The parent company for HopCat, Stella's Lounge, and the Grand Rapids Brewing Company -- BarFly Ventures -- filed for bankruptcy restructuring on Wednesday morning.
Three Barfly Ventures restaurants - Stella's Lounge, HopCat, and Grand Rapids Brewing Company - all announced via Facebook that they will close at 3 p.m. on Thursday so that staff may attend the memorial of a 7-year-old girl.
McFadden's, the second oldest bar on Ionia Street in downtown Grand Rapids, is closing.
After 10 years, the nightclub and Irish Pub with shut its doors January 30th to make way for a new restaurant from owners BarFly Ventures LLC, MLive/ The Grand Rapids reports.
Last month the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority approved a $40,000 grant to allow BarFly Ventures to install parklets in front of their restaurants Stella's Lounge, Grand Rapids Brewing Co., and McFadden’s Saloon.
Today, the first of those parklets are being installed in front of the Grand Rapids Brewing Company.
So, what’s a parklet?