GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Arktos Meadery on Grand Rapids’ West Side will shut down for good at the end of this month as the owner reconciles with deteriorating economic conditions. Their last day serving mead will be Aug. 31.
Owner Chris Crothers told News 8 he first noticed things were changing around the new year, when the buzz around the place’s annual mead membership was meager.
“We usually sell out by the end of January and we had only sold half by the end of January,” Crothers said. “So that was our first real indicator that people don’t have the money to spend right now.”…