I-dolophu enkulu yesibini ekulu eMichigan, i-Grand Rapids ihlala ecaleni kweMlambo oMkhulu eMzantsi Michigan, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-25 ukusuka kwiLake Michigan kunye nemitha engama-45 ngomzila we-drive (nge-speedy I-196) ukusuka kwi-Midwest eyaziwa kakhulu yi-gay resort community, e- Saugatuck -Douglas . Kwiindwendwe eziya kummandla wokugqibela, i-Grand Rapids ineyona moya-moya esondele kakhulu (i-Gerald R Ford International) enikezela inkonzo rhoqo kwiinkampani ezininzi, kwaye idolophu evuyokileyo neyakhayo ebusuku ebusuku edolophini, ekhayeni kwiindawo ezimbalwa zokumema i-gay, Indawo yokuhlambela i-gay kuphela yombutho ngaphandle kweDetroit yedolophu , kunye nesityalo esakhulayo se-microbreweries kunye neendawo zokutyela ezilungileyo kakhulu.
Esi sixeko sibuye sineendawo eziqhutywe kuzo kwi- Greater Grand Rapids Festival yeGay Pride ngonyaka ngamnye phakathi noJuni.
Phakathi kwamaqela angama-gay e-Grand Rapids, iRumors Nightclub (69 i-Ave Division S) ihlala kwindawo entliziyweni. Eli likhulu kunye neqonga lomdaniso womdaniso kunye nebhasi ngokuxuba kakhulu kwimihla ngemihla yemixholo - yonke into esuka kumakhwenkwe ahamba ngamadoda ngoLwesithathu ukuya kuLwesihlanu ubusuku bobusuku ukuze udibanise ngeeCawa. NgoMgqibelo ebusuku, ngamanye amaxesha amacandelo ama-foam, kwaye isoloko iindawo eziphambili zokudansa kwiiyure ezisezantsi. Kuhamba umgama woMyuziyam obuGcisa be-Grand Rapids, i-Van Andel Arena, kunye nezinye zeehotele eziphambili zedolophu (umzekelo, i-JW Marriott Grand Rapids, i-Amway Grand Plaza).
Ibha ye-gay edala kunazo zonke kwi-Grand Rapids (kunye nomnye endala kummandla) yi-Apartment Lounge (33 Sheldon Ave.), akukho-isimo sengqondo, ibra ehamba ngokulula eqhubekayo ukusuka ekuqaleni kwee-1970 kwaye ilungile phakathi kwendawo yedolophu, ngamathala eendawo kunye neehotele kunye nangoko kwicala le-Veterans Memorial Park.
Kulula ukuhamba phakathi kweyiphi na le mibhobho emithathu ye-gay, njengoko bonke behamba emkhatsini wabo kunye kunye nezinye iindawo zokutyela ezivakasayo, imivalo yekhofi kunye nemigca ephakathi.
I-Grand Rapids iye yakha igama elidlulileyo kwiminyaka yamuva ngenxa yenani layo kunye neendidi ezinobuncwane bokupaka ubugcisa obuphezulu-ukuba ungumtsalane oqinileyo, ubhiya obunomdla kunye nokuzonwabisa okumnandi, qwalasela ezinye zeendawo ezinobungqingili kwaye ezinobungqingili, ezifana neHopCat (25 Ionia Ave.
SW), esetyenziswe kwisakhiwo esihle esidala esineziqulatho kunye neenkonzo ezininzi zeebhiya kwakunye neentuthuzelo ezidliwayo - HopCat inamasebe eAn Ann Arbor, Detroit, East Lansing, kunye ne-Broad Ripple e-Indianapolis. Olunye udidi oluphambili lwezobuchwephesha edolophini yi-Founders Brewing Co. (i-235 Grandville Ave. SW), eyaziwayo njengebhiya yokuqala (zama i-Oak-Age Rye Ipa) njengomculo ophilileyo kunye namaswiti aphezulu.
I-San Chez Bistro (38 Fulton St. W) iyindlela ekhethileyo yeefasta zaseSpain ezithembekileyo, i-sangria, kunye ne-breakfast - ekuseni. I-Greek and Mediterane imele imele eMichigan, kwaye uMarie Catrib (i-1001 uLwandle uDkt) ungomnye wezona ndawo zihamba phambili, ukhonza i-hummus, ama-burgers ama-potato kunye ne-quinoa (ok, imenyu ayiyiyo iMediterranean), i-falafel , kunye nokuninzi.
I-Cafe inkcubeko iphila kunye ne-Grand Rapids, kunye nee-Spirrow ze-Coffee Tea kunye ne-Newsstand (i-1035 ye-St wealth e-SE), ekhangisa isihlwele esithembekileyo kunye nesinyanisekileyo sinombulelo kwi-java kunye ne-teas ephezulu, ii-periodicals - ivulekile kusasa kakhulu ekuseni kuze kube sebusuku (iiyure zincinci ehlobo).
Hlola kwakhona i-Madcap Coffee (98 Monroe Centre St. NW), engavaliwe ngokukhawuleza (kude kube malunga no-7 ntambama ngobusuku obukhulu) kodwa ihlonishwa kakhulu i-artisan roaster ethululela enye yekhofi efanelekileyo kwilizwe.