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Get the Gluten Out!

Written by Lindsay Patton-Carson | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:35 |

Little "GF" logos are showing up on local restaurant menus– and they don't mean food for your girlfriend. That's because more and more local restaurants are retooling their menus is to accommodate those with gluten and wheat intolerances, which vary.

Deep Fried Pork Chop with Crispy Polenta, Tempura Apples, Wilted Young Greens

Written by Matthew Green | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:29 |

Dining

A recipe for deep-fried pork chop with crispy polenta, Tempura apples, wilted young greens.

The Next Best Thing

Written by Matt Simpson Siegel | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:26 |

Dining

We present three former food fixtures with cult followings whose flavors are gone, but not forgotten. We attempt the impossible with the next best thing.

So Close We Can Taste It: Downtown Market Opens Outdoor Market This Month

Written by Steven DePolo | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:22 |

Dining

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market has been busy over the past several months, securing vendors and completing construction on the $30 million culinary cathedral. It is set to open its outdoor seasonal market May 4 and its indoor market in July.

Food After Midnight

Written by Revue Minions | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:18 |

Dining

Not all of us are on the same eating schedule. Here are some of the best joints in town for you night owls.

Incubators Help Businesses Get into the Market

Written by Jane Simons, Carly Plank | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:13 |

Dining

For local would-be food entrepreneurs, incubators give them a chance to get their ideas out of the kitchen and into the market.

Eat Like a Minion

Written by Minions | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:06 |

Dining

We gave our current and former minions $20 to try a new restaurant and tell us about their experience. Here are the results, as told to us by the minions.

Taste This: Two Beards Deli and more

Written by Matt Simpson Siegel | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:04 |

Dining

Open seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., the younger bearded brother of the Cherry Deli and cousin to the recently closed 4th Street Deli serves up several dozen of the city's exquisitely stuffed sandwiches and decadent salads.

Brewery Spotlight: Founders Brewing Co.

Written by Ben Darcie | Friday, 26 April 2013 10:00 |

Microbrews

Founders' growth and current success began in 2007 on Grand Rapids' Monroe Avenue in Grand Rapids, nearly 10 years after Dave Engbers and Mike Stevens opened the brewery in the Brassworks Building.

Brewery of the Month: Our Brewing Company

Written by Ben Darcie | Friday, 22 March 2013 10:52 |

Microbrews

Trevor Doublestein and Dane Sexton have been friends for nearly 12 years. Sexton went to WMU for finance and has held a position with Morgan Stanley for 13 years, while Doublestein went to Columbia for film and worked for his family's construction business in Petoskey.