Ƙasar ta biyu mafi girma a Michigan, Grand Rapids yana kusa da Grand River a kudu maso yammacin Michigan, mai nisan kilomita 25 daga Lake Michigan da kuma minti 45 da rabi (daga cikin sauri daga I-196) daga cikin masaukin birni mafi girma a Midwest, Saugatuck -Douglas . Ga masu baƙi zuwa yankin na ƙarshe, Grand Rapids yana da filin jirgin sama mafi kusa (Gerald R Ford International) yana ba da sabis na yau da kullum daga manyan masu sufuri, kuma yana da birni mai dadi kuma yana mai da hankali a cikin gari a garin, gida zuwa wasu ƙauyuka masu gayyata, Jihar ne kawai gay gidan wanka a waje metro Detroit , da kuma girma amfanin gona na farko-microbreweries da kyau gidajen cin abinci.
Har ila yau, birnin yana kar ~ ar bikin bikin babban bikin babban bikin Rap da bikin aure a kowace shekara, a tsakiyar watan Yuni.
Daga cikin 'yan wasan gay a Grand Rapids, Rumors Nightclub (69 Division Ave ta S) yana tsaye a cikin zuciyar gari. Wannan babban karamin dance ne kuma barke tare da babban taro na yau da kullum da kullun - duk abin da maza daga cikin mazaje suka tafi a ranar Laraba zuwa jumma'a Jumma'a da dare don jawo a ranar Lahadi. A ranar Asabar da dare, wasu lokuta akwai wasu mawallafi, kuma yana da kyakkyawar manufa ta rawa a cikin marigayi. Yana da nisan motsi na Grand Rapids Art Museum, da Van Andel Arena, da wasu daga cikin manyan hotels (misali, JW Marriott Grand Rapids, Amway Grand Plaza).
Babbar gay a mafi girma a cikin Grand Rapids (kuma daya daga cikin tsofaffi a jihar) shi ne Salon Gidan (33 Sheldon Ave.), wani hali mai ban sha'awa, mai tafiya mai sauki wanda ke gudana tun farkon shekarun 1970 kuma ya dace tsakiyar tsakiyar, da gidajen kwaikwayon gida da kuma hotels da kuma dama kusa da Veterans Memorial Park.
Yana da sauƙi a tafiya a cikin kowane bangare guda uku, kamar yadda suke a cikin nesa da juna da kuma sauran sauran gidajen cin abinci, kofuna na kofi, da kuma manyan wuraren da ke cikin gari.
Grand Rapids ya gina kyakkyawan suna a cikin 'yan shekarun nan don yawanta da nau'o'in fasahar sana'a masu kyau - idan kun kasance mai ban sha'awa, mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa da kuma dadi mai kyau, kuyi la'akari da wasu daga cikin wuraren da suka dace, kamar HopCat (25 Ionia Ave.
SW), wadda aka kafa a cikin wani kyakkyawan gine-gine da ke da kyawawan nau'in giya da kuma kayan dadi mai mahimmanci - HopCat yana da rassan a Ann Arbor, Detroit, East Lansing, da kuma unguwa ta Broad Ripple na Indianapolis. Wani kyakkyawan sana'ar fasaha a garin shine Founders Brewing Co. (235 Grandville Ave. SW), wanda ya zama sananne ga giya na farko (gwada Oak-Age Rye Ipa) a matsayin maƙaryaran kiɗa da manyan sandwiches.
San Chez Bistro (38 Fulton St. W) wani zaɓi ne mai ban sha'awa don tapas na Spanish, sangria, da - da safe - babban karin kumallo. Gidajen Girka da Burtaniya suna da kyau a wakilci a Michigan, kuma Marie Catrib ta (Lake 1001 Lake Dr) yana daya daga cikin mafi kyau, yana mai da mummunan hummus, mai dadi-da-quinoa burgers (ok, menu ba mai zurfi ba ne), falafel , da sauransu.
Tsarin cafe yana da rai kuma yana da kyau a cikin Grand Rapids, tare da ƙwararren Sparrows Coffee Tea & Newsstand (1035 Dutsen St. SE), wanda ke janyo hankalin 'yan adawa da masu biyayya don godiya da java da teas, masu dadi, da kuma babban zaɓi na lokaci-lokaci - yana buɗewa daga farkon safiya har zuwa daren jiya (awa ne kadan ya fi guntu a lokacin rani).
Har ila yau, duba Madcap Coffee (98 Monroe Center St. NW), wanda ba a bude ba a matsayin marigayi (har zuwa misalin karfe 7 na yamma) amma shi ne mai fasaha mai daraja wanda ya fi dacewa da mafi kyawun kofi a jihar.