Grand Rapids
Are there any really great restaurants in GR...food, wine, service?
jgoblu
Dec 28, 2006 03:39PM
5 Replies so Far
« Back to the Midwest Board
On MovieTome:
New TERMINATOR 4 images are online!
Who's Talking?
CHOW LISTS 
Create and share lists of your favorite lunch spots, favorite local eats, dream road trip and more!
RECENTLY ADDED LISTS
Create a new
list now!
Cut Your Crusts Off with Ease
CHOW Pick, posted January 04, 2009
Chicago Public Schools Brew Up Scandal
Food Media, posted January 07, 2009
This Is Your Beet on Drugs
Green, posted January 06, 2009
’Tis the Season to Light Your Drink on Fire
Wine and Drinks, posted December 30, 2008
- Topping for (sweet) stilton cheesecake? julesrules in Home Cooking
- Good Pre-Theater Restaurant within a few blocks of the Winter Garden? chrissy5 in Manhattan
- Live Music at JJ Foley's South End Next Thursday 1/15 Katie Sullivan in Boston Area
- Two different burgers at Sal de la Terre? Torolover in Boston Area
- Dress codes at restaurants [split from the Boston board] jgg13 in Not About Food
- The Spice Stack - anyone familiar with it? pâté chinois in Cookware
- Help me spend $20 at Starbucks gtrekker2003 in Chains
- where to go for good thai in central ill? leigh58 in Midwest
- Del Frisco's or Barclay Prime BRI328 in Pennsylvania
- Food that Most People Love and You Don't... kobetobiko in General Chowhounding Topics
- What did your Mom always have on hand, that you NEVER do? coney with everything in General Chowhounding Topics
- Top Chef -- 12 Nights (spoilers) nosh in Food Media and News
- Foods you eat strangely HotMelly in General Chowhounding Topics
- Top-5 Cooking Goals for 2009 Rocky Road in Home Cooking
- 5 Kitchen Gadgets you can't live without??? ideabaker in Cookware
- Top Chef- Bridal Shower smtucker in Food Media and News
- Gender Clue Caroline1 in Site Talk
Which Grand Rapids?
Permalink | Reply
No, I'm not joking - there are cities called Grand Rapids in MN and OH too (at least)... Certainly they're not as big as the one in MI, but - well, it just helps to be clear what city you're talking about when the board covers so many states.
Permalink | Reply
I assume you're joking. There's only one good-sized city called Grand Rapids in the United States, and it's in Michigan.
Grand Rapids has quite a good assortment of dining options for a relatively small city. My favorite is Leo's, which specializes in seafood and is located downtown:
Leo's Restaurant
60 Ottawa NW
Grand Rapids MI 49503
616-454-6700
http://www.leosrestaurant.com
Also consistently excellent is Bistro Bella Vita, for Italian food downtown:
Bistro Bella Vita
44 Grandville Ave. SW
Grand Rapids MI
616-222-4600
http://www.bistrobellavita.com/
There is a group of restaurants all over the GR area called the Gilmore Collection. You can find a complete list, with links to the websites of the individual establishments, on their website at http://www.thegilmorecollection.com/Gilmore%20Collection/restaurants.html I've been to several of them (Blue Water Grill northeast of downtown, Gill's Blue Crab downtown, Rose's on Reed Lake on the east side, and Thornapple Daily Grill east of town) and all are consistently excellent. Beware of long waits on Saturday nights at Rose's on Reed Lake (I don't know whether they accept reservations).
You can find a fairly complete list of restaurants throughout the Grand Rapids metro area on the website of the Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention & Visitors Bureau at
http://www.visitgrandrapids.org/eat-d...
Permalink | Reply
I should also add that two restaurants in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel downtown - The 1913 Room and Cygnus 27 - are both supposed to be very good, but I have not eaten at either one so I can't report from first-hand experience. You can view their menus on their website.
Amway Grand Plaza
187 Monroe NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
616-774-2000
The 1913 Room
http://www.amwaygrand.com/1913_room.html
Cygnus 27
http://www.amwaygrand.com/cygnus.html
Permalink | Reply
I had a very good meal at San Chez Tapas a few weeks ago when visiting GR on business. Excellent service and a nice Spanish wine with small plates.
Permalink | Reply