Warner Building/Hyatt Place - Lyon and Ottawa/Pearl and Ottawa

[demhem]

1 hour ago, wingbert said:

West Michigan in a nutshell

Bad signs are exclusive to West Michigan. Who knew? 

[MJLO]

Just now, demhem said:

Bad signs are exclusive to West Michigan. Who knew? 

I think they are more referring to mediocrity and a general lack of vision lol.

[wingbert]

1 hour ago, MJLO said:

I think they are more referring to mediocrity and a general lack of vision lol.

Thank you for being intelligent.

Edited August 2, 2019 by wingbert

[joeDowntown]

1 hour ago, wingbert said:

Thank you for being intelligent.

This isn't Mlive, stop it.

[GRDadof3]

On 8/1/2019 at 6:03 PM, joeDowntown said:

Dang, that is a bad sign. Almost laughable.

Maybe they didn't want to offend their WM clients with something "too fancy."

[demhem]

On 8/2/2019 at 12:26 PM, MJLO said:

I think they are more referring to mediocrity and a general lack of vision lol.

I know, and my comment was more or less to poke at that narrative as I see it far too often and I don't necessarily agree. 

[thebeerqueer]

https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/restaurant-fills-ground-floor-space-at-new-downtown-hyatt-place

 

Their first location in the Midwest. I've eaten at the one in Raleigh and it was pretty damn tasty. 

[GRDadof3]

3 hours ago, thebeerqueer said:

https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/restaurant-fills-ground-floor-space-at-new-downtown-hyatt-place

 

Their first location in the Midwest. I've eaten at the one in Raleigh and it was pretty damn tasty. 

I saw the sign in the window. Nice! I hope they stay "Southern" in their flavors and don't West Michigan bland it down. 

https://tupelohoneycafe.com/

[RegalTDP]

Nice!  Sometimes GR does get cool stuff before everyone else.

[Prankster]

I can vouch for this place. I’ve eaten at the ones in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Greenville. The biscuits alone are worth the trip. 

[droonus2000]

Hot dang that sounds spectacular! I can never get enough of good southern cooking.

[thebeerqueer]

14 hours ago, Prankster said:

I can vouch for this place. I’ve eaten at the ones in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Greenville. The biscuits alone are worth the trip. 

Those biscuits are heavenly. 

16 hours ago, GRDadof3 said:

I saw the sign in the window. Nice! I hope they stay "Southern" in their flavors and don't West Michigan bland it down. 

https://tupelohoneycafe.com/

All the more reason to check it out once it opens and let staff know to keep the spice/flavor/heat/etc ... coming. 

[GR_Urbanist]

Hearing a lot of fire trucks going by [4:12pm], I fire up the police scanner and there is a fire reported on the 9th floor of the Warner building.

 

So if you are nearby, looks like it will be a bit of a comotion over there.

[Allison Slater]

Well at least it's not one of the many stick-built structures that have gone up lately, so whatever fire there is should be relatively contained, right?

[GR_Urbanist]

8 minutes ago, tSlater said:

Well at least it's not one of the many stick-built structures that have gone up lately, so whatever fire there is should be relatively contained, right?

From the sound of the chatter, it was very contained on the SW side of that level, and they were soon able to let people back in.

[arcturus]

Starting to morph into a bigger city feel.  Pleased Google has been keeping up with street viewing downtown.  No doubt the rapid changes have forced it to keep up.

[GRDadof3]

[WMrapids]

Tupelo Honey opened on Saturday.

DGRI photos included.

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by WMrapids