Name: Zombie Dash 5k
Start: 2026-10-24
End: 2026-10-24

Enjoy the skyline as you dine atop the Glass Tower. Indulge on a variety of lavishly Spanish dishes at this AAA Four-Diamond restaurant. The trend-setting decor promises an epic casual dining experience.

MDRD

Foxtail Coffee at the Amway Grand Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids offers specialty coffee in a historic setting. Located inside the iconic former Pantlind Hotel, this café sits beneath one of the world’s largest gold-leaf ceilings. Just steps from the Grand River, DeVos Place, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, it’s perfectly positioned for visitors exploring the city. Guests can enjoy handcrafted drinks, light bites, Foxtail Gelato, and signature affogatos before heading out to experience nearby attractions, dining, and nightlife.

Foxtail Coffee - Grand Plaza

This new, modern lounge offers an excellent relaxing atmosphere to enjoy our breakfast buffet in the morning with create-your-own omelets, breakfast meats, fresh fruit, baked goods and more. In the evening, it's the place you want to meet friends and enjoy craft cocktails, fine wine, premium beer and delicious light eats. Live entertainment on the weekends provides background music to perfect your experience.

Rendezvous

Quick and delicious, The Kitchen Counter serves freshly baked and made-to-order breakfast and lunch items with ingredients to nourish and delight.

The Kitchen Counter by Wolfgang Puck

Sundance Grill & Bar on Ottawa Avenue is a popular downtown spot for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Grand Rapids. Known for bold Southwestern flavors and classic comfort food, this kid-friendly restaurant serves favorites like favorites like the Taos Skillet, Mahi-Mahi Tacos, the Maryland Blue Lump Crab Scramble and handcrafted cocktails from a full bar. Open daily, Sundance offers scratch-made meals in a warm, inviting setting, along with takeout, catering, and event space options—making it a go-to choice for lunch in Grand Rapids or gathering downtown any time of day.

Sundance Grill and Bar

A modern American restaurant located along the river on North Monroe, downtown Grand Rapids. Offering seasonal lunch and dinner menus with a river view and patio.

Linear

Tupelo Honey is a revival of Southern food and traditions rooted in the Carolina Mountains we call home. We craft brunches, lunches and suppers that bring family and friends around the table and allow for conversations and cocktails to linger longer than usual.

We are thrilled to be part of the Grand Rapids community and bring our scratch-made Southern food and libations to our first Michigan location! Like Grand Rapids, our Asheville, NC home is a mecca for beer and art and we are excited to blend our kindred love in Grand Rapids.

Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar

Want to keep up with your favorite team while visiting downtown Grand Rapids? Peppino’s has more than 70 big-screen TVs tuned to sports, so it’s like having season tickets for every game and match!

Peppino’s also offers an extensive menu of bar- and family-friendly food – everything from pizza and pasta to salmon and sirloin. There are dozens of beers, ciders and seltzers available on tap or in bottles and cans, plus a nice selection of wines and some delectable signature cocktails. Happy hour specials offer great deals Monday-Friday from 2pm-6pm. Around the corner from [Van Andel Arena](https://www.experiencegr.com/listing/van-andel-arena/3383/) and [Celebration! Cinema Studio Park](https://www.experiencegr.com/listing/celebration-cinema-studio-park/13092/), Peppino’s is a great stop before or after a [Grand Rapids Griffins](https://www.experiencegr.com/listing/grand-rapids-griffins/1960/) hockey game, [Grand Rapids Gold](https://www.experiencegr.com/listing/grand-rapids-gold/8431/) basketball game, [Grand Rapids Rise](https://www.experiencegr.com/listing/grand-rapids-rise-pro-volleyball/14983/) volleyball game, a concert or a movie.

Peppino's Downtown Grille & Pizzeria Sports Lounge

Bridge Street Bar is a Detroit-themed sports bar located in the heart of the West Side. Blending Detroit sports culture with the Grand Rapids community, it offers a casual, energetic setting that’s ideal for catching the game or meeting up with friends. Guests can expect a lineup of scratch-made bar food, including burgers, sandwiches, and Detroit-inspired favorites, along with a strong selection of beer and drinks. With multiple TVs and a lively atmosphere, Bridge Street Bar has quickly become a go-to spot for game day and neighborhood gatherings.

Bridge Street Bar

A local favorite in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids featuring award-winning BBQ ribs, certified Angus beef burgers and steaks, Michigan brewed beers and a large variety of spirits. Food served daily until 2am with great happy hour specials Monday-Friday.

Z's Bar & Restaurant

We are an economic generator through sports tourism for Greater Grand Rapids and Kent County in the West Michigan area.

We own and operate an award winning baseball/softball complex; the Meijer Sports Complex [www.MeijerSportsComplex.com](https://www.MeijerSportsComplex.com) featuring eight fields, including a championship field that seats 1,000.

Our signature event, the Meijer State Games of Michigan (Olympic-style sporting event), draws 10,000 athletes through 60+ sports in its Winter and Summer Games.  We work with many of our local sports clubs and organizations to host various regional and national tournaments.

Why Grand Rapids? We have:
•	12,000 + hotel rooms (2,500 downtown)
•	234,000 square foot downtown convention center (fits 40 volleyball courts)
•	12,000 seat Van Andel Arena
•	5 facilities that feature 4+ courts and multiple grass or turf fields
•	Grant program for new events
•	and more!

West Michigan Sports Commission

Join us for our Halloween-themed evening 5K run with a course through downtown that will keep you on your toes watching around each turn for Zombies. The excitement picks up when you enter feeding zones or zombies will try to take your flags, your life bars for the race. Overall and age group awards.

Zombie Dash 5k

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