HopCat
Bar · Midtown ·
Massive beer list, creative pub fare, brunch, and Cosmik Fries
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Massive beer list, creative pub fare, brunch, and Cosmik Fries
"With 130 brews on tap, HopCat always leaves room for a few ciders. Find Blake’s Hard Cider, Magpie, and a Vander Mill cyser (a blend of mead and cider), among the offerings." - Eater Staff
"A private equity firm has scooped beer bar chain Hopcat out of bankruptcy. Under the entity Project BarFly LLC, Congruent Investment Partners and Main Street Capital bought the restaurant chain and its sibling establishments Stella’s and Grand Rapids Brewing Company for $17.5 million." - Brenna Houck
"This Grand Rapids-based beer bar chain is an essential stop for beer geeks in search of sheer variety and seasoned french fries. The Detroit location boasts 130 taps as well as bottles and cans. The menu is sorted by style and dominated by Michigan beers with some craft beer favorites such as Oregon’s Rogue thrown in." - Eater Staff
"Terrible puns aside, the Vladimir Poutine takes HopCat’s beer-battered Cosmik fries to the next level. The plate is topped with cheddar curds, caramelized onions, hickory smoked bacon, and potato-cheese pierogi, then smothered in gravy, and completed with freaking pierogi for a bombastic flavor explosion." - Mickey Lyons
"A Midwest bar chain whose beer-battered 'Crack Fries'—named for their addictive quality and cracked pepper seasoning—was retitled after company leadership publicly acknowledged the name's insensitivity and admitted they had not considered the harm the drug epidemic caused when the item was named over a decade earlier." - Brenna Houck