In fact, when Sellers first opened the Grand Rapids HopCat, he thought he was entering into "early semi-retirement." Sellers studied business at Michigan State University, and after working as a stock analyst for mutual fund research firm Morningstar in Chicago, he left to start his own investment fund.
"This really just started out as a hobby," Sellers tells a crowd who gathered recently at the Detroit location to hear about his company's growth and management. Five years later, the place known for their famous "crack fries" and their craft beers opened a second location in East Lansing, and the Detroit HopCat followed suit a few years after that, in December 2014.īy the end of this year, there will be a dozen HopCats scattered throughout the Midwest-and even more is on the way. HopCat's first location was established in Sellers' hometown of Grand Rapids in 2008. But beer has hops, so it became 'HopCat,'" says Sellers, HopCat's founder and CEO. "In jazz, if you’re a cool cat, you’re a hepcat. Mark Sellers' love of music, specifically jazz, is where the name of the craft beer bar and restaurant HopCat originates.
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