Where to Find the Wildest Poutines in GR: 2025 Michigan Street Poutine Week Preview

Fries (or tots), cheese, gravy... Can you think of a better combination? If you're a fan of poutine (the culinary gift given to us by our neighbors to the north), there's a week here in Grand Rapids just for you!

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Michigan Street Poutine Week is back for 2025, and this year's contenders have really upped their game. This year, the celebration of all things potatoes, cheese, and gravy will take place from September 18 to October 4.

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Michigan Street Poutine Week

Michigan Street Poutine Week was started back in early 2020 (JUST before the COVID-19 pandemic). This celebration of the Canadian delicacy is the brainchild of the folks behind the Michigan Street Business Corridor. While Poutine Week had to take a break in 2022, it came back strong in 2023 and 2024. And this year, it's bigger and better than ever.

Restaurants Participating in Michigan Street Poutine Week

There are some new contenders this year, too. Let's take a look at the participating restaurants and what they're offering. Prices for these perfect poutine dishes range from $9.95 to $22.

• 7 Monks - Poutine Pasty - pulled pork, Wisconsin cheddar, seasoned potatoes, diced onion inside of a puffed pastry. Served with a side of pork gravy.
• Birch Lodge - Three Little Pigs Poutine - fries, sausage and chorizo gravy, over-medium egg, formaggio blend, bacon crumbles, scallions, and a sriracha drizzle.
• Elbow Room - Pulled Pork Poutine - waffle fries, pulled pork, BBQ gravy, white cheddar cheese curds, and green onions.
• Glass House - Glass House Givings - sweet potato fries, turkey, stuffing, gravy, cheese curds, and a cranberry drizzle.
• Kaffeine - TBD
• Maggie's - Beer City Poutine - hand-cut french fries, a 4oz beef medallion, craft beer gravy, Wisconsin cheese curds, scallions.
• Toasted Pickle - Triple Pickle Poutine - beer-battered fries, cheese curds, fried chicken, beer cheese, caramelized onion gravy, house-made pickle ranch. Topped with a friend pickle spear, diced dill pickles, and hickory bacon.
• American Legion Post 459 - BBQ Porktine - half-pound of fries, slow-cooked pulled pork, BBQ gravy, and cheddar cheese.
• Bob's Bar - Tater Tot Garlic & Herb - tater tots, homemade gravy, garlic and herb cheese curds, bacon, cheddar cheese, green onions.
• The Fresian - Beer Bourguignon - house-cut fries, braised beef bouguignon, white cheddar cheese curds, herbed beef gravy, lemon crema, and a crunchy parsley-lemon gremolata.
• The Fresian (vegan option) - Somosa Chaat Poutine - house-cut fries, chick pea chutney, English green peas, tamarind and date sauce, cilantro and mint chimichurri, vegan crema, pomegranate seeds, pickled red onion, and fresh cilantro.
• Grand Coney - Pulled Hog Mess - potato medley, ancho pulled pork, brown gravy, cheese curds, fried egg, and green onions.
• Logan's Alley - Pot Roast Poutine - thick cut fries, beef gravy, pearl onions, white cheddar cheese curds, and "a hunk of beef roast".
• Taco Borracho - TBD
• Vander Mill - Orchard Pig - house fries, smoked pulled pork, white cheddar cheese curds, apple-sage gravy, julienne apples, chopped scallions.

How to Participate in Michigan Street Poutine Week

If you want to eat your way through Michigan Poutine Week, it's easy! Plus, you can get this sweet t-shirt.

Your first step is to pick up a Poutine Passport. The good news is that you can get one at any of the participating restaurants. Once you've filled out your passport and voted for your favorite, you simply drop your completed passport off at 7 Monks, and they'll give you your shirt.

If you don't want to have to walk or drive around to all of the participating locations (because, let's face it, after trying a couple of poutines, you're going to be very full and probably a little tired), you can make your way around on The Gravy Train the last weekend of Poutine Week. The train will run during the final weekend of Poutine Week (October 3 and 4) from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and will make stops all along Michigan Street.