GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A bar set to open this month is aiming to bring a taste of Nashville to Grand Rapids.
Rapid River Stillhouse is set to open at 401 Stocking Ave NW at the intersection of Bridge Street on Oct. 18. The bar comes from the Rapid River Beverage Company, which stemmed from moonshine company Sip Shine LLC.
The three-story bar will have everything from whiskey tastings and merch to a stage for performers and a rooftop deck.
“We wanted to bring whiskey to Grand Rapids in an unbelievable Nashville-style concept,” Dale Kivinen, the experience director of Rapid River, told News 8. “We’re offering many, many different things inside this building. It is a restaurant, it is a bar, it is an entertainment venue, it is a rooftop deck.”
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Everything served up behind the bar will be Rapid River products, from the whiskey and other spirits to the wine, beer and seltzers. Even the syrups and garnishes — like an edible flower — are made in-house.