Art of the Table your one stop shop for party needs

GRAND RAPIDS — “I always say the easiest way to describe us is that we are a store that has everything you need to throw a party,” says Amy Baas, Assistant Manger of Art of the Table.

The store, open since 2003, features everything from decor, food and libations for your next party. And the walk-in beer cooler in the back? That’s a specialty that Baas says makes the store unique from all the other shops out there.

“Everything is sold individually by the bottle,” Baas says. “Granted it’s not a huge space — we probably have about 180 different beers in there. We try not to get anything made by the big guys — we try to stick to craft.

“We love local, but we love good beer. We’ll source beer from all over the world as long as it’s good, tasty beer.”

The walk-in cooler, located in the back of the store in an old meat cooler that’s original to the building, is organized by style, from light to dark.

While most stores group breweries together, Baas wants to give people the ease of finding bee

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