When Williamston City Council member Steve Jenkins learned that a storefront would be opening up in downtown Williamston, he saw an opportunity to bring a longtime idea to fruition: a modern-day penny candy shop.
When west Lansing restaurant Zaytoon closed last summer, owner Samy Aburashed didn’t want the area to suffer a loss of quality Mediterranean food.
Husband and wife Rae Suboh and Rodina Kasti have been running their Okemos restaurant, Bread Bites Mediterranean, since late 2019. For them and their extended relatives, the restaurant business is a family affair. One of Kasti’s sisters owns Aladdin’s Restaurant in the Frandor Shopping Center, while her brother owns Sahara Delight in downtown Lansing.
As a child, Ivan Vera spent most of his evenings at a jewelry store owned by his grandmother Rosa Chavez in Chicago’s predominantly Mexican neighborhood of Pilsen.
Because they submerge into murky water each evening and re-bloom each morning, lotus flowers symbolize strength, resilience and new beginnings. Adela Klein, owner of New Beginnings Salon & Spa, said that symbolism resonated with her during her journey to becoming a business owner. After working for more than a decade on the corporate side of the jewelry industry, Klein was ready for her own new beginning.
When City Pulse covered That New Place in February, it was a small pop-up operating four days per week for three weeks at In KinD Bakery in Williamston. Now, it has evolved into a full restaurant and …
While Phillips Orchards & Cider Mill’s Lansing outpost opened at the end of December, there’s another development to celebrate. Last week, the St. Johns-based company began offering its boozy beverages …
Ron West, the owner of Grand Ledge’s new butcher shop MEAT on the WEST Side, is excited to be meeting the needs of the community he’s called home for the last 20 years …
Chef Gianmarco Roselli and his wife, Avery, travel to and from Royal Oak every day to operate their vegan-Italian food stall, Osteria Vegana, in the newly opened Lansing Shuffle. They’re hoping …
When fiancées and Lansing residents Cassandra Wirt and Michael Halbert began the process of finding a housekeeper to help them maintain their home, they discovered a cultural difference that …
