The owner of a French pastry shop in downtown Grand Rapids wants to sell specialty cocktails that customers can enjoy with their desserts. Bobbi Jo Blanton, the owner of Le Macaron, 132 Monroe Center ...

One is La Pâtisserie Française on Bardstown Road. The French pastry shop is owned and operated by Charles Reed, whom I last spoke to in 2022 about his downtown restaurant, Melba’s Culinary Canvas.