Vaccine Update AS THINGS CHANGE regarding the coronavirus and our response to it, what we know today may be fleeting knowledge. Nothing about this pandemic follows script, because there is no script. The same is true with the rollout of the vaccines. With production and distribution processes in constant flux, ... Continue Reading
Cognition’s Plans, Holiday Travel’s Struggles, and Maybe the Best Steak in the UP
"EXCEPT FOR THE pandemic, this just seemed like the right timing. We've been wanting to pour beer in Marquette for a few years now." The words of Jay Clancy, owner of Cognition Brewing Company in Ishpeming, explaining his decision to expand into Marquette, at the former Valle's building on Third Street. Cognition is ... Continue Reading
Cognition Coming to Marquette and Mt. Shasta Shutting Down Temporarily
Brewery moving into former Valle's building THE ISHPEMING-BASED Cognition Brewing Company is expanding into Marquette--specifically into the back half of the former Valle's Supermarket building. And that's just half of the story. Restaurateur Joe Constance (Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery) will be closing on his ... Continue Reading
Johnny Dogs Latest, Cognition’s Dilemma, Veridea’s Huge Development, and Reader’s Digest Weighs In
THINGS DON'T LOOK promising for Johnny Dogs in Munising. For Sale signs have been posted in front of the building, and John Flanders, who owns the business but not the building, is still recuperating after two heart surgeries this summer. He'd earlier told his customers that the business would be closed for a few ... Continue Reading
Sweet Water Becomes “Bodega,” Cognition Searches for a Solution (and Maybe a Location), and McCabe’s Finds a Spot on the Highway
THE SWEET WATER cafe is no more. One of Marquette's favored dining spots on Third Street has been renamed Cafe Bodega (meaning: a small store that sells groceries and wine). The new sign went up Monday afternoon. It's the latest and most visible change instituted by the new owners Leslie Seratti and Libby Nelson ... Continue Reading