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Happily Broken-hearted
Happily Broken-hearted

Jeff and I had the chance to be part of an amazing local event last month.  Community enCompass puts on the Taste and See each year which is a progressive dinner tour in the core City of Muskegon...

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The Rush
The Rush

Opening a restaurant is exciting, it’s scary and like a restaurant itself it’s filled with rushes and lulls.  The last couple of weeks we have had lots of momentum, some celebrations and even a little pasta.

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Inspired Food in an Inspired Space
Inspired Food in an Inspired Space

If you’ve been following our adventure you know that we are about to build the first full service restaurant constructed out of shipping containers in West Michigan.  When we began thinking about upcycling our building we looked for others that had done the same thing.

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We Can’t Contain It!
We Can’t Contain It!

When we realized we had to tear down the building and start from scratch we knew we had an opportunity to do something incredibly unique and exciting.  We wanted to do something that not only stood out but also had a small footprint.

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