Chef Drake Harper

Grand Rapids stays winning. 🙌

Butcher’s Union just landed the #11 spot on Yelp’s Top 100 U.S. Restaurants for 2026 — the only Michigan restaurant to make the list. Huge shoutout to the team over there. From the cocktails to the plates to the whole vibe, they’ve been putting in the work since 2017, and it shows.

Love seeing GR food culture get the national shine it deserves.

Butcher's Union in Grand Rapids named 11th-best U.S. restaurant by Yelp Yelp, a crowd-sourced local business review website, just released its Top 100 U.S. Restaurants list for 2026. Butcher's Union in Grand Rapids came in just outside the top ten at number 11.

Two longtime West Michigan Denny’s locations have officially closed their doors.
The restaurants on Plainfield Ave. in Grand Rapids and Cork St. in Kalamazoo are now listed as permanently closed, with the GR location found locked and empty when crews stopped by. Former employees say the heat had been out for months, creating freezing working conditions before the shutdown.
Both locations had been around for decades, and the franchise owner previously filed for Chapter 11 in 2023. These closures add to the growing list of Denny’s restaurants shutting down nationwide over the last two years.
Another big shift in the local dining landscape.

Denny’s restaurants close in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo Two West Michigan Denny’s locations appear to be closed.