GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A pizzeria and a green grocer inside the Grand Rapids Downtown Market have closed to make way for an ice cream shop expansion.
Chris McKellar — the owner of Rocket Pies, Relish Green Grocer and Love’s Ice Cream — has closed Rocket Pies and Relish at the market, at 435 Ionia Ave. SW.
Sunday was the last day of operation for both businesses.
Four employees are affected by the closures.
Rocket Pies served vegan and vegetarian “Neapolitan-inspired pizza,” while Relish Green Grocer was a provider of local, farm-fresh produce and Michigan-made drinks and snacks.
McKellar said all Rocket Pies gift cards will be honored at his other business at the market, Love’s Ice Cream.
Love’s will fill the vacated space — totaling 3,126 square feet, including Love’s existing space — as it expands into chocolates and candy confections, alongside the vegan ice cream for which it is known.
McKellar will still keep his on-premises liquor license, offering dessert cocktails, boozy ice cream floats and other alcoholic offerings in the future at Love’s.
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