Rishi’s: Meeting you at the corner of service and selection

GRAND RAPIDS — Rishi’s International Beverage is nothing short of a commercial local beer, wine and liquor store. Stepping through the front doors, thousands of bottles — all shapes, sizes, colors and ethnicities — as well as the friendly Rishi Makkar, greet you ready to serve your palate.

“I don’t think we do a single thing different than any other good independent doesn’t already do in West Michigan…and I can’t think of one asset that we have that someone doesn’t already have,” says Makkar. “Our focus has always been service — service, service, service and selection. I am proud to say that other independents do that very well too.”

The beauty of Rishi’s and the local West Michigan beer community is that so many of them are here to help one another. Consumers flock to their local beer stores because they enjoy their experience from beginning to end. From researching the beer, to their time spent visually stimulated in front of the shelves of beers, to finally the grand divine of the f

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