Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery Archives

The $600 a Week Dilemma, Harbor Vista Update, and How Hot Has this Summer Been?

By Brian Cabell on August 17, 2020 at 4:30 am

Employers struggling to fill jobs "IT'S BEEN A deterrent for employees to return to work." That's Munising businessman Tom Dolaskie talking about the government's pandemic relief program that gave employees $600 a week in addition to their unemployment benefits. The $600 benefit recently ended. Congress and the White ... Continue Reading

Food Coming to The Courtyards, “The Best of” in Marquette and the UP, and a Predictable “Positive” at NMU

By Brian Cabell on July 28, 2020 at 4:30 am

T boys and tapas are on the menu SOON. VERY SOON. That's what chef Don Durley tells you about the much anticipated opening of food service at his south Marquette bar, The Courtyards. At first, he suggests it might be within two to three weeks, then he backs off, then he says he might even stage a quick, little pop-up ... Continue Reading

A Deal to Buy Valle’s Is in the Works

By Brian Cabell on May 29, 2020 at 2:30 pm

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

Quiznos, Iron Bay, Easy Ice, and the Redmen

By Brian Cabell on January 15, 2020 at 5:00 am

Sandwich shop closing? UNCERTAINTY AT THE Quiznos location in Harvey. The Closed sign has been up for several days, leading potential customers to wonder whether it's closed permanently. Particularly telling is the wording on one of the Closed signs: "Thank you for your business." Seems like a goodbye, but we're not ... Continue Reading

Iron Bay Is Crazy Busy, Marquette Hotels Are Pricey, VR Is Staying, SmartZone and Invent@NMU Are Flush, Heroin Is on the Rise, the Township Finds a Way, and Blueberries Look Promising

By Brian Cabell on July 9, 2017 at 5:45 am

BUSY DOWNTOWN. PEOPLE everywhere. The epicenter seems to be the recently opened Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery. Co-owner Joe Constance is reluctant to talk about numbers but concedes that the restaurant is averaging more than 600 customers a day. Some days, it's hit 800 plus. Crazy volume. Double what he was ... Continue Reading