48-Hour Spring Trip to Grand Rapids 🫧 | Full Guide to Food & Fun!

We started from Troy and made delicious Chinese food stops in East Lansing both ways 🚗💨 (I’ve posted separately about the restaurants!). This itinerary combines insights from multiple sources – I dare say it’s a top-tier travel guide for everyone! 😎 Day 1 🥡 Lunch – Everyday Authentic Chinese Cuisine "Everyday" lives up to its hype! 🥢 Extensive menu, fantastic flavors – definitely coming back! 🌉 First Stop in GR: The famous Blue Bridge! If you have 2-3 extra hours, check out John Ball Zoo or the Grand Rapids Museum. 🍺 Dinner – New Holland Brewing How can you not enjoy beer in one of America’s most famous "Beer Cities"?! After dinner, we visited the Lantern Festival (open until June – posted separately earlier!). 🏠 Accommodation: The Lafayette House I prefer Airbnb/B&Bs over hotels! This historic old-money mansion in Heritage Hill offered a unique, vintage vibe. We loved strolling around the picturesque street every time we stepped out! 🏡✨ Day 2 🧇 Brunch – Social Misfits Their waffles were delicious! 🧇❤️ We blindly ordered cocktails and lattes – and they were amazing too! 🚶‍♂️ City Walk After eating, we explored downtown and took 10,000 flower photos at Veterans Memorial Park 🌸📸. The streets are also filled with vibrant murals – a very different style from Detroit’s! 🎏 Afternoon: Frederik Meijer Gardens We visited the butterfly exhibit 🦋 and loved the atmosphere so much we stayed longer than planned! The park is huge – we only had time for the Japanese Garden and Sculpture Park before closing. The super chubby koi fish were incredibly soothing to watch! 🐟💖 🥘 Dinner – Boiling Pot Had a tasty hotpot dinner! The flavor was decent, but the price was unbeatable. East Lansing’s Chinese food scene is truly impressive! 🍲🔥 #Grand Rapids #TravelFrog #HiddenGems #MichiganTravel #SpringGetaway #FoodieAdventure