WE'VE HAD TO deal with a boatload of somber, even depressing, economic news lately. How about some potentially good...even great...news? A lot to unpack here. First, let's start with this. Joe Constance, the owner of the Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery, has signed an agreement to purchase the old Valle's market on ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s Taco Crisis, a New Pizza Trailer, BBQ Dining Outdoors, and the Former NMU President Takes on a New Task
More money down south DON'T COUNT ON any taco trucks setting up shop on the streets of Marquette this summer. Senor's Food Truck will be down in the metro Detroit area for the next several months after having spent the last few summers around Marquette. The reason for the change is simple. "Business is more ... Continue Reading
The Dilemma for the UP, and an Ishpeming Man’s “Non-Urgent” Surgery
The trek northward brings money...and risk MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND--the official "start" to summer in Michigan, a time when thousands of southern Michiganders traditionally make the trek north to the Upper Peninsula. This year, there's all the more reason to do so. The COVID statistics tell the story. In the UP, we've ... Continue Reading
A Different Look for Downtown and Third Street This Summer
More dining and shopping in the fresh air PROBLEM: MARQUETTE'S DOWNTOWN businesses have been devastated this spring because of the economic shutdown. Further, even as the economy opens up, the stores and restaurants will face severe restrictions on the numbers of customers they can serve. And worse, many potential ... Continue Reading
Have We Dodged a Bullet?
The county's medical director offers comfort and caution SO NOW THAT we're starting to open the UP up for business again, where do we stand medically in Marquette County? Officially, we've recorded just over 50 confirmed cases and 10 deaths, although the actual numbers are likely higher. Still those statistics are ... Continue Reading
Post-Pandemic: What Will the Business Community Look Like Here?
NMU professors weigh in IT LOOKS INCREASINGLY likely that Governor Whitmer will start to open up at least parts of Michigan, including the U.P., within the next couple of weeks. The infection rate here remains low, deaths from COVID-19 have flattened out, and UPHS, at last report, didn't have a single COVID-19 ... Continue Reading
The Intoxicating and Punishing Power of Facebook
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON in the Casa Calabria parking lot. The Mothers Day rush. "It was a nightmare," says Casa owner Jim Johnson. A nightmare because the Casa had only recently reopened only for take-out, and the orders on this special day at one of Marquette's favorite restaurants had arrived like a tsunami. Two ... Continue Reading
Farmers Market Prepares for Opening, Farmers Make Adjustments, and Border Grill Is Still Uncertain
So how's it going to work? EXPECT THE MARQUETTE Farmers Market to open up later this month. It won't be on May 16th (this Saturday), the original opening date, but new market manager Sara Johnson says she fully plans to open it before June 1st. So that leaves May 23rd and May 30th as the only remaining Saturdays. But ... Continue Reading
Questions About Farmer Q’s, Room at the Inn’s Shrinking Numbers, and Who’s Ordering 98 Sandwiches?
Produce or pot? IS A BIG change coming to Farmer Q's, the popular, little, family-owned grocery store in south Marquette? Sure looks that way. The Marquette Planning Commission recently approved a marijuana special use permit application for the Farmer Q's location, which means that Farmer Q's will be converted to a ... Continue Reading
Border Grill’s Future, and a Six Million Dollar Home
Third Street location's future is uncertain THE CLOSURE OF Border Grill on Third Street, along with the removal of the restaurant's furniture, has some wondering whether it's closing down for good at that location. Nope, not necessarily, says Nathan Mileski, who oversees food operations for Border Grill. "When the ... Continue Reading
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