![]() We’re a beer bar – we promote the enjoyment of beer. ![]() An unbeatable deal! NOTE: Sorry to be stingy, but look at the name of the special – it’s a Burger and a BEER – no substitutions, pretty please. Our infamous Monday-Friday 4PM-6PM Burger $ Beer Special – What could be better than a burger and a beer for $6? Choose any $4 Michigan made beer or any HopCat( Under $6 ) beer to go with your delicious burger. HopCat shares the love with our service industry brethren with 25% off from 9-Close. Our Chief Beer Geek shows you some love with $3 specials – check the board or ask your server for today’s picks! Every Thursday from 6pm to 9pm. $.50 WINGS (minimum order of 6, please!) and if that’s not enough…Ģ5% OFF PITCHERS That’s right, all of our drafts are 25% off. GREAT DEALS ON MUSSELS by the ½ lb, 1 lb and 1½ lb plus… ![]() Hopcat also is known for it’s food selection specifically its “crack fries”.Įach week the Chief Beer Geek picks his favorite Michigan beers and gives you a deal on them. The in-house brewery production is limited but luckily this bar is owned by Mark Sellers who also happens to own 2 other bars down the street and the newly opened Grand Rapids Brewing Company too so the supply of beer is never in doubt in this area of Grand Rapids, MI. With over 40 taps and an ever revolving list of local and national beers available it’s not hard to see why Hopcat is one of the top rated beer bars in the worlds. In-house brewing system up and running as of January 2009. Source: Mark Sellers and Garry Boyd, Stella'sĭeborah Johnson Wood is development news editor for Rapid Growth Media.Hopcats: Rated #3 Beer Bar on Planet Earth by Beer Advocate magazine. The bar's opening created just under 50 new jobs, including full-time management and chef positions. "As a matter of fact we're going to make it really simple – you'll be able to get drinks for a good price and the draft list will be independently-owned breweries, no Bud, Miller or Coors." ![]() BarFly was founded in 2008 after the opening of HopCat in Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The vegetarian menu includes one meat lovers pick: a colossal stuffed hamburger with pepperjack cheese and jalapeno, topped with a specialty hot sauce.Īs for drinks, "we're not going to reinvent the wheel," says Garry Boyd, general manager. BarFly is the parent company of HopCat, Stella's Lounge, and Grand Rapids Brewing Company - we are headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sellers bought the real thing – used games from eBay, and some from Chattanooga Pinball Co. I love craft beer so that's what HopCat is all about, and I love the older video games so that's what this bar is about." "When I open bars I kinda just think about what I would like. "Stella's is a place I'd go for fun," Sellers adds. "He's a Chicago guy I used to know when I lived down there. "The bar is handmade by Aaron Heineman of Heineman Bar Company, who made the bar for HopCat and is making the one for Viceroy," Mark Sellers says. Sellers and his wife, Michele, came up with the idea for the bar following a successful run with nearby HopCat, their first foray into the Grand Rapids bar business after living in Chicago and returning to Mark's hometown. SW, has what owner Mark Sellers calls an "old school, 70s vibe" and shares an address, a kitchen and restrooms with its sister bar next door, Viceroy, which is still under construction. Beginning May 1, Stella's Lounge will light up the Grand Rapids night with punk and alternative music selections compiled by Herm Baker of Vertigo Music, a vegetarian menu, vintage video games from the 70s and 80s, and whiskey – more than 200 different kinds.
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