Get your elastic-waist pants ready, West Michigan. Michigan Street Poutine Week returns to Grand Rapids in just a few weeks!
Grand Rapids’ Poutine Week Kicks Off Soon
It’s the sixth year for the popular foodie event, and I’m pretty sure this is the most participants we’ve seen so far coming up with creative poutine dishes. The name is a little misleading, because Poutine “Week” is actually a 12-day food crawl. It’s going down September 16th through the 27th. If you’ve gone before, you know it’s way more than standard fries, gravy, and cheese curds!
Michigan Street Poutine Week is a full on neighborhood showdown where local culinary teams go all out with their comfort food creations. Past years’ dishes have included everything from slow-smoked brisket poutine smothered in craft beer cheese and sweet lobster poutine drizzled in garlic butter gravy to breakfast-inspired creations topped with spicy chorizo and over-easy eggs.
Others put a global spin on the classic with Greek gyro poutine drizzled in tzatziki, or went full comfort mode with BBQ pulled pork served over seasoned waffle fries.
Last year, 7 Monks even created a poutine pasty!
2026 Participating Restaurants
This year, 15 spots along the corridor are throwing down in a head-to-head battle for smothered fry supremacy, including two first-time competitors:
- 7 Monks
- American Legion Post 459
- Birch Lodge
- Bob’s Bar
- Duke’s Social House (New)
- Elbow Room
- Glass House
- Grand Coney
- Kaffeine Place
- Logan’s Alley
- Pauly’s Wine Experience (New)
- Taco Borracho
- The Friesian
- Toasted Pickle
- Vander Mill
How to Participated in Michigan Street Poutine Week
Here’s how Poutine Week works. Grab an official Poutine Passport at any participating restaurant. Order poutine, get your passport stamped, and vote online for your favorite dish. If you rack up enough stamps by the end of the twelve days, you score the official 2026 Poutine Week t-shirt. It costs nothing to participate beyond what you spend on food and drinks…