One day, the Thailand American community discovered Grand Rapids MI.
Last winter, a Thai restaraunt popped up across the way from the Grand
Rapids Art Museum. The Dog Story moved closed to One Trick Pony and
St. Cecilia's Music Center, and a large Thai restaurant opened up two
spaces south. I had the pleasure of eating the tonight, and I'm still
so astounded by the novelty of Thai in Grand Rapids,z all I order is
Chicken Masaman Curry. I believe there's one over towards eastside on
Wealthy. Nothing better than parking the car and dining the catching a
show next door at the Dog Store Theater. During intermission, I picked
up a quick order of egg rolls at the Chinese buffet to the north of
Dog Story Theater. I flew solo tonight. Last night, I was out with a
woman who knew everyone at the art galleries. Tonight, I wanted to
make the rounds around town at my own pace. After The Merry Wives of
Windsor at the Dog Story Theater, I dropped by One Trick Pony, but the
place seemed really, really date-y and that's enough to drain all life
and vibe out of a club. So I walked over to the Cottage Bar, and while
it didn't seem like a couples only resort, it struck me as clique
country. Bring your own peeps, pack them four to a booth, pretend
you're not in a bar and expect those peeps entertain you for an entire
night. I not sure what it is that makes a joint wide open, but I
love it when one can mix and mingle, strike up conversations, listen
to people talk about themselves. I wanted a beer, so I grabbed a perch
at the art deco mahogany bar and ordered a Bell's Porter. People have
been coming in from the Juice Ball over at the J.W. Marriott, where
about a thousand people showed up. Buzz here is not everyone got the
Juice Ball memo. Maybe I miss the bonhomie of Royal Oak, Michigan, with twenty bars and
five coffeehouses all within easy walking distance made every night an
anything could happen kind of night.
Last winter, a Thai restaraunt popped up across the way from the Grand
Rapids Art Museum. The Dog Story moved closed to One Trick Pony and
St. Cecilia's Music Center, and a large Thai restaurant opened up two
spaces south. I had the pleasure of eating the tonight, and I'm still
so astounded by the novelty of Thai in Grand Rapids,z all I order is
Chicken Masaman Curry. I believe there's one over towards eastside on
Wealthy. Nothing better than parking the car and dining the catching a
show next door at the Dog Store Theater. During intermission, I picked
up a quick order of egg rolls at the Chinese buffet to the north of
Dog Story Theater. I flew solo tonight. Last night, I was out with a
woman who knew everyone at the art galleries. Tonight, I wanted to
make the rounds around town at my own pace. After The Merry Wives of
Windsor at the Dog Story Theater, I dropped by One Trick Pony, but the
place seemed really, really date-y and that's enough to drain all life
and vibe out of a club. So I walked over to the Cottage Bar, and while
it didn't seem like a couples only resort, it struck me as clique
country. Bring your own peeps, pack them four to a booth, pretend
you're not in a bar and expect those peeps entertain you for an entire
night. I not sure what it is that makes a joint wide open, but I
love it when one can mix and mingle, strike up conversations, listen
to people talk about themselves. I wanted a beer, so I grabbed a perch
at the art deco mahogany bar and ordered a Bell's Porter. People have
been coming in from the Juice Ball over at the J.W. Marriott, where
about a thousand people showed up. Buzz here is not everyone got the
Juice Ball memo. Maybe I miss the bonhomie of Royal Oak, Michigan, with twenty bars and
five coffeehouses all within easy walking distance made every night an
anything could happen kind of night.
1 comment:
Good choice with the Bell's Porter. Introduced my Bro-N-Law to Bell's Porter this weekend while he's visiting Michigan from Dallas. He follows a beer blog of the Flying Saucer brewery in Dallas, so he took a pic of the bottle to post. I also had him sample New Holland Brewery's Dragons Milk stout. Both are favorites of mine...and now favorites of his also.
Gary from Seven Steps Up
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