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View Comments Ready-to-drink canned cocktails can now be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a legislation package that expands the distribution of mixed spirit drinks. Senate Bills 141- 44 aim to support spirit manufacturers and small businesses, create good-paying jobs within the state and cut red tape when it comes to canned cocktails, according to a news release. Distillers are a growing industry in the state and the bills make it easier for the...

Grand Rapids-based Long Road Distillers is expanding again!

Long Road Distillers is coming to Cadillac.

CADILLAC — A Grand Rapids-based liquor distillery is in the process of opening their newest location in Cadillac. Long Road Distillers has entered into a lease agreement to use the space at 412 S. Mitchell St., which is the site of the former Better Bodies Health and Fitness Center. Kyle VanStrien, who co-owns Long Road Distillers with business partner Jon OConnor, told the Cadillac News that theyre hoping to be open by June 15, although that will be contingent largely on how long it takes...

The south end of Eureka is now home to a Humboldt County first: a legal cannabis consumption lounge where you can smoke, eat, and socialize...

Final goals unveiled to revitalize Grand Rapids area’s Division Avenue corridor Updated Mar 10, 2021; Posted Mar 09, 2021 A Silver Line bus makes a stop along Division Avenue in Grand Rapids. The Rapids CEO Andrew Johnson and Deputy CEO Dina Reed both resigned from the organization last month. (Neil Blake | MLive.com)The Grand Rapids Press Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The final goals of a yearslong study to spark development and improve the quality of life along the Division Avenue co...

Built in 1923, the Scotia Inn will soon be reopened under new ownership. | Photos by Andrew Goff. ### When the owners of Humboldt Bay Social Club announced on social media that they’d purchased the Scotia Inn with plans to transform and reopen it, the reaction was big: 1,200 likes and almost 200 comments on Instagram, another 750-plus reactions on Facebook and hundreds of comments. “It was crazy,” said Jon O’Connor, who cofounded the Social Club with his wife, Amy Cirincione O’Connor....

First Black-owned wine bar opens in downtown Grand Rapids First Black-owned wine bar opens in Downtown Grand Rapids the day indoor dining resumes and at the start of Black History Month and last updated 2021-02-01 17:11:58-05 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — February 1st marks a lot of different things for the hospitality industry in Michigan. Its the first day bars and restaurants are allowed to resume indoor dining at 25% capacity since November. For the owners of GR Noir, February 1st is two spe...

Michigan distilleries that helped with hand sanitizer now quite concerned about federal fees Over 30 Michigan distilleries made hand sanitizer at height of pandemic HHS indicates reprieve for distilleries from fees Griffin Claw Brewing Co. Birmingham-based Griffin Claw Brewing Co. is among the distilliers that used its raw materials to make hand sanitizer Back in March and April, when hand sanitizer was among the hardest-to-find items on store shelves, many craft distillers sought to ease that ...

Surprise $14,000 FDA fee could be death blow for local distillers At the beginning of the pandemic, dozens of local distillers stepped up and started making hand sanitizer. Now they could face a more than $14,000 FDA fee. At the beginning of the pandemic, dozens of local distillers stepped up and started making hand sanitizer, which was in short supply last spring. Though this week they’re finding out they could be responsible for a more than $14,000 fee from the FDA. and last updated 202...