Guidebook for Grand Rapids
Food Scene
"Field & Fire Café is an expansion of our current bakery. The café features breakfast and lunch focusing on local, organic ingredients, making simple dishes with big flavor…. from scratch." Also serve Madcap coffee.
9 locals recommend
Field & Fire Cafe
820 Monroe Ave NW"Field & Fire Café is an expansion of our current bakery. The café features breakfast and lunch focusing on local, organic ingredients, making simple dishes with big flavor…. from scratch." Also serve Madcap coffee.
"Minimalist, modern cafe serving specialty coffees, with experienced baristas creating latte art." Best coffee in America. Seriously.
50 locals recommend
Madcap Coffee Company
98 Monroe Center St NW"Minimalist, modern cafe serving specialty coffees, with experienced baristas creating latte art." Best coffee in America. Seriously.
"Busy cafe/bakery with a neighborhood vibe for ample sandwiches & hearty stews made from scratch." Vegan/Vegetarian options. 4 minute walk from our house.
91 locals recommend
Marie Catrib's of Grand Rapids
"Busy cafe/bakery with a neighborhood vibe for ample sandwiches & hearty stews made from scratch." Vegan/Vegetarian options. 4 minute walk from our house.
Drinks & Nightlife
"Evocative brewery in a former chapel featuring tours & a pub offering craft beers & French fare." Less than half a mile away.
96 locals recommend
Brewery Vivant
925 Cherry St SE"Evocative brewery in a former chapel featuring tours & a pub offering craft beers & French fare." Less than half a mile away.
"Buzzing watering hole with art-adorned red walls, classic arcade games & outdoor tables." If that's your scene, it is right around the corner, 0.1mi from our door.
24 locals recommend
Meanwhile Bar, Inc.
1005 Wealthy St SE"Buzzing watering hole with art-adorned red walls, classic arcade games & outdoor tables." If that's your scene, it is right around the corner, 0.1mi from our door.
Grand Rapids' biggest and most renowned micro-brewery. Taproom is a "former trucking depot that was modeled after a German beer hall, complete with a patio and beer garden." Live music on Thursdays and Saturdays.
176 locals recommend
Founders Brewing Co
235 Grandville Ave SWGrand Rapids' biggest and most renowned micro-brewery. Taproom is a "former trucking depot that was modeled after a German beer hall, complete with a patio and beer garden." Live music on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Entertainment & Activities
The Pyramid Scheme
68 Commerce Ave SWConcert venue / Pinball arcade. Live music most nights.
Arts & Culture
"Collections ranging from Renaissance to Modern Art and special collections on 19th and 20th-century European and American art." Free on Tuesdays (all day) and Thursday evenings.
163 locals recommend
Grand Rapids Children's Museum
11 Sheldon Ave NE"Collections ranging from Renaissance to Modern Art and special collections on 19th and 20th-century European and American art." Free on Tuesdays (all day) and Thursday evenings.
"Multi-use facility devoted to the creative arts, with programs in visual arts, film, music & dance." Gallery open to the public. Movie theatre showing small-release films.
43 locals recommend
UICA
17 Pearl St NW"Multi-use facility devoted to the creative arts, with programs in visual arts, film, music & dance." Gallery open to the public. Movie theatre showing small-release films.