Grand Rapids Restaurant

How it began:

With a successful career in banking, Michael Winks, Owner and Founder of Scholar Hospitality, sought to bring a superior dining experience to West Michigan. The vision is to enjoy delicious fine cuisine with professional, elevated service in a welcoming, comfortable space. Michael noted local options were limited to experience fine food in an environment that had a loungey, fun energy when celebrating a special occasion or just an evening out, yet professional and quiet to build relationships or host business clients.

Bringing the concept to life:

"Meeting Scholar’s operators, Taylor Boeschenstein, Executive Chef, and Alivia Boeschenstein, General Manager, was divinely poetic." ~ Michael Winks.

The opportunity to freely create a new restaurant concept of this magnitude was a dream Taylor and Alivia shared.
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With Taylor and Alivia’s extensive experience and passion for delivering fine food with elevated hospitality, the early American dining concept and timeless design that became Scholar was brought to life.