By Mark | January 29, 2012
A few days ago, I posted something here about Ypsi’s newest, gourmet sausage-filled watering hole, The Wurst Bar. As I said at the time, I really liked the place, and, since my visit, I’ve been exchanging emails with the owner, Jesse Kranyak. What follows is our exchange. I hope you enjoy it. MARK: Assuming you’re […]
Posted in entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AJ Bombers, alligator, blood sausage, bratwurst, brioche, buy local, Cafe Felix, cod, crawdad, Dan Klenotic, Eastern Michigan University, Father's Office, fish sauce, foodie, fried green tomato, Frog Holler, hamburgers, Jeff Sanchez, Jesse Kranyak, Jim Seba, Kelly's Island, Kelly's Island House, kimchi, Lake Erie, local economy, local food, local food production, local produce, Marines, meat, Mexican Coke, Mike Babcock, Millers, miso, mouthfeel, munster, Peace Corps, pimento cheese, placenta, placenta sausage, rabbit, rattlesnake chorizo, Redwood, restaurants, reuben, sauerkraut, sausage, snap, tamari, The Southerner, Theo's, Umami Burger, Wurst Bar, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti bars |
By Mark | January 24, 2012
As you know, I have a policy against recommending establishments that force men to haul out their penises and dangle them over trough urinals. In spite of that, though, I’m going to encourage all of you to visit Ypsilanti’s newest watering hole, The Wurst Bar. While homemade bratwursts seem to be their speciality, I just […]
Posted in Food, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bacon, Jesse Kranyak, penis, pimento cheese, restaurants, reviews, tater tots, The Southerner, trough urinals, Wurst Bar, Ypsilanti bars |
By Mark | September 15, 2011
To make up for yesterday’s Ypsi Exit Interview, which seems to have upset a few folks, here’s another in my series of Ypsi Immigration Interviews. I hope you enjoy it. MARK: What’s your name, and what is it that you do? LEE: My name is Lee Azus. I owned a bookstore for 15 years in […]
Posted in Detroit, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged apple picking, Beezy's, Bi-Rite Creamery, Borders, burritos, Corner brewery, cross-country skiing, Dalat, domestic partner benefits, Dos Hermanos, Eastern Michigan University, Elbow Deep, Fischer Building, gay bars, gay marriage, gay rights, Get Lost Books, Ghirardelli Square, Heidelberg Project, Huron River, independent bookstores, Lee Azus, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Militia, River Street Bakery, San Francisco, Sidetrack, Ugly Mug, Wolverine Diner, Woodruff's, Ypsi Food Coop, Ypsi immigration interview |
Since people are discussing this in the comments section following an old thread, I thought that I’d move the subject up here, to the front page… Today is April 26th, which means, according to the interpretations of some, that Stewart Beal has missed the deadline that he’d negotiated with City Council, by which time he […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Civil War barrack, Depot Town, development, Ed Koryzno, Go Downtown, Historic Equities Fund, Historic Preservation tax credits, OPRA, River Street, Stewart Beal, the Kresge building, Thompson Block, urban development |
My dad, who lives in Kentucky, sent me a report by the Michigan Department of Transportation on bridge health today, suggesting that I perhaps alter my routes based upon the information contained within it. For the most part, I didn’t see anything too terribly shocking, but I was surprised to see that downtown Ypsilanti had […]
