Counts knows Michigan’s small towns—he’s lived in them, visited for outdoor activities, and reported on the people and events of those small towns so often that they have become part of him.
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City gears up for 48th Amway River Bank Run
Grand Rapids will be buzzing early Saturday, May 10, as the 48th annual Amway River Bank Run takes over downtown.
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A drive to revive!
If you’re driving by the intersection of 44th and Kalamazoo, you may (or may not) notice a weathered strip mall fronted by a sign portraying a horse and buggy.
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Brewing luxury— from hobby to crafting 24k Gold
When out and about one night, I saw a man absolutely tearing it up, salsa dancing.
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Get ready to Rock the Lot!
For over five decades, The Intersection has stood as the heartbeat of Grand Rapids’ live music scene, offering an eclectic mix of genres and unforgettable experiences.
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Driving for show, putting for dough
The Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give will return to Blythefield Country Club in Belmont from June 12–15, 2025.
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‘Deport him? To where?’
In 2018, Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Grand Rapids native, was arrested after allegedly starting a small fire.
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