How to enforce an executive order? SOME PHOTOS FROM Marquette's beaches this weekend were not reassuring. Hundreds of mostly young people crammed together enjoying the sun, the sand, and the lake, and totally ignoring any guidelines about social distancing. Could anything have been done about it? A few police officers ... Continue Reading
La Catrina, Border Grill, and the UP 200
Signs of progress "WE'RE HOPING TO open this month." The words of Carlos Romo, one of the owners of La Catrina, the new Mexican restaurant in the WJMN Plaza in Marquette Township. We wrote about it extensively a few months ago. Romo's being a bit optimistic, perhaps, but clearly there's been progress. The exterior ... Continue Reading
How the New Restaurants Are Doing, and Why We Love the U.P.
TIME FOR US to check in with the new restaurants in town and see how they're doing, whether they've run into any surprises, and what might lie ahead for them.... Lake Superior Smokehouse A BARBECUE BRUNCH? Yep, that's what this Harvey barbecue restaurant and brewery is planning to start up on Sundays in another month or ... Continue Reading
Mexican Food with a Twist
AND SO THE mystery finally ends. The old, vacant Arby's restaurant in the WJMN plaza off of US 41? The one with all the construction inside for the last several months? As expected, it will become a Mexican restaurant. It'll be La Catrina (which, by the way, is a symbol for Day of the Dead). Co-owner Carlos Romo ... Continue Reading