Opened: Dick’s Last Resort
Dick’s Last Resort, where sarcasm is always on the menu, and customers should come with a sense of humor and a thick skin, opened its first location in Saginaw County this summer.
A grand opening event for the new Dick’s Last Resort and Cat’s Meow, located at 8845 Gratiot Road, formerly Shooters, in Thomas Township, was Aug. 8. It is the chain’s first location in Michigan.
“At Dick’s Last Resort, we don’t just serve up tasty food and awesome drinks. We also serve up feisty, sarcastic banter, laughter, and an experience unlike any other,” reads the company’s website.
Lolobee’s serves coffee, Tea, and small bites. There’s a piano, space for musical performances, poetry readings, and other forms of artistic expression, and wall space for local artists to hang their work. There’s also a TV and Nintendo Switch set up for gaming.
Opened: Lolobee’s Lounge
Lolobee’s Lounge, a late-night coffee and tea lounge, celebrated its grand opening in Bay City this summer.
Lolobee’s opened at 106 S. Linn St., offering coffee, Tea, and community from noon to midnight.
“We wanted to be open later so there would be something else to do in Bay City,” said Lauren Williams, who owns the business with her boyfriend, Benjamin Paul.
The food truck and catering business now have a permanent location in the food court where Taco Bell was previously located, said owner Dave Paul Olvera.
The grand opening was in August.
Olvera said customers can expect to find all their food truck favorites on the Midland Mall food court location’s menu, including the famous Macho Nacho, made with pulled pork, barbecue sauce, cheese sauce, brisket, chicken, jalapenos, and sautéed peppers, and onions.
Olvera’s Texas Pit Bar B-Q has a new location inside the Midland Mall.
Heidi’s offers over 50 types of cookies, ice cream cookie sandwiches, cookie pies, cookie cakes, and party platters. Cookie flavors include sugar, birthday cake, lemon, cookies and cream, oatmeal raisin, white chocolate macadamia nut, snickerdoodle, coconut joy, red velvet, and peanut butter.
Opened: Heidi’s Darn Good Cookies in Bay City
Heidi’s Darn Good Cookies is expanding its sweet business with a new Bay City location.
The gourmet cookie bakery’s newest store opened in August at 111 N. Linn St., near Midland Street, in Bay City.
The new Red Eye Coffee + Tea hosted a series of soft-opening pop-up-style events to gradually welcome customers back this fall. Pop-up hours are announced via the Red Eye Coffee + Tea Facebook page.
“We’re super excited, super excited to be back,” said business owner Arlene Maul. “I’m just so grateful the construction is finally done.”
Reopened: Red Eye Coffee + Tea
Red Eye Coffeehouse reopened as Red Eye Coffee + Tea in a new space in Old Town Saginaw about two years after closing its former Hamilton Street location.
Opened: Gilly’s Bistro
Gilly’s Bistro is now open and serving customers in Bay City’s Johnson Street Business District.
Guillermo and Diana Gonzalez of Saginaw Township are the owners of Gilly’s Bistro, 1023 N. Johnson St., formerly 3rd and Johnson Market & Eatery. Their restaurant and market, which opened in September, offers a lunch and dinner menu, groceries, and take-and-bake entrees like mushroom ravioli and beef pot pie.
The couple was looking for a new opportunity and researching commercial properties for sale when they came across 3rd and Johnson Market & Eatery.
“My wife and I always enjoyed the vibe out here in Bay City,” Guillermo Gonzalez said. “We had looked at several businesses, and this one just kept gravitating toward us. We fell in love with it the moment we walked in here.”
Prost! celebrated its grand opening at Uptown Bay City on Nov. 3.
“It’s fascinating. We’re excited to be part of Bay City and the community they’ve created there,” said Korina McClellan, who owns Prost! With her husband, Zak McClellan. “I think they’re doing some pretty awesome things in the community, and there’s a lot of growth in Bay City, so we’re excited to be part of that.”
Frankenmuth’s Prost! Wine Bar & Charcuterie has expanded into the Bay City market with a new location in Uptown Bay City.
Maria Austin is the new owner of The Bread Gal, located at 411 Hancock St. She plans to offer some of the same artisan bread and pastries The Bread Guy was known for, plus cinnamon rolls, cookies, cakes, and other baked goods.
“I just like the creativity of using my hands to make fresh products for customers and for family and friends,” said Austin, who attended the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute and has worked as a chef in mid-Michigan for the last 13 years.
Old Town Saginaw’s artisan bakery, The Bread Guy, has a new owner and name.
Robbie D’s opened in Old Town Saginaw’s Ippel building in December.
Robbie D’s began as a food truck best known for its wings, burgers, and cheesesteak egg rolls. Now, owner Robert Delgado is growing his business with his first brick-and-mortar location, which opened on Dec. 9.
“I’m really excited,” he told MLive/The Saginaw News before the grand opening. “I’m getting a lot of good feedback from many community members.”
An iconic Saginaw party store has been listed for sale after six decades in business.
Bill’s Party Store, located at 2422 Mackinaw St., and the house next door is listed jointly for a total asking price of $109,900.
Real Estate Agent Elaine Kingry of Century 21 Signature Realty said her phone has been “blowing up” since the listing went live.
“It’s like a Saginaw landmark,” she said. “Everybody remembers Bill’s.”
Kingry said the owner, Bill Vlassis, plans to keep the store open and running until it's sold. As of Wednesday, Dec. 21, a sale was pending.
Opened: Iron Dragon Pastries
Iron Dragon Pastries is one of the newest small businesses to join downtown Saginaw’s SVRC Marketplace.
Iron Dragon Pastries opened in early November, offering pies, pasties, croissants, and other baked goods.
“Everyone’s been really supportive here,” General Manager Ben Okowit-Nagy said during the bakery’s second week inside the marketplace, 203 S. Washington Ave. “We’re really thankful. Everyone’s been really nice.”
Okowit-Nagy said the pasties, available in vegan mushroom vegetables and chicken Margherita, have been especially popular.
“Pasties have been flying,” he said. “We have not been able to keep up on them, which has been a nice surprise.”
Reopened: Rita’s Southern Soul Café
Rita’s Southern Soul Café is back in business in downtown Saginaw offering Sunday brunch. Owner Rita Johnson invited area families to celebrate the holiday season with a free party and toy giveaway.
The party was Saturday, Dec. 17, at Rita’s, 110 N. Washington Ave. Guests enjoyed free food, live entertainment, free gifts, trivia, and games.
Rita’s Sunday brunch, offered from noon to 4 p.m. every weekend, includes a variety of foods and a DJ or live entertainment. The price is $18 for a single plate or $25 for all-you-can-eat. Children under 10 eat for free.
After five decades in business, Bay City’s Tuthill Bros. Food Market, located at 1315 Columbus Ave., is closing its doors.
The Tuthill family shared the news via the market’s Facebook page. Their post read, in part:
“After 50 years of business, many generations have walked through these doors and made our family part of your families. We have sincerely enjoyed being a part of everyone’s life.
We have decided that it is time for our family to make changes and move on to the next chapter in our lives. We have decided to retire and close our doors on Dec. 23, 2022.
We thank you for loving us, sticking by us, and supporting us throughout all these years.”
Tuthill Bros. Food Market has been a family-owned, family-operated party store since 1972.
Opened: Aviator Cookie Co. in Bay City
Midland-based Aviator Cookie Co. has expanded with a second location in the Great Lakes Bay Region.
Owner Chris Welch, a full-time airline pilot, said he’s excited for his bakery to become part of the Bay City community.
“We’ve had customers that drive from Saginaw, Bay City to come to see us, and, to me, Bay City was always the logical next choice for expansion,” Welch said. “We’re looking to make Bay City our home, too.”
Closing: Baskin-Robbins on Euclid
Mid-Michigan’s last remaining Baskin-Robbins is closing its doors.
The Baskin-Robbins at 801 N. Euclid Ave. in Bay City is closing at the end of the year. Owners Caren and Chris Thomas are retiring and, unable to find a buyer, have decided to close up shop after 25 years.
Opened: Planet Fitness on Tittabawassee
Planet Fitness is now open on Tittabawassee Road in Saginaw County’s Kochville Township.
The new gym, located at 2270 Tittabawassee Road, opened its doors to customers on Friday, Dec. 16. A grand opening celebration is planned for Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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