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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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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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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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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