Hotels Features
Amy Ruis
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Smaller, specialized shops are sprouting up around metro Grand Rapids to cater to the tastes of immigrants who have made their homes here, selling foodstuffs as varied as live crawdads to bulghur. The winners: area cooks who want to experiment with new cuisines.
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Bona Van Dis
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Paul Stansbie thinks the Grand Rapids metro area is more than holding
its own when it comes to hosting visitors: it's taking on larger cities
in the hospitality industry
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, February 19, 2009
As any fan of the Food Network knows, some of the most creative of the creative class are in the kitchen. Here's where they get their start.
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Bridie Kent
Thursday, January 15, 2009
It's the best kind of brunch. Watering holes citywide have turned Sunday into Bloody Mary day.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, January 15, 2009
How do you go green when your biggest waste product is leftovers and bones? Call Spurt Industries. That's what the Amway Grand Plaza and some of the city's top eateries did.
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Daniel Schoonmaker
Thursday, September 25, 2008
As much a celebration of Grand Rapids' working class neighborhoods as its Polish community, Pulaski Days has helped keep the city's century-old clubs around to join a long-awaited revitalization.
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Bridie Kent
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Somebody has got to keep the Grand Rapids skyline looking pretty, even if it means hanging from a wire 32 stories high. Meet the guys who get it done.
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The JW Marriott is rapidly approaching its first birthday. Take a tour and see if the city's most celebrated hotel lives up to its rep. Don't forget to stop by the kitchen and the helipad.
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