GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Grand Rapids-area is getting two new barbecue restaurants.

Kalamazoo-based Kelvin and Co. Urban BBQ will open its new location, 1450 Wealthy St. SE in Grand Rapids’ Eastown neighborhood, on Friday, March 29.

The restaurant “serves up classic BBQ with an urban flare,” and specializes in “making all of our food in our own restaurants from scratch,” the company wrote on its Facebook page.

“We do not have freezers or microwaves in our restaurants, and we smoke our proteins on a daily basis on site,” the company says. “We use cherry and hickory for our wood, which gives it a subtle sweetness to the smokey aroma. We only use all natural ingredients in our food.”

The restaurant opens at 11 a.m.

Meanwhile, City Barbeque, a chain with locations across the Midwest as well as North Carolina and Georgia, plans to open its first Michigan location in Kentwood.

City Barbeque Kentwood will open at 3050 28th St. SE on Saturday, April 13.

The restaurant, which smokes its barbeque on site, is hosting a grand opening celebration featuring face painting, a photobooth and special offers.

City Barbeque will also donate 10 percent of the restaurant’s grand opening sales to Kids’ Food Basket.