ʻO kaʻaoʻao nuiʻelua o Michigan,ʻo Grand Rapids e noho nei ma ka muliwai nui ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Michigan, kahi 25 mile wale nō mai ke kahawaiʻo Michigan a me kahi 45 minuke kaʻa (ma ka wikiwiki i-196) mai ka hapakū o nā kaiāulu kaulana o Midwest,ʻo Saugatuck -Douglas . No ka poʻe malihini ki kēia pae'āina,ʻo Grand Rapids ke airportʻoi loa e pili ana iā ia (Gerald R Ford International) e hāʻawi mau ana i ka lawelaweʻana mai nā mea nui nui, a he kūlanakauhale ola a hoʻokipa no kekahi pō ma ke kūlanakauhale, kahi home i kahi mau kālepa nui, ʻO ke kālapa nani wale o ka moku ma kahi metro Detroit , a me ka uluʻana o nā microbreweries a me nā haleʻaina maikaʻi loa.
Hāʻawi pū ke kūlanakauhale i ka Hui Nui Hoʻohanohano Nui Grand Rapids Gay Pride i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka waenakonu o Iune.
Ma waena o nā hui male ma Grand Rapids, aia kahiʻo Rumors Nightclub (69 Division Ave) S ma ka puʻu o ke kauhale. He pāʻani hula hula nui a hoʻoulu ia me kahi hui nui o nā poʻomanaʻo o ka pō - nā mea a pau i nā kāne hele-hele i nā lā Pōʻakahi a hōʻea i nā pōʻakahi Poʻokela pō e kau i nā hōʻike ma nā lā Sābati. Ma nā pō Pōpule i ka manawa, i kekahi manawa he mau mea hoʻokani pila, a he manawa maikaʻi loa ia no ka hulaʻana i nā hola lōʻihi. Aia i kahi mamao aku o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Grand Rapids, ka Van Andel Arena, a me kekahi o nā hōkele nui o nā kauhale (e like me ka JW Marriott Grand Rapids, ka Amway Grand Plaza).
ʻO ka pā nui male male nui ma Grand Rapids (aʻo kahi o nā mea mua loa ma ka moku'āina)ʻo ia ka Lounge Hoʻohanohano (33 Sheldon Ave.), kahiʻaʻohe manaʻo, hele wikiwiki i ke kaiāulu e holo ikaika nei mai ka makahiki 1970 a ua pololei ia ma waenakonu o ke kauhale, nā kaatena a me nā hokele a me kahi kūpono ma kahi o Veterans Memorial Park.
He mea maʻalahi ke hele ma waena o nāʻauamoʻekolu, no ka mea, e hele ana lākou a pau i kahi mamao aku kekahi me kekahi a me nā hale pule'ē aʻe'ē aʻe, nā kīʻafe kope, a me nā kī nui o ke kauhale.
Ua hoʻonui maikaʻiʻiaʻo Rap Rapha i nā makahiki i hala aku nei no kona mau helu a me nāʻanoʻano kālaihanaʻoihanaʻano kiʻekiʻe loa - inā heʻano ikaikaʻoe, he pāʻani maikaʻi a me ka pāʻani maikaʻi, e noʻonoʻoʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau wahiʻoluʻolu a nani loa, e like me HopCat (25 Ionia Ave.
SW), kahi i hoʻonohonohoʻia i loko o kahi hale nani nani e lako mau ana konaʻano a lawelawe nui i nāʻano beers a me kaʻoluʻolu maikaʻi - HopCat kekahi mau lala i Ann Arbor, Detroit, East Lansing, a me ka mokuʻo Broad Ripple o Indianapolis. ʻO kekahi kumu kūʻaiʻoihana'ē aʻe ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Founders Brewing Co. (235 Grandville Ave. SW), kahi mea kaulana loa no kāna pia mua (ho'āʻo i ka'Oak-Age Rye Ipa) no nā mele ola a me nā meaʻala.
ʻO San Chez Bistro (38 Fulton St. W) kahi koho maikaʻi loa no nā tapas Spanish, sangria, a - i ke kakahiaka - hiki i ka pākeke kakahiaka nui. ʻO keʻano o ka hale Helene Helene a me ka Moana Pākīpika ma Michigan, aʻo Marie Catrib (1001 Lake Dr) kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa, e hana ana i kahi hummus nui, potato potato-and-quinoa burgers (maikaʻi,ʻaʻole maikaʻi ka Mediterranean Mediterranean menu), falafel , aʻoi aku.
He ola a me ka maikaʻi o ka papa cafe ma Grand Rapids, me nā meaʻala liʻiliʻi Kaahana a me ka Nūpepa (1035 waiwai nui St.), kahi e hoʻokipa ai i ka hoʻoleʻaleʻa a me ka lokomaikaʻi i kona java a me kona teas, nā meaʻono maikaʻi, a me nā koho nui nā lola - hoʻomakaʻia mai ka wanaʻao a hiki i ka pō (ʻo nā hola keʻano pōkole i ke kauwela).
Eia kekahi e nānā i ka Waikaina Madcap (98 Monroe Center St. NW), kahi i weheʻoleʻia e like me ka lōʻihi (a hiki i ka hola 7 pm i nā pō a pō) akāʻo ia ka meaʻoihana hanohano i mahalo nuiʻia e ninini ana i kekahi kofe maikaʻi loa ma ka moku'āina.