For more than a decade, the Mitten Brewing Company has quietly built a lasting pizza and beer haven.
When Chris Andrus and Max Treirweiler opened the Mitten, 527 Leonard St. NW, in 2012, they did so, building on their homebrewing hobby— hoping to build a career out of something they loved. It was at the height of the craft beer boom, when hundreds of breweries were opening up across the country every year.
To differentiate, the meticulous pair decided to pour their resources behind figuring out a great pizza dough and developing a delicious pizza menu to go alongside their equally excellent brews. And, to add to the plan, they found the historic Engine House No. 9 on the Westside of Grand Rapids built in 1890 and turned it into a baseball mecca with a local slant to the Detroit Tigers.
It’s worked…