Saturday's Chowdown Centertown event drew big crowds to Grand Haven's Centertown, with food trucks, live music and more.
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Halloween is just around the corner, and there are plenty of places to celebrate the holiday in the coming weeks.
Several food trucks will converge on Grand Haven’s Centertown on Saturday, Oct. 16, for a new event called Chowdown Centertown.
Spoiler alert: Betty Crocker isn’t a real person. Still, Cathy Swanson Wheaton is making sure that the 100th birthday of General Mills’ fictitious spokesperson is not going unnoticed.
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This year’s weeklong Hispanic Heritage Fiesta – from its authentic food to music and dancing – was an overwhelming success, say the organizers of the event held in Grand Haven.
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Chef Ollie McCain loves the food culture in Peru, calling it a melting pot of several South American foods paired with Asian influences.
SPRING LAKE — The 97th St. Mary’s Parish Festival is Saturday, Sept. 11, from 12-8 p.m.
MUSKEGON — Taste of Muskegon will return to Hackley Park for a special autumn edition of the festival on Sept. 24-25.
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The annual Coast Guard Festival has drawn the familiar food options of a county fair, but a number of local eateries are making an impression this week.
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The Village of Spring Lake’s Social District opened Friday, allowing customers to consume alcoholic beverages while strolling around a specified downtown area.
The Spring Lake Village Council is expected to pass a resolution supporting a downtown social district when it holds its next virtual meeting Monday evening.
MUSKEGON — The second annual Muskegon Summer Wine Up will happen at Hackley Park in downtown Muskegon on Saturday, June 12, from 2-8 p.m.
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Snow may have been flying across West Michigan on Wednesday, but preparations were still underway for warmer days ahead.
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Over the past year, local restaurants have become accustomed to making changes on the fly in response to the state’s orders in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FERRYSBURG — Lisa Ramsey grew up in America’s South, “which means we love to cook and bake,” she said.
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SPRING LAKE — A new Mexican restaurant could open this summer in the strip mall on the west end of Spring Lake.
Porto Bello Restaurant in Grand Haven was crowned the winner of the Chamber of Commerce’s weeklong Mac N’ Cheese Festival.
Nothing says comfort food like macaroni and cheese.
LANSING — Michigan restaurants on Wednesday proposed tying indoor capacity limits to the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive, contending that clear guideposts would help the hospitality industry navigate the pandemic.
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We’re far from New Orleans’ French Quarter, but plenty of people around the Tri-Cities celebrated Fat Tuesday by indulging in the traditional treat of the day – paczki.
When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced earlier this week that a ban on in-person dining was extended through Dec. 20, Annette Nelson was crushed.
A group of Michigan doctors are urging restaurants not to rush to reopen dining rooms as COVID-19 infections continue to surge across the state.
At Lake Effect Kitchen – a meal prep and catering business near the corner of Fulton Avenue and Beechtree Street – the kitchen is where the love starts, but not where it ends.
Matt Varley knows a thing or two about preparing a Thanksgiving feast.
The more intimate Thanksgiving gatherings expected this year because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic is driving up demand for smaller turkeys and leaving bigger birds sitting idle in store freezers.
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Reacting to Sunday’s announcement of the state health department’s decision to implement a three-week closure of restaurant dining rooms, some local restaurant owners and managers say it’s necessary for public safety. Others say it’s a strong-arm political move.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s latest restrictions on indoor social gatherings has local restaurant owners scrambling to determine the legality of the order, and ponder what effect the restrictions will have on already suffering businesses.
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is playing tricks on families’ plans to celebrate Halloween.
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Following the success of last year’s inaugural Grand Haven Hispanic Fiesta, organizers faced a challenge – how to organize a second festival without a large public gathering due to COVID-19.
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SPRING LAKE — Stefanie Herder says she knew she was on to something when she recommended that her family should do a “nacho table” – a tabletop full of tortilla chips, cheese, taco meat and peppers.
Most microbreweries in Michigan have tip-toed into the hard seltzer game since White Claw boomed in summer 2019, releasing a craft seltzer here and there to go with a smorgasbord of beers.
Thursday would have been Vera “Petie” Oom’s 84th birthday, so a few of her family members gathered in front of her favorite local “restaurant,” Pronto Pups, to remember Petie, who died late last month.
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The city of Grand Haven is blocking off parts of several streets — including the first block of Washington Avenue in the downtown – to allow restaurants and other businesses to expand outdoors.
LANSING (AP) — Michigan restaurants and bars could sell cocktails and liquor for pickup or delivery and would see a temporary cut in state liquor prices under fast-tracked legislation that supporters hope will help the industry survive the coronavirus pandemic.
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Chris Michner knows people miss Odd Side Ales – and it’s not just the cold beers that they’re craving.
The Grand Haven VFW post has announced the cancelation of the 2020 Rib Fest.
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It turns out that making pizzas is something like riding a bike — you never really forget how to do it.
HOLLAND — Many in the community are mourning the sudden death of beloved chef, Andy Stewart.
Long Road Distillers captured eight new honors at the 2020 American Craft Spirits Awards, including two gold medals for Long Road Aquavit and Long Road Raspberry Liqueur.
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Life as we know it is changing by the minute, including where we dine, workout and recreate.
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LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a sweeping order Monday banning dine-in customers at restaurants and closing all bars, movie theaters, gyms and other sports facilities to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
With daylight saving time on tap at 2 a.m. Sunday, we may want to think about some quick and easy breakfasts while we adjust to losing that precious hour.
Pat McGinnis knows fish.
Click Clack Moosic series continues at The Block
MUSKEGON — Due to the severe erosion and high water near Pere Marquette Beach, this year’s Burning Foot Beer Festival has been moved.
An ice cold beer is just as much a part of Muskegon as the snow. Turns out, brewing reflects a pivotal part of this city’s past, as evident by Lakeshore Museum Center’s (LMC’s) latest exhibit: Cheers! A History of Brewing in Muskegon, running now through May 18.
The 14th annual Spring Lake Heritage Festival Bloody Mary Mixoff will stir things up from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Holiday Inn, 940 W. Savidge St.
GRAND RAPIDS — In Act II of “The Nutcracker Ballet,” the Prince whisks the slumbering Clara away to the Land of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy holds court in a magical land of make believe.
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For kids with food allergies, dietary restrictions or Type I diabetes, Halloween trick-or-treating can put kids at risk for serious health issues.
Local restaurants pulled out all the stops in their salmon creations for this past weekend's Salmon Festival cookoff.
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