OUTDOORS

| by Josh Veal

JDEK AT MARGAUX

235 Louis St. NW, Grand Rapids

The riverside outdoor space at this French-inspired entry is lined with private dining domes when winter sets in.

TACO BORRACHO

755 Michigan St. NE, Grand Rapids

A garage door at this authentic Latin restaurant opens up to a covered outdoor patio with heaters, planters and privacy shades A massive indoor-outdoor marble bar serves up margaritas and other cocktails.

DONKEY TAQUERIA

665 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids

This Mexican street food concept winterizes its spacious outdoor patio with heated outdoor domes in winter, now available for reservation!

OUTSIDE COFFEE CO.

734 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids | outsidecoffeeco.com

Not that it matters, but Outside Coffee was doing private, heated domes before just about everyone else. This community coffee shop welcomes guests to a lovely garden year-round, the perfect place to cozy up with a cup of joe or tea.

THE MITTEN BREWING CO.

527 Leonard St. NW, Grand Rapids

This baseball-themed brewery and pizza joint serves outdoor guests in the Base Camp, complete with campfires and warming huts, when it turns cold.

NEW HOLLAND BREWING - THE KNICKERBOCKER

417 Bridge St. NW, Grand Rapids

The outdoor beer garden at this Bridge Street brewery/ restaurant is equipped with a retractable roof and overhead heating system to keep guests comfortable in any weather, not to mention fire-lit tables to warm your mittens.

THE PEOPLE’S CIDER CO.

539 Leonard St. NW, Grand Rapids | thepeoplescider.com

The Leonard Street Shanty out front of the business is equipped with solar lights, tower heaters and plexiglass wind protection so you can enjoy their hyper-local draft ciders even when the weather outside is frightful.

ARCHIVAL BREWING

6266 W. River Dr. NE, Belmont

One of the area’s newest breweries boasts a spacious patio equipped with as-needed firepits and heaters for cozy consumption of their made-from-scratch beer, cider, mead and food.

THIRD NATURE BREWING

7733 Childsdale Ave. NE, Rockford | thirdnaturebrewing.com

With tons of free space to roam around, this nature-centric, dog-friendly biergarten in Rockford features fire pits and private domes in winter.

CEDAR SPRINGS BREWING CO.

95 N. Main St., Cedar Springs

A summer biergarten transforms into an outdoor wintergarten to accommodate fans of this Germaninspired restaurant and brauhaus.

RISE BAKERY + SQUIBB COFFEE

1220 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids

Is there anything cozier than sipping coffee and snacking in a heated, private little greenhouse while snow falls outside? Not really! Come cozy up with a book or a pal, or WFG (work from greenhouse).

BELL’S ECCENTRIC CAFÉ

355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo | bellsbeer.com

Bell’s has a big, beautiful outdoor space with their beer garden, and over the years they’ve used firepits, heaters and domes to keep you warm while sipping a nice craft brew.

DOG & THE BANK

200 E. Bridge St., Plainwell

This beloved and innovative eatery in Plainwell (north of Kalamazoo) offers gourmet American meals, along with multiple first-come, first-serve heated igloos.

THREE BLONDES BREWING

1875 Phoenix St., South Haven | threeblondesbrewing.com

This brewery run by three (blonde) sisters proudly features heated Blondomes (igloos) on the patio in winter. Firstcome, first-served, no extra fee! ■