Founders Brewing Company

HUGE space on the industrial edge of downtown. We were told to not walk there after dark, so opted to visit right at the opening hour the next morning instead. Good call. Metered street parking could get scarce when this place is hopping. Being early, we got great attention. As we'd hoped for, the beer menu was pretty deep, including a handful of taproom-only offerings (which they kindly highlight for you). Long-time fans of Founders beers, we weren't disappointed in teh beer department. The food was excellent too. Big company store is attached if you wanna drop some extra cash. Brewery #1000!

Centrally located across from Central Station and in the heart of Grand Rapids' pretty downtown, this place is humungous. Room for hundreds, and it was completely packed on a Friday evening. Seat yourself and servers will find you, though it may take a while when busy. Phenomenal taplist, with lots of interesting things, including taproom one-offs. Reasonably priced. A must-visit when in Grand Rapids or just western Michigan.

This place is huge. Tons of stuff to look at and tons of different areas to sit. We spent some time just checking out the various artifacts from the past and art from the ArtPrize beers. We picked the "Garden Bar" to sit. I want to give it a 5 for Ambiance, but I have to take a point off there and a couple on Overall due to the frequent breeze of cigarette smoke from outside the gate. Beer selection is amazing. Just so much on tap. There is one issue, though, which is that the various beers are scattered around the various bars, which means your server might have to travel around the entire place just to grab your beer order. I don't know what the solution is, but know that it's the price of the giant place and the giant selection. Didn't have any food, but the menu is similar to the Detroit location, so it must be pretty good.

Popped in midday w/ kids on a weekday. Huge taproom... like enormous. Had a few new ones in a sampler. Food was solid. Service was odd - nice, but no dedicated person to the table and lots of hovering - it was a lunch crowd, so may be different at night. Place itself is worth a visit.

Nice, large, busy place with a nice and fluid feel between the different rooms. A huge selection available on draft, with plenty of BA stuff I hadn’t seen before. The store has a limited selection available to go, mostly the year round stuff but a few specials.

Huge space with enough room to get a table almost all the time besides some release events. They usually have 10-20 beers on tap including some one-offs that are only made for release on tap at the brewery. Service can be slow if it is crowded and you have to pick up the food yourself at the front counter.