before you open to door to go back, check out john ritter. pinup girls as you stand at the pisser and rock stars and icons as you leave. Most of their taps are safe, but there are some really outstanding and less seen around the state taps here too. I would have liked to see more Dark horse on tap that wasn't the amber. It was nice having 4 shorts taps and 2 livery taps to choose from. The beer selection is a good 50% michigan beer, 30% other american craft beer, and 20% other drafts from europe and canada. I was eager to go visit a place with 48 taps, a firkin and a whole buncha bottles, just to see what's what. This place had been hyped up a bit for me. Hugbee (75) Monday 25th of February 2008 12:47:14 AM link Unfortunately, it is very close to one of my all time favorites, Founders, so if I am making the trip to Grand Rapids, that is where you will find me. If it was in my beer desert of a neighborhood, I would be raving about it.
I cannot remember what else I ate, but I remember liking the food. They were pretty good, but I am not addicted. They were french fries covered in a mix of herbs and spices I guess. I of course had to try the often mentioned "crack fries". Never fear, I did manage to find several beers to satisfy me. Perhaps they were playing it safe and I tend to like the more unusual beers. I liked the concentration on the Michigan craft brewers but they somehow didn't seem to have a lot of my favorites. Well, except for the IPA, which they were out of at the time. But a closer inspection revealed that they were styles that I wasn't really interested in. I didn't realize they brewed their own in addition to the many others on tap.
I was surprised to find that they had some Hopcat beers. The beer selection is certainly respectable. Unfortunately, it was very busy on the Tuesday evening that I visited and I was not able to get a spot at the bar. There is plenty of wood, a large bar, and it wasn't covered in TVs. I had heard about Hopcat from people I met at Founders, so I had to try it. BarFly’s team accepted the honor last week at the Triple Bottom Line Bash last week in Grand Rapids.Ĭlick here to read more about BarFly’s sustainability efforts.Dzouras (49) Saturday 24th of July 2010 09:52:30 AM link The WMSBF awards Sustainable Business of the Year based on a vote by among its members and affiliated organizations. “All of its food waste, spent grain, take-out containers, straws, disposable cups, and paper waste is currently composted as new soil for local farmers, 3,870 cubic yards in 2017.” HopCat’s partnerships with local sustainability nonprofits in each market we enter also was a factor in the honor, according to a release on the WMSBF website.Īutumn Sands, BarFly’s Sustainability Manager, said in a statement: “We are honored by the recognition and so grateful to be a part of the Forum, surrounded by the growing number of business and community leaders working tirelessly to make a positive impact within our community.” The forum also cited the fact that HopCat is often the first business in its market to open with a goal of zero waste. In presenting the honor, WMSBF noted the ongoing waste-reduction efforts at all BarFly restaurants, where we train our employees to separate refuse by what is compostable and recyclable, allowing us to divert about 90 percent of material that would otherwise end up in landfills. BarFly Ventures - which operates the HopCat restaurant family as well as Stella's Lounge, Grand Rapids Brewing Company and the Waldron Public House in Grand Rapids - has been named Sustainable Business of the Year by the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum.
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