Guta rechipiri-guru kune mamwe maguta eMichigan, Grand Rapids iri pedyo neGreat River kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweMichigan, makiromita makumi maviri nemashanu kubva muGungwa reMichigan uye nemaminitsi makumi mana emotokari (kuburikidza nokukurumidza I-196) kubva kuMidwest's most popular gay resort community, Saugatuck -Douglas . Kune vashanyi vanoenda kunharaunda yekupedzisira, Grand Rapids ine ndege yepamusoro yepamusoro (Gerald R Ford International) inopa rubatsiro rwemazuva ose kubva kune vatakuri vanotakura, uye iri guta rine hupenyu uye rinoita husiku humwe muguta, kumusha kune vashoma vanokohwa gay bars, mamiriro ehurumende chete gay bathhouse kunze kweMetroit Detroit , uye chibage chiri kukura chekutanga kwema microbreweries uye mabiko akanaka kwazvo.
Guta racho rinowanidzawo avo vakapinda muGreater Grand Rapids Gay Pride Festival gore roga roga pakati peJune.
Pakati pemakwikwi emakororo muGreat Rapids, Rumors Nightclub (69 Division Ave. S) iri mukati memwoyo weDowntown. Ichi chikuru uye chinotyisa chikwata chekudhanha uye bhari rine mutsva mukuru weusiku husiku hwemasikati - zvose kubva kuvarume vanoenda-vakomana paChitatu kusvika kuChishanu madzimai manheru kuti vakwekwe zviratidzo paSvondo. Musi woMugovera manheru, pane dzimwe nguva mapurogiramu emapuranga, uye nguva dzose inzvimbo huru yekudhanha munguva yekupedzisira. Icho chiri mukati mechimhanya cheGreat Rapids Art Museum, neAvan Andel Arena, uye mamwe emakiromita makuru kumadhorobha (semuenzaniso, JW Marriott Grand Rapids, Amway Grand Plaza).
Imwe yakakwegura gay muGrand Rapids (uye imwe yekare kudarika munharaunda) ndiyo Apartment Lounge (33 Sheldon Ave.), isina-mafungiro, ari nyore-pedo nzvimbo yakaramba iri yakasimba kubva kumavambo 1970 uye yakarurama iyo yapakati peguta, nematare emunharaunda uye mahotera uye kurudyi kune Veterans Memorial Park.
Zviri nyore kufamba pakati pevatatu vevarume, sezvo ivo vose vari mumakiromita ekufambidzana pamwe chete nedzimwe nzvimbo dzekudya dzinokurudzira, mabhafi ekofi, uye mizariro yakawanda yedhorobha.
Grand Rapids yakagadzikana chaizvo mumakore achangopfuura nekuda kwenhamba uye dzakasiyana-siyana zvehupamhi hwepamusoro dzehupenzi - kana uri mukana wekusimbisa, doro rinonakidza uye rinonakidza yezvinyorwa, funga zvimwe zvezvivako zvakanaka uye zvemasikati, dzakadai seHopCat (25 Ionia Ave.
SW), iyo yakagadzirirwa mune imwe imba yakare yekare yakagadzirwa nehutano uye inoshandisa mabheji akasiyana-siyana pamwe nekunakidza kunyaradza chow - HopCat inewo matavi muAnn Arbor, Detroit, East Lansing, uye Broad Ripple mudunhu reIndipolis. Imwe yepamusoro yekugadzira mabhizimisi muguta iri is Founders Brewing Co. (235 Grandville Ave. SW), iyo inowakakurumbira kune yepamusoro yewaini (edza Oak-Age Rye Ipa) semuviri wakararama uye sandwiches yakakura.
San Chez Bistro (38 Fulton St. W) inoratidzira sarudzo yekutendeseka yeSpain tapas, sangria, uye-mangwanani - kukuruka kwekudya mangwanani-ngwanani. ChiGiriki neMediterranean zvinomiririrwa kuMichigan, uye Marie Catrib's (1001 Lake Dr.) ndeimwe yezvakanaka zvakapoteredza, kushumira zvakanakisa hummus, mbatata-uye-quinoa burgers (hongu, mharidzo haisi yakanyanya Mediterranean), falafel , nezvimwewo.
Cafe tsika inorarama uye zvakanaka muGreat Rapids, neyeSirkys Coffee yeTae & Newsstand (1035 Wealthy St. SE), iyo inokwezva boka revanhu rakanaka uye rakavimbika nekuda kwejairo yakanaka yepamusoro uye teas, mafura akaisvonaka, uye zvakasarudzwa periodicals - yakasununguka kubva mangwanani-ngwanani kusvikira mangwanani kusvikira maawa (maawa ari shomanana muzhizha).
Uyewo chengeta Madcap Coffee (98 Monroe Center St. NW), iyo isiri yakazaruka chaizvo kusvika munguva dzekupedzisira (kusvikira pa7 masikati usiku huzhinji) asi iyo inoremekedzwa zvikuru inyanzvi yemafanisi ichidira imwe yehafi yakanakisisa muhurumende.