Beer with a twist planned for former Sierra Room

Grand Rapids' southwest side is experiencing a dramatic rebirth with several new bars, eateries, and nightclubs already on the scene and others opening before the end of the year, and now a beer bar with a twist is joining the mix.

According to excerpts from the story:

There always have been bars with beer downtown.

But has there ever been a beer bar?

Not the way Mark Sellers envisions one.

The investment manager, who recently moved back to his hometown of Grand Rapids from Chicago, plans to open his idea for a beer bar, dubbed Hopcat, in space vacated by the Sierra Room, 25 Ionia Ave. SW.

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