Michigan Travel · Grand Rapids
Restaurant Week GR 2026 runs Nov. 6–14: more than 55 restaurants, $25 to $45 menus and three new ways to vote
GRAND RAPIDS — Restaurant Week GR returns Friday, Nov. 6, and menus for the nine-day run are already posted.
More than 55 restaurants across the Grand Rapids area are taking part through Saturday, Nov. 14, with fixed-price menus at three levels, $25, $35 and $45, according to Experience Grand Rapids, the region’s tourism bureau, which presents the event.
Each menu has two or more courses, and participating spots are offering breakfast and lunch options as well as dinner.
Diners use the free Restaurant Week GR digital pass, at RestaurantWeekGR.com, to browse menus, plan outings and start making reservations. The pass also lets diners check in at restaurants, vote and earn points toward prizes.
This year adds three voting categories: best overall Restaurant Week GR experience, most creative menu and “best new (to you) find,” for restaurants diners try for the first time or in a new way.
Prizes include a stainless-steel salt and pepper grinder, a Restaurant Week GR apron, a five-piece bamboo utensil set and tickets to the 2026 International Wine, Beer & Food Festival.
The week also raises money for culinary students. For every digital-pass check-in, $1 goes to Grand Rapids Community College’s Secchia Institute for Culinary Education, and diners can donate their earned points to its scholarship, the bureau said.
For planning purposes, the three price levels work out to $50, $70 or $90 for two diners before drinks, tax and tip, by The Mitten Daily’s math. The bureau’s announcement did not say whether tax and tip are included, so check the menu on the pass before you book.
Sources:
Experience Grand Rapids, “Get Ready for a Feast! Restaurant Week GR Menus Are Here,” Oct. 28, 2026 (dates, 55-plus restaurants, price levels, courses, digital pass, voting categories, rewards, GRCC donation), https://www.experiencegr.com/media-articles/post/get-ready-for-a-feast-restaurant-week-gr-menus-are-here/
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