tinypyramids1
Well-Known Member
if there's a general grand rapids thread here, i didn't see one under the 'great lakes' banner. i apologize if this is a repeat.
my wife and i are stopping through grand rapids this coming thursday for most of a day as we drive up to a wedding near traverse city. we've pretty much decided to turn the day into a cider and beer crawl. we're staying downtown on the river, quite close to founders/hopcat/grand rapids brewing, and we're planning out a walking/taxi route once we pull up so no one has to risk a dui. it looks something like this:
- stop at virtue cider on the way from chicago
- check in at hotel
- madcap coffee
- hopcat
- vertigo music
- grand rapids brewing
- bob's brewing (is this place any good?)
- elk brewing (likewise)
- vivant brewing
- harmony brewing (also wondering if this place is good)
i'm deliberately leaving out founders because i've been there before and the taplist doesn't look particularly exciting right now (though if something shiny does get put on on thursday i'd probably figure something out). on the list above, the only place i've actually been is vivant and i had a great enough experience that i'd like to make another visit.
questions:
1) are uber or lyft reasonably easy to catch in GR, given the spots where we'll likely be going aren't too far from the city center? i've heard that they're at least decent but i want to know if i need to find the number of a cab company before my arrival.
2) any recommendations for someplace cider centric? wife is a big cider einthusiast and i'd like to work one place in there if such a thing exists (would probably knock out one of the breweries to do so).
3) anyone know where i might be able to pick up some of the blis barrel-aged syrup?
4) any recommendations for someplace to get a dece and not pricey breakfast the next day? diner food is perfectly fine and welcomed, doesn't have to be a fancypants brunch. hoping to depart from GR fairly early so we can make it to jolly pumpkin traverse for lunch.
5) any recommendations for record stores besides vertigo? especially looking for spots that have good noise/experimental/industrial sorts of sections.
thanks in advance for all your help.
my wife and i are stopping through grand rapids this coming thursday for most of a day as we drive up to a wedding near traverse city. we've pretty much decided to turn the day into a cider and beer crawl. we're staying downtown on the river, quite close to founders/hopcat/grand rapids brewing, and we're planning out a walking/taxi route once we pull up so no one has to risk a dui. it looks something like this:
- stop at virtue cider on the way from chicago
- check in at hotel
- madcap coffee
- hopcat
- vertigo music
- grand rapids brewing
- bob's brewing (is this place any good?)
- elk brewing (likewise)
- vivant brewing
- harmony brewing (also wondering if this place is good)
i'm deliberately leaving out founders because i've been there before and the taplist doesn't look particularly exciting right now (though if something shiny does get put on on thursday i'd probably figure something out). on the list above, the only place i've actually been is vivant and i had a great enough experience that i'd like to make another visit.
questions:
1) are uber or lyft reasonably easy to catch in GR, given the spots where we'll likely be going aren't too far from the city center? i've heard that they're at least decent but i want to know if i need to find the number of a cab company before my arrival.
2) any recommendations for someplace cider centric? wife is a big cider einthusiast and i'd like to work one place in there if such a thing exists (would probably knock out one of the breweries to do so).
3) anyone know where i might be able to pick up some of the blis barrel-aged syrup?
4) any recommendations for someplace to get a dece and not pricey breakfast the next day? diner food is perfectly fine and welcomed, doesn't have to be a fancypants brunch. hoping to depart from GR fairly early so we can make it to jolly pumpkin traverse for lunch.
5) any recommendations for record stores besides vertigo? especially looking for spots that have good noise/experimental/industrial sorts of sections.
thanks in advance for all your help.