The BEST BEER CITY in America - GRAND RAPIDS Michigan!

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What to do in Grand Rapids Michigan! Voted America's best beer city by USA today. It was time for us take a little domestic trip with our baby Scotland, we thought Grand Rapids would be a great place to do a food, beer, and coffee tour through the heartland.
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00:00 Introduction
01:10 Mad Cap Coffee
02:31 Outside Coffee Cafe
03:48 Roam Restaurant
04:50 Donkey Taqueria
06:27 Fredrik Meijer Garden
08:41 Vivant Brewery
10:34 City Built Brewery
12:03 Founder's Brewery
13:13 Furniture City Creamery

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@bethanyr6951 Год назад

Nice to see my hometown get some love! GR is a great place, and keeps getting better 😄

@scottdeano8397 Год назад

Clean up the crime..its a dump

@g.r.michigan5332 Год назад

@@scottdeano8397 No it's not😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jerridombrowski6017 Год назад

You haven't been to a big city have you? GR has nothing to do. No festivals, no culture.... everyone there is from Michigan. No one else wants to live there

@g.r.michigan5332 Год назад

@@jerridombrowski6017 hopefully you don't live here anymore

@scottdeano8397 Год назад

Yeah they think its a great city because of a few new bars and a new hospital and a new bus station..lol..🤣😂

@Ladypavs Год назад

As a resident you can forget how cool Grand Rapids really is - Thanks for reminding me :)

@CRohrscheib 6 месяцев назад

Grand Rapids is such an underrated city. Truly a hidden gem.

@wilcoxlogos Год назад

Missed: Gr brewing New Holland Jolly pumpkin Big lake brewing Atwater The mitten Greyline Arvon Brewing

@uofm1334 Год назад

GR in the house!!! Nice to see GR getting some love!

@joshuamiller9930 5 месяцев назад

This might be the best video showcasing the food, drinks, and vibe of that scene in GR. Great Job! Lived there for several years and am excited to be moving back!

@Roamaroo 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@kevinmirwin 8 месяцев назад

I'm watching this before going to bed and its making my mouth water for a beer! 😂 Very well done video guys! I was born and raised just north of Grand Rapids and love how far our big city has come!

@Roamaroo 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😀yes, the beer was delicious!

@33bmitchem Год назад

Grand Rapids and its surrounding areas are such great places to live and visit! Super cool that you guys came to Grand Rapids (again) and filmed content! Even more awesome is you stopped by Third Nature in Rockford. Hope you were able to meet Chad and Troy while you were there. Congrats on keeping the content going while adjusting to being new parents. Two thumbs up!

@Roamaroo Год назад

It's such a great place! Third nature was lovely. Unfortunately we did not meet Chad and Troy. 😕 Thanks again. I'm glad you liked the video 😀❤

@georgedavis5828 Год назад

MY HOMETOWN...However, where outside coffee and ELK are is NOT EGR it's called Wealthy Street Corridor...additionally, the Halmark of City Built is that it is owned by people of color and features a menu rooted in Puerto Rican culture.

@Roamaroo Год назад

oh! thank you! 😀good to know👍

@beckysefcovic860 Год назад

Yes I was going to say outside coffee is not in East Grand Rapids, EGR is a separate entity entirely. I’m surprised more folks from GR didn’t correct this! GR is a destination, EGR is a pass.

@cindiwindi Год назад

@@beckysefcovic860 I did correct this on another comment (long time south heritage hill resident here)

@vickie3272 Год назад

oooh cant wait to go here with my loved ones xoxo

@monicaorangeart Месяц назад

This is my hometown, but I haven't been for a visit in the summer in six years. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully I can make a summertime trip soon. :)

@markeesebutler7762 Год назад

Yes my city 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 love it we getting some great recognition

@jasontwilliams Год назад

Really enjoyed your video on TC, cool to see you in GR exploring my town.

@nativeadvisors Год назад

Good job. Next time check out Noto’s in Grand Rapids, love that place.

@EricHultgren29 Год назад

This is such a great look at GR! LOVE the channel

@Roamaroo Год назад

Thank you so much! ❤️👍

@JANDEBND Год назад

Spectacular video! Fun to watch and learn about a city with a lot to offer. It’s fun to watch you have fun.

@sawyer9times Год назад

Awesome tour! Well done!!!

@yvonnel7777 Год назад

Love your content. Fun and informative as usual. Happy family time. Take care!

@Roamaroo Год назад

Aww! Thank you so much 😀

@abroadwiththeburrells Год назад

It's great to see you enjoying drinks again, Colette!

@amandarumsey686 Год назад

Awesome! My husband and I just had our first baby boy 2 weeks after you guys had your little one! Congratulations! We currently live in Grand Rapids and we were super pumped that you guys came to our city!! We love it here! We are living travel life vicariously through you as we are still figuring out how to go anywhere with a newborn!! Safe travels!

@Roamaroo Год назад

SO COOL! Congratulations on the Bambino! How's Parent life going? It's tough getting out there with a newborn but at some point you just have to "rip the bandaid off" and you'll figure it out as you go 😀❤

@scottdeano8397 Год назад

Grand rapids is a dump

@amandarumsey686 Год назад

@@Roamaroo Starting to get the hang of this parenting thing I think. Brewer is 10 weeks old and a pretty darn happy dude generally. We still haven't taken him out to eat in GR yet for fear of a newborn meltdown. 😉🤣 But we are thinking of starting with a roadtrip before we jump right into flying with babe. You guys make it look so easy! Keep on rocking the parenting thing! It's inspiring me! 🙂

@Roamaroo Год назад

@@amandarumsey686 I think we took Scotland out to eat at 1 week old.. I still remember the look on the hostess's face when we told her she was only 1 week old. Yes, it can be done. You'll be surprised how forgiving people are when they see the baby. Everyone's heart just melts looking at a newborn. and if they do get upset.. Screw them! having a baby is normal and a part of life. My advice, Rip the bandaid off, go to your favorite restaurant, have a nice meal and a few drinks. Take a bottle and stroller with you. If they get hungry, just shove the bottle in his mouth.. We've found bottle feeding in a restaurant is much easier than breastfeeding. 😀

@tupac2672 Год назад

@@scottdeano8397 Flint & Detroit are dumps! GR is a great place to live.

@Kirsielly22 Год назад

How exciting to see you guys visiting my hometown 💞💞

@JAMIEANDSARAH Год назад

Grand Rapids! 💪🏼😎

@SB_41 Год назад

That's Eastown (Wealthy St) not East Grand Rapids.

@cindiwindi Год назад

It’s uptown wealthy which is heritage hill not eastown

@ChelseaMsChannel Год назад

Come back to Frederick Meijer Gardens in April, when your little lovie is old enough to enjoy it. They have thousands of butterflies in the greenhouse all month.

@random13627 Год назад

thanks for sharing :)

@Roamaroo Год назад

You're so welcome! 😀

@ts58100 Год назад

Glad you showed how great Grand Rapids is, I lived here my whole life and don't want to be anywhere else. Really been enjoying watching your videos.

@christhompson5739 Год назад

Nice to see Grand Rapids coming out of the basement, used to be a stiff nobody goes downtown christian reform town.

@jerridombrowski6017 Год назад

it's still kinda that way

@sweetmslovinglife Год назад

Yes, we are full of Beer amongst other things. 🍺🍺

@lesanienhuis4802 Год назад

I live in Grand Rapids. Your video was wonderful.

@ostenhooker2909 Год назад

This makes me proud to live in GR 😊

@ostenhooker2909 Год назад

Also if you guys ever come back I have a few recommendations! The bitter end is a great coffee place that's open 24hrs and it's an old bank building with a warm atmosphere. Grand rapids brewing co has some amazing beer and food Bombay cuisine has Wonderful Indian food and a built in brewery called east west that has some of my favorites. The chop house is a very fancy kinda date night place with great food. There's a few more smaller kinda breweries that I like to go to, three Gatos, harmony, new Holland is a more popular one, but really you can't walk 2 steps here without running into a brewery and you can't try them all 😂

@bryanlosen3262 Год назад

Grand Rapids isn't a town of 1.4 million people!! It's actually over 200,000 maybe but the metro area is a little over a million including the county and suburbs. But still, a nice size downtown and lots of breweries and restaurants. A great place to live and only a half hour or so from Lake Michigan.

@micalebgoeswest Год назад

We just had a kid ourselves and are experiencing the joy/tribulations of traveling with a baby. We love seeing y’all go through the same thing because you have to keep traveling! Great video! And the mezcal margarita looked like perfection.

@Roamaroo Год назад

Thank you. and Congratulations! Where are you going with the new baby? any good spots yet? ❤ Here's the cocktail recipe if you feel adventurous. 1 oz mescal 1 oz aperol 1 oz velvet falernum (or sub agave) 1/2 oz lime juice Orange peel zest

@micalebgoeswest Год назад

@@Roamaroo thank you for the recipe! Strangely enough our baby travel has mirrored yours a bit. We took her to the tropics in St. Thomas and Cancun, and then we had a beer fueled weekend in Columbus, Ohio where we pretty much did what you both did in Grand Rapids. Baby travel is different, for sure, but so fulfilling. You are making some incredible memories with your new family.

@Roamaroo Год назад

@@micalebgoeswest You're right.. our babies are living similar lives.. I love it!! Baby travel is so much fun. You just have to be much more flexible. We've found that until she's a little bit older we have to be careful with weather. Too many times we've been caught outside in 85+ weather and she gets too hot and starts to get fussy. Once in AC she's her normal self.

@micalebgoeswest Год назад

@@Roamaroo fully agreed. We live in Florida and have learned the same lesson. Thank you again for responding and for sharing your experiences of baby travel. We are big fans and love seeing another new family conquer the world 😎

@jancarlson2165 Год назад

I was born and raised here and love the total vibe. Grand Haven is gorgeous if you haven't been there, so close to GR. There is always so much to do in GR, so many cultural venues and events, concerts etc. If you're into steak, you'll have to go to The Chop House. Ty for promoting our great city!!✋❤️ Your daughter is beautiful btw!!

@jerridombrowski6017 Год назад

cultural events??? like what?

@WMUBronco Год назад

@@jerridombrowski6017 Art Prize and Festival of the Arts, just to name a few.

@blakkpaul Год назад

@@jerridombrowski6017 Greek festival last weekend. Polish festival this weekend.

@cindiwindi Год назад

@@jerridombrowski6017 Mexican festival at Calder plaza this weekend

@chickchats6923 Год назад

Also I concur with the second pronunciation it’s the fancier one ;)

@Roamaroo Год назад

Good to hear. We like that one better!!

@TakeATripTogether Год назад

It's fun seeing you in GR. We live just south of the city and had our wedding reception at Frederick Meijer Gardens 24 years ago. We just celebrated our anniversary on Monday. Such a great place to live!

@Roamaroo Год назад

Congratulations! 24 years. You Love birds!! ❤❤

@TakeATripTogether Год назад

@@Roamaroo Thank you!

@andremathews1823 Год назад

GR!!! In my neck of the woods!!! Brewery Vivant is most excellent and the owners are friend of mine!! And your second, fancier pronunciation is the correct one. Hopefully you got to hit the beach in Holland or Grand Haven. We have AMAZING beaches here in West Michigan!!!!!!!

@Roamaroo Год назад

Loved Brewery Vivant! We didn’t get to see the beaches.. next time 👍😀

@andremathews1823 Год назад

@@Roamaroo You definitely should!! Believe it or not, West Michigan has some of the best beaches in the country!!!

@WMUBronco Год назад

I agree, Grand Haven and Holland are must visits. And Traverse City is one heck of a destination in the spring/summer/fall.

@Professional-fh1ow 9 месяцев назад

SHOUT! I've lived in G.R. most of my life so at 54, I've seen the city change in sooo many ways, too many to list. That said locals like me forget how much there is to explore in G.R. as the city continues to grow. Heck, a 12k seat amphitheater is going up right next to the Grand River in a couple years. If you can have that plus the 15k capcity Van Andel arena and keep them both busy, you're a highly anticipated growing city. While myself, have to get downtown more often I hope I won't miss the other luxuries of being a mid size metropolitan city.

@cwilldaedited Год назад

I miss my hometown 😞

@ginafriend1690 Год назад

Hi guys. I too, am a coffee snob. Nice informational video. Collette, your looking great, and I especially like the one fingernail ☺️😉 you also look great, Scotland and Scott! I believe everything outside is happening. Same in Chicagoland. With our cold weather states, you better get out and do everything in the short 3 months time your allowed. I'm never looking forward to what is to come in the other 9. I'm rather misplaced, actually! I wonder where your at now. I still would like to meet up with you guys in Chicago or suburbs of. Enjoy! ☕️☕️

@Roamaroo Год назад

❤️once you have great coffee, it’s hard to go back 😂 we’re back in NJ for a short time. Chicago is the best! There’s nothing like a great Chicago summer. 👍👍

@ginafriend1690 Год назад

@@Roamaroo 😘 and I got that 😅

@Simplysec52 Год назад

I work here at the van andel and the Devos hall I don’t see the magic anymore because Ive lived here for twenty years 🤣

@brandonmcdowell3714 Год назад

Please do more on Michigan!

@zornanrichards Год назад

Not quite sure where the 1.4 million population came from, it’s closer to 200k, but still a fabulous city! Thanks for the focus on another great area in the Great Lakes State of Michigan! Now get to the lake!

@frenchsecurity3351 Год назад

Metro population

@rjd0429 Год назад

Metro population is 1.4 million.

@Simplysec52 Год назад

Roam is right across the street from Where I work🤣

@ticrapure669 Год назад

I LIVE HERE LOL

@ashasun6620 Год назад

My Hometown!!!!!

@tomaspaine7021 Год назад

Dropped the ball on missing the duck nachos at brewery vivant. Worth a 2 hr drive alone!

@Roamaroo Год назад

Bummer.. I guess we’ll have to go back

@WheatThicc Год назад

If your ever back you should try The Peoples Cider Co. they have some great hard cider.

@Roamaroo Год назад

Yummy! sounds delicious. It's on our list 😀👍

@abdulHameed-wx3jr Год назад

Is the BOB still popping 😎✅?

@WMUBronco Год назад

Bob closed down just before new years as they were expecting to sell it. The sale never went through and now the original owner is preparing to reopen this fall right in time for Art Prize.

@reginabillotti Год назад

You didn't get to the museums, Grand Rapids Market, the baseball stadium, et cetera. Also, hope you come back for ArtPrize.

@Roamaroo Год назад

Looks like we'll have to go back. 😀

@indianapolisconcreto6903 Год назад

Los quiero amigos

@Marioz08 Год назад

GR Represent!

@PIZZLE616 Год назад

She pointed to Grand Haven lol

@MrGreatplum Год назад

Great video - despite some of these frankly hilarious comments (some very salty people who won’t go to a city because of the politics of who runs it 🤦‍♂️), it looks like a great place. Outside of the States, the US tends to have a terrible reputation for beer ( looking at you Budweiser and Coors 🤮) so it’s good to see some decent breweries!

@Roamaroo Год назад

It took a long time for US to step up it's beer game. But we finally have. Yes, some odd comments about this place.

@PeteCarroll-12-16 10 месяцев назад

City Built got rid of their awesome Puerto Rican menu. Next best over there is SpeakEZ. Beer is still great tho

@dortheschelhaas7356 Год назад

Furniture city

@scottdeano8397 Год назад

It used to be

@cornick115 Год назад

@theclinchmma4126 Год назад

never thought of our city as a foodie city… we have decent food i suppose. really nothing special here outside of your normal medium/big city. pretty good economy/culture. the crazy leftie ideas from calie, New York, Chicago, hasnt reached us. i guess we’re fairly well rounded.

@chickchats6923 Год назад

So cool to see my old city being visited lol Deff became beer city after Steel case shut down. We use to be the motor capital and then we got sad and started drinking 😂😂😂 now we are famous for beer

@Roamaroo Год назад

sad but funny history lesson😂

@adeelraiz8172 Год назад

Love from Adeel Karachi Pakistan.

@Usafpararescue96 Год назад

Woah you fucked up that mitten map location bad.

@samtodd6301 Год назад

It's probably a fun 2 day visit for a tourist but there has been a cloud over GR ever since the riots and pandemic. Living and working downtown used to be enjoyable..... Glad you all had fun though.

@jerridombrowski6017 Год назад

no one else knows about your riots. Everyone was involved in the pandemic. I don't understand. I guess that shows how isolating GR is. Know one outside of MI has even heard of it

@random13627 Год назад

lmfao. have u seen san francisco? atlanta? new Orleans? gr is heaven compared to the rest.

@HatedJared 10 месяцев назад

Agreed. Lived in GR for most of my adult life. After the riots in 2020 my wife and I moved west towards the lakeshore to get away from the craziness. They were setting cars on fire and beating people up in the street right in front of my house. Sad because GR had been improving so quickly up until that point.

@jeffburns5152 Год назад

Lived here for 60 years and only recognized Meijer Gardens and Founder's. Never been to any of these locations. My wife is a great cook and I really hate beer so that's the reason. I'm not really a stick in the mud.

@mcmolly2887 10 месяцев назад

your not in east grand rapids, your still in grand rapids, east grand rapids is an upper class nieghborhood you continue down wealthy street until you hit a sign welcoming you to east grand rapids, and you can tell the homes are million dollar homes its unreal its a separate city from grand rapids, diffrent police department and all.

@frederickrowzee9410 9 месяцев назад

Sorry outside coffee is not located in East Grand Rapids that's not even eastown that's located by wealthy and James which is not East Grand Rapids smh

@ashleyjordan6142 Год назад

That’s not where Grand Rapids is on the map lol…

@Latycha52 Год назад

I am so proud of my City Grand Rapids Michigan too bad sorry ass Floyd Mayweather doesn't care about his City

@hounddog4363 Год назад

Famous foodie city? You must be kidding me! I lived in GR most of my adult life, and it's always been a culinary wasteland with no more than half a dozen decent restaurants at any given time.

@AzulzWRLD Год назад

Lived here my whole life …. You aren’t lying 😂

@hounddog4363 Год назад

@@AzulzWRLD I know. These people can be forgiven since they're tourists, but the locals ought to know better. Once you tire of the Gilmore notion of fine dining, and you've had better tapas than San Chez, the landscape gets bleak! Thank heavens for the endless string of hopefuls that struggle mightily to fill the landlords pockets.

@donaldcady3839 Год назад

@@hounddog4363 You are right on about that. I'm in Grand Haven. I work in the industry. Hipster dipshits. Lol.

@jaythomas7062 Год назад

Barrio, Tupelo, New Holland etc there's pretty cool places

@ruleaus7664 Год назад

Not true. There are plenty of decent restaurants. But I don't get why people get so bored with life that they need hundreds of different quality options for dining. Is your life really about food?

@michiganpoke4772 Год назад

FOUNDERS has the nastiest beer around, I honestly don't understand

@luiscoronado2152 7 месяцев назад

Go to tacos el caporal donkey tacos ain’t no authentic Mexican food 😂

@Roamaroo 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the recommendation!

@mrhappy5018 Год назад

I live in gr and don’t drink it’s a shame the only other thing they’re known for is homeless people

@oswaldspengler1823 Год назад

don't forget scamway

@bobbobertson7568 10 месяцев назад

Come on, I live in the GR area but the ballot box must be stuffed by votes from West Michigan. No way it finishes ahead of St. Louis, Milwaukee etc. I know those are also the home of the huge beer makers and that makes them uncool, but there's no comparison.

@PeteCarroll-12-16 10 месяцев назад

Grew up and went to college in Milwaukee, then lived in GR for ten years. Milwaukee is all talk. GR is the real deal.

@johnr6143 Год назад

Wow something to glory in being an alcoholic! Seriously!!!!

@karlreichert9051 Год назад

A shooting takes place daily. Right no way you can get this drunk.

@MichiganMitch23 9 месяцев назад

The beer sucks

@jerridombrowski6017 Год назад

Grand Rapids is the most boring place ever. There's nothing to do. No free festivals. No sub-culture. Nothing. Grew up there ... don't miss it.

@scottdeano8397 Год назад

I totally agree its a crime ridden dump..ooh they built a few bars and a hospital..now they think it's great..lol

@g.r.michigan5332 Год назад

Happy that ur gone

@jerridombrowski6017 Год назад

@@g.r.michigan5332 Not anywhere near as happy as I am!!!! 😄

@WMUBronco Год назад

Art Prize, Festival of the Arts, Polish Fest, Meijer Gardens, etc. I have a feeling you were one of those stick in the muds that stayed in their house all day and never bothered to explore. Glad you are gone.

@scottdeano8397 Год назад

@@WMUBronco I've lived in Michigan all my life and still do Grand Rapids is the s*** stain in Michigan just because they build a couple of bars and a new hospital and a bus station you guys think it's magic what a joke

@Spectralhyena Год назад

Please don’t come here.

@PeteCarroll-12-16 10 месяцев назад

😂 you have one video and it's of an awesome concert in GR.

@Scott-pg3ut Год назад

I've lived my whole life in michigan..but not dump (grand) rapids!..me and others now will apologize for this dump of a town in our beautiful state. They think because they built a couple hospitals and a bunch of bars they got a cool town..one of the worse walkable cities..bad design crappy shallow river..elevated highways..bad design. Save your money and time for a better city

@bobbobertson7568 10 месяцев назад

You obviously don't live in Michigan. Because you'd realize there's many, many other cities in Michigan that are much bigger dumps than GR. Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Lansing, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, etc. pretty much all the major cities are bigger dumps than GR. In fact West Michigan is what keeps the entire state from being called a dump, and I grew up in the Detroit area.