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Grandwich 2013 gets sampled: Sandwiches 1-10

Submitted 07-25-2013 under OPINION

For the third year in a row, Downtown Grand Rapids and The Neighborhood Business Alliance has challenged restaurateurs to give us their best sandwich that highlights local ingredients with the Grandwich competition. Diners are then encouraged...

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Comparing burgers to burgers

by (ChrisFreemanRealtor)

Submitted 07-15-2013 under OPINION

I have been thinking a lot about hamburgers lately. Everybody in town likes to think that they make the best burger in town, and they are more than happy to tell you about it. The problem for this is that the standards are so varied. When I think...

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Local first serves a winner

by (ChrisFreemanRealtor)

Submitted 06-06-2013 under OPINION

The 2013 Local First Street Party was a rousing success for food aficionados in Grand Rapids. What The Truck and Stoner Tacos both brought some serious creativity to their food as well as some explosive flavors. It was exciting to try all that they...

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Food Roulette: Experience the diversity of food in our area

by (ChrisFreemanRealtor)

Submitted 05-17-2013 under OPINION

Everybody likes food, or at least in theory they do. At a bare minimum, we all need food to sustain ourselves. It was about a year ago when I realized that my career as a realtor was taking me all over greater Grand Rapids, and that the result of...

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Amore treats local food group to expansive tasting menu

by (Holly)

Submitted 03-13-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

One day after Amore Trattoria Italiana won the Restaurant of the Year award from the American Culinary Federation of Greater Grand Rapids, 27 members of the EatGR group paid a special visit to this locally-owned Italian restaurant for their monthly...

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Full Moon Supper Club reaches two year anniversary

by (ChrisFreemanRealtor)

Submitted 11-26-2012 under OPINION

How many of you have heard of the Full Moon Supper Club? Anybody? Unless you are a hardcore foodie, this monthly event is likely slipping by you unnoticed. The Full Moon Supper Club is the brainchild of Tory O’Haire, aka The Starving Artist,...

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