Detroit
Pitch-perfect espresso drinks (try the lavender latte), pour-overs, outdoor seating and free wi-fi are hallmarks of this downtown cafe. Live music nightly…
Must-see nightlife in Michigan
Short’s Production Facility Pull Barn
Gold Coast
Beer buffs adore Short’s for its Huma Lupa Licious IPA and Juicy Brut ale, and they come en masse to this sprawling outdoor drinking yard in Elk Rapids …
Michigan
If you've only got time for one stop in Grand Rapids, make it rock-and-roll Founders. The ruby-colored Dirty Bastard Ale is good swillin', and there's…
Michigan
Brewery Vivant specializes in Belgian-style beers. Set in an old chapel with stained glass windows and a vaulted ceiling, the atmospheric brewpub also…
Michigan
The smell of cardamom-spiced coffee caresses your nose when you enter this cozy Yemeni cafe. Folks from the homeland chitchat and type on laptops while…
Gold Coast
A couple of hairy-faced home brewers got together to open Beards, and they know their stuff, as the hoppy IPAs, tart saisons and nutty brown ales flowing…
Detroit
Standby hides in the alleyway known as the Belt. Find it, and crazy-creative cocktails like Snake in the Grass (gin, lime, celery bitters and nitro…
Michigan
Bell's started brewing in 1985, so it was doing the craft beer thing before it was a thing. Now it's one of Michigan's largest breweries. Bell's Eccentric…
Gold Coast
Belgian-style beers are Stormcloud’s gift to the universe. Rainmaker Ale is its medal winner (bronze at the Great American Beer Festival), and there are…
Michigan
Graffiti covers the walls and zillions of mugs hang from the ceiling in Dark Horse's no-frills, cave-like taproom. IPAs dominate the line up, but robust…
Gold Coast
Odd Side brews some peculiar experimental suds, like the Mayan Mocha stout (with coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg and habenero chilies) and Aestas sour ale (aged…
Michigan
Ellison hides in a no-frills warehouse in an East Lansing industrial park. Bowl up to the corrugated metal bar and order a Tiramisu coffee stout, 3 Stacks…
Gold Coast
Every city needs a speakeasy-style cocktail bar, and Low Bar checks all the boxes: it's dimly lit, oozes 1920s glam and is a little hard to find. Classics…
Michigan
A welcome addition to the local drinking scene, Bière de Mac has around 11 house-made brews on tap, from French farmhouse ales to milk stouts, Belgian…
Gold Coast
Head to Virtue’s farm in Fennville and sip a pint while sheep bleat, pigs oink and chickens cluck around you. The taproom is in a barrel-strewn barn,…
Michigan
Ann Arborites young and old come here for the house made sour beers (try the Bam Biere), pizzas and truffle fries. Eat in the cozy, antique-filled…
Gold Coast
Even before this small but lively taproom debuted in 2016, founder and beer maker Chris Betts had established a reputation as a brewer's brewer for his…
Michigan
Prepare for gloriously weird decor, as if Barbie designed an English pub in shades of her favorite color. Yes it's touristy, but it's also heaps of fun…
Leland, Northport & Suttons Bay
Tandem Ciders pours delicious hard ciders made from Michigan apples in its small tasting room on the family farm. You can build your own flight ($1.50 per…
Upper Peninsula
Beer geeks and mountain bikers hang out at Blackrocks Brewery, set in a cool refurbished house downtown that's like a community clubhouse. It makes…
Detroit
Once the ticket hall for the Grand Trunk Railroad, this high-ceilinged space still buzzes, but this time patrons are content to sit and stop a while. With…
Gold Coast
Located in the old Featherbone Factory, which used to produce corsets and buggy whips, Journeyman cooks up organic whiskies, gins and other booze, and…
New Holland Brewing – The Knickerbocker
Michigan
The cavernous, echo-y building feels somewhat impersonal – it's vast enough that full-size barrels hang from the high ceiling as light covers – but hey,…
Michigan
Grand Rapids Brewing is one of the nation's few organic-certified beer makers. The rustic interior, built from reclaimed wood and other materials, jumps…
Michigan
Mitten occupies a beautiful brick Victorian-era fire station. Locals chitchat at knotty wood tables in the warm, pub-like interior. Vintage baseball…
Gold Coast
The pub is home to Cherry Republic Brewing Company that makes Leelanau Lambic, a dry, tart ale blended with local Montmorency cherries. It also produces…
Michigan
Thornapple is like a friendly corner tavern, where patrons know each other, play cards and compete on trivia teams, though the vibe is slightly punctured…
Gold Coast
Destination brewery New Holland is known for its robust beers, such as Tangerine Space Machine and Dragon’s Milk stout, and its housemade gins and rums…
Michigan
Ranked as one of the nation's best beer bars, HopCat draws beer fans young and old. They pack the vintage wood tables in the low-lit room, knocking back…
Michigan
Greyline is a bit of an outlier, about 3 miles northwest of downtown, but it’s worth the trip. Set in a squat grey building at the edge of an industrial…
Michigan
Perrin is far-flung from other Grand Rapids breweries – about a 15-minute drive north of town – but it’s one of the scene’s largest players. The cavernous…
Leland, Northport & Suttons Bay
No wonder Hop Lot is a community favorite. The tap room is great, but the outdoor beer garden ups the ante in all seasons. In summer, enjoy bean bag games…
Gold Coast
The Beer Church is a cheeky one. Housed in a former Methodist church, its incongruous facade – bold red lettering proclaiming BREWERY beneath a pristine…
Gold Coast
A slew of eclectic beers bubble forth from the taps. The cinnamon French toast stout and oatmeal stout wallop the senses, while the double IPAs, hazy IPAs…
Upper Peninsula
First point of note: quality pints cost $3. Widow Maker black ale and Pickaxe blonde ale are signature suds among the 12 taps. Young locals hobnob in the…
Gold Coast
Jamesport has been brewing crisp German-style beers and strong ales in a brick Victorian storefront downtown since 2000. The pub menu features a lineup of…
Gold Coast
The wide range of beers on tap here are made with local and organic ingredients, just like the creatively named dishes on the menu (try the succulent,…
Gold Coast
The brewer makes some wild beers using unexpected ingredients, from pig’s head (Pig Porter) to asparagus (Spear Beer ale) to cherry pie (Cherry Pie amber…
Gold Coast
On Saturdays and Sundays in summer, tiny downtown Sawyer's main drag is dominated by merry weekenders who have drunk, are drinking, or will drink at this…
Michigan
The East Lansing outpost of the regional pub chain has a bottle-cap-studded bar made from old gym bleachers, lights repurposed from a shuttered church and…
