We’re trying something new at Art of the Table, something that not too long ago was far from my mind!  We’re trying out what one might call a satellite store or a kiosk type store or the like.  It’s hard to know what to call this fun endeavor I’ve ventured out into.

We have set up a very small but cool selection of Art of the Table products inside the Riverfront Cafe downtown Grand Rapids.  The Riverfront Cafe is located in the same building as the FedEx/Kinkos near the corner of Monroe & Fulton.  The cafe is in the back of the building and is attached to the Skywalk and Plaza Towers Apartments and Plaza Towers Condominiums.

The Riverfront Cafe has a great seating area in which to enjoy your coffee or lunch and now…

…you can grab things like…

• crackers & artisan cheese
• milk & eggs & butter
• pasta & sauce
• sauces like BBQ & dips for dipping
• chips & dips
• olive oil, vinegar & salad dressing
• rice, couscous and curry
• chocolate
• mints & gum
• sodas, juices & sparkling water

It doesn’t end there but we will as we want you to take a look at the place yourself.  Sit down and relax or run in for something quickly.  If you’re driving, enter the parking lot by FedEx/Kinkos and you’ve got a 1/2 hour free parking.  Get your goods and get on with it.  Or if you’re staying at many of the downtown hotels or live in Plaza Towers, just take  the Skywalk over.

Art of the Table Downtown – We are excited to join the ranks of the downtown area!

We at Art of the Table do love making gift baskets!

It’s this holiday time of year that we make the majority of them, but we certainly do stay busy year round for events.

We have been known to make gift baskets for:

Gift box stack

• That person who has “everything”
• Welcome to a new job
• New babies
• Weddings & Showers
• Housewarming
• Bereavement – Another way to care for a friend
• Retirement
• Birthdays
• Client & corporate gifts
• Welcome to town for your visit – We will deliver to downtown Grand Rapids hotels free of charge!

For each basket we work hard to customize to your desires.

What goes in an Art of the Table basket?  It’s all up to you. 

• You can come in and pick out the items and we will make it look beautiful!
• You can tell us a price and a general theme you would like to work with and we can create!
• We can add flowers from Wealthy at Charles or bread from Wealthy Street Bakery.
• We are also willing to work with your corporate logo items or another item or two that means something to you and the receiver of the gift to add to the one-of-a-kind feel that we want for each gift we create!

One of the things we like to do is to be creative about our “baskets”.  They’re often not baskets but books, cutting boards, a bar tray, a cooler or Reisenthel basket.  We want to think about creativity for and with you to create a basket like no one has ever gotten before.

Please give us a call or shoot over an email with any questions you might have at any time.

Still searching for the perfect gift for someone?

A gift basket? The perfect tray with some goodies and wine atop?

Let us know how we can help guide your holiday gift giving to some serious recipient happiness – and givers’ too!

the holidays bring us ample time to reflect on…wait, what?

the holidays seemingly bring us parties and company dinners and family things that may or may not be all that fun…

so we want to tell you that whether you need boss’ gifts, client gifts, gifts for the impossible-to-buy-for friend or your in-laws, please…let us help.

we’re really good at making custom baskets or gift bags filled with goodness that…

A. you can’t find elsewhere

B. someone just might be impressed with because they already didn’t get 12 of those this year…

C. they might actually enjoy because you, yes you, thought of giving it to them and we helped you pick it out!

Gift ideas that won’t quit. Join us in the festivities daily.

And if you didn’t read it before, there’s 40% off one ‘mystery’ item every day during the 12 days of Christmas. Tomorrow you’ll find peanuts from Williamsburg, Virginia. They’re giant and with just the right amount of salt. Perfect in your gift pack.