Gypsum
Grill and Event Center
About us
Nestled in the tranquil shadows of Downtown Grand Rapids, our restaurant offers a “Polished Casual” dining experience overlooking Mines Golf Club. All menu items are carefully crafted by our culinary team and made from scratch. Serving both lunch and dinner, and offering a variety of daily specials.
Choose an artfully crafted flatbread, sandwich, or "pick two" for lunch with 1/2 a sandwich with a salad or soup. For dinner we have a nice variety of entrees made from scratch.
Come for an app and a cocktail, or one of our 12 draft beers, and watch the game. Enjoy the outdoor patio overlooking the golf course.
Mines Golf Club – Ranked #20 among Michigan's Best Public Access Courses by Golfweek in 2013, top 100 under $100 by Golf.com in 2024, the setting combines serene northern landscapes with stunning elevation changes with the convenience of urban proximity. This unique location offers a memorable dining experience, but also an inviting gateway to the celebrated greens of one of Michigan's top public courses.
History of The Mines and Gypsum Grill
The golf course opened in 2005 and was the brainchild of developer Dan Schimmel. Mines Golf Club houses 21 holes of rolling fairways and undulating bent grass greens located in the City of Grand Rapids.
The course and restaurant get their name from sitting 150 feet above gypsum mines that were utilized as early as the 1860s. The course features 110 feet of elevation change from the highest to lowest point on the course. Designed by renowned golf course architect Mike Devries, he used his ability to use the natural features and undulations, has created a unique golf course and "up north feel" set in a unique urban setting.
In 2021 Dan decided to "retire" from course ownership and the course was purchased by Chris Sobieck and family. Chris is a 25+ PGA Member and was a partner and General Manager at Thornapple Pointe, where he elevated that development renovating the course and adding a new banquet space. Once on site at the Mines, Chris and his team set out to elevate an already great experience which has resulted in the new Gypsum Grill and Event Center.