Lub nroog thib ob hauv nroog Michigan, Grand Rapids yog nyob hauv tus dej hiav txwv nyob rau sab hnub poob hauv Michigan, tsuas yog 25 mais tawm ntawm Lake Michigan thiab 45 feeb tsav (ntawm kev ceev I-196) los ntawm Midwest cov chaw nrov tshaj plaws hauv zej zog, Saugatuck -Douglas . Rau cov neeg tuaj mus rau tom qhov chaw, Grand Rapids tau ze lub tshav dav hlau (Gerald R Ford International) muab cov kev pabcuam los ntawm ntau yam tseem ceeb, thiab nws yog ib lub nroog uas muaj zog thiab kaj siab rau ib hmo nyob rau hauv lub nroog, hauv tsev mus rau qee cov neeg caw lub xeev tsuas pub dej da rau sab nraum lub hauv paus Detroit , thiab qoob loo loj hlob ntawm cov tshuaj microbreweries thawj zaug thiab cov khw noj mov zoo.
Lub nroog no kuj tuaj yeem tuaj koom lub koom txoos Grand Rapids Gay Pride Success txhua xyoo hauv lub rau hli ntuj.
Ntawm cov koom haum gay nyob hauv Grand Rapids, Kev Ntseeg Nightclub (69 Division Ave. S) muaj nyob hauv plawv nroog plawv. Qhov no yog qhov sib tw ua loj thiab nquag ua si nrog rau txhua txhua hnub los ntawm cov txiv neej mus ua ke rau hnub Wednesdays mus rau hnub Friday cov hnub qub kom luag qhia rau hnub Sunday. Nyob rau hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj, muaj qee zaum npaus ob tog, thiab nws yog ib qhov chaw zoo nkauj rau kev seev cev rau cov sij hawm lig. Nws yog hauv kev taug kev ntawm lub Grand Rapids Art Museum, Van Andel Arena, thiab qee cov chaw hauv nroog loj (xws li, JW Marriott Grand Rapids, Amway Grand Plaza).
Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Lub Vaj Tse (33 Sheldon Ave.), tsis muaj tus cwj pwm zoo, muaj kev yoojyim mus rau lub zej zog uas muaj zog heev txij li thaum xyoo 1970 thiab yog nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm plawv nroog, los ntawm cov chaw ua yeeb yam hauv zos thiab cov chaw ntiav pw thiab sab nraud ntawm Veterans Memorial Park.
Nws yooj yim rau kev taug kev ntawm peb qho kev sib tw, raws li tag nrho cov kev taug kev ntawm ib leeg nrog rau lwm cov khw noj mov, kas fes, thiab tsev tuav hauv plawv nroog.
Grand Rapids tau txhim tsa ib lub koob npe nrov rau lub xyoo dhau los rau nws tus lej thiab ntau yam khoom zoo hauv cov khoom siv tes ua - yog tias koj yog tus kiv cua ntawm lub zog, nthuav npias thiab cua pub dawb, xav txog qee cov chaw muaj zog thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm zoo heev, xws li HopCat (25 Ionia Ave.
SW), uas tau teev nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev qub zoo nkauj uas muaj tus cwj pwm zoo thiab ua hauj lwm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov beers thiab lub siab nyiam chow - HopCat tseem muaj cov ceg nyob hauv Ann Arbor, Detroit, East Lansing, thiab Broad Ripple zej zog ntawm Indianapolis. Lwm cov khoom siv zoo heev nyob rau hauv lub nroog yog Founders Brewing Co. (235 Grandville Ave. SW), uas yog nrov rau nws thawj zaug npias (sim Oak-Age Rye Ipa) ua rau suab paj nruag thiab hefty qhaub cij.
San Chez Bistro (38 Fulton St. W) yog qhov kev xaiv zoo rau qhabnias Mev tapas, sangria, thiab - thaum sawv ntxov - noj tshais zoo kawg nkaus. Greek thiab Mediterranean tsis tshua muaj neeg tuaj yeem sawv cev hauv Michigan, thiab Marie Catrib (1001 Ntug Dr) yog ib qho ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv, ua haujlwm zoo zoo nkauj, qos yaj ywm barkers thiab qos yaj ywm qab zib (ok, zaub mov tsis yog Mediterranean), falafel , thiab ntau dua.
Café culture yog ciaj thiab zoo nyob hauv Grand Rapids, nrog cov quasky Sparrows Coffee Tea & Newsstand (1035 Muaj Nqis St. ST), uas attracts ib eclectic thiab loyal ntau pawg ua tsaug rau nws cov high-quality java thiab teas, qab pastries, thiab xaiv ntau ntawm periodicals - nws qhib los ntawm heev thaum ntxov nyob rau hauv thaum sawv ntxov kom txog thaum lig hmo ntuj (lub sij hawm yog luv luv me ntsis nyob rau hauv lub caij ntuj sov).
Tsis tas li, kos rau Madcap Coffee (98 Monroe Center St. NW), uas tsis qhib lig (txog li 7 teev tsaus ntuj feem ntau), tiam sis yog ib tus kws tshaj lij tus neeg ua lag luam roaster nchuav qee qhov khov zoo hauv lub xeev.