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FOOD & DRINK
Michigan Diner Named the State’s Best Truck Stop Breakfast
Breakfast food is the best food. Those are just the facts. But as someone who makes a fair share of road trips throughout the year, there is something about truck stop breakfast. I can't explain it, but there is a certain delicacy of a gas station biscuit loaded up for...
See the lineup for free movies and concerts in the park this summer in East Grand Rapids
EAST GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Families will be able to enjoy free concerts and movies in the park all summer long in East Grand Rapids, starting next month. The East Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department is back with its annual Concerts and Movies in the Park summer series, which kicks off Monday, June 10. The free events will be held at John Collins Park, overlooking Reeds Lake at 650 Lakeside Dr. SE, on select Monday and Friday evenings.
1-mile walk through Grand Rapids Lantern Festival is sure to bring goosebumps
Ever wonder what it would be like to breathe underwater? Or experience the wonder of bioluminescence up close and personal? Or get completely lost (at least figuratively) in otherworldly Asian-inspired tunnels of giant light-up plants, animals and everything else you can imagine? ...
Caledonia entrepreneur honors her Italian grandmother with new restaurant
The owner of a dance and music school in Caledonia is branching out with her first restaurant venture to pay homage to her Italian grandmother’s cooking and community gathering. Monique Rodriguez, owner and director of Caledonia Dance and Music Center, purchased the former Fricano’s Pizza in Caledonia with plans...
Don’t miss the Farmgirl Flea Spring Market this Friday and Saturday
Co founder Jessica Plaisier joins in with the details. Don’t miss the Farmgirl Flea Spring Market this Friday and Saturday. The Market at Hudsonville Fairground Friday and Saturday offers an array of handmade and curated goods by local vendors for local customers. Co founder Jessica Plaisier join in with the details.
More than 2,000 people kick off first Food Truck Fridays event of 2024 season
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Thousands of people filled Riverside Park in Grand Rapids Friday evening for the first Food Truck Fridays event of the season. Pizza, brisket, crepes, slushies and artisan grilled cheese marked the start of the eighth season of the popular food truck event. Organizers estimated more...
Try a bunch of food trucks this weekend
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – West Michigan’s largest food truck festival returns this Sunday with more than 30 mobile food businesses! Today, we have one of those food truck owners, Jon from Olly’s Donuts. Roll’N Out Food Truck Fest. Sunday from 11am-8pm Free & open to...
Former part-time firefighter serving up sweets at ‘dream come true’ Just Enjoy Bakery
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Justen Bowden wants to be the first person Grand Rapidians think of when they want a good cookie. “I wanted to be the guy,” said Bowden, who is the owner of Just Enjoy Bakery. If you purchase a product or register for an account through...
Future campers: 800 Grand Rapids kids given chance to pitch tents, canoe
GRAND RAPIDS MI -- There was lots of laughter Friday as Grand Rapids Public Schools students descended on Riverside Park to engage in multiple outdoor activities from paddling eight-passenger canoes on the Grand River to building tents. This week roughly 800 eighth graders participated in the annual Canoemobile event. There...
New nostalgic soda and candy shop opening near Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A new Rocket Fizz location is opening in the West Michigan area. The nostalgic soda and candy shop will host a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, May 17, at Tanger Outlets Grand Rapids, 350 84th St. SW in Byron Center. If you purchase a product...
Cottage Inn plots return with first Grand Rapids location in 17 years
Cottage Inn Gourmet Pizza is coming back to Grand Rapids after a hiatus, opening a Wealthy Street takeout and delivery location in Eastown with plans to expand into the city’s west side with a second location in the coming year. The 1,500-square-foot restaurant is opening on Monday at 1533...
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