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Old Posted Aug 4, 2017, 5:08 PM
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Two new eateries opened this past week, one on the Mall, and one on West Lake. Cove, on West Lake, is housed in a building that was previously occupied by office space and (2) earlier restaurant ventures, which closed. I drive by here nearly every day, and I have not seen an empty space in the parking lot since opening day.

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Cove Lakeside Bistro opens Monday on West Lake in Portage
By Al Jones | MLive
July 31, 2017

...Starting Monday, July 31, the bistro will serve lunch and dinner, opening at 11 a.m. Monday through Friday, and at noon Saturday and Sunday. It is owned and operated by the Kalamazoo-based Millennium Restaurant Group. The 7,000-square-foot eatery will seat up to 125 people in its main dining areas, 40 at an indoor bar area, and 96 on an outdoor patio. It also features a large bar area and an interior dining room that has views of West Lake...





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Artisan Sandwich Co. opens in downtown Kalamazoo
By Al Jones | MLive
August 3, 2017

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The Artisan Sandwich Co. opened Monday at 348 S. Kalamazoo Mall in downtown Kalamazoo. The business sells delicatessen-style sandwiches made with customers' choice of organic breads, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and/or mayonnaise...The shop utilizes a 980-square-foot space that was occupied until last year by Exquisite Hair Designs. That business relocated not far away to 131 W. South St.





And in other restaurant news, a small café and outdoor park is planned for a vacant lot in Kalamazoo's Northside neighborhood. Hopefully it will prove naysayers wrong and catalyze more positive development in the area:

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Outdoor cafe planned at vacant brownfield site on Kalamazoo north side
By Malachi Barrett
August 1, 2017

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Small business-owners Ricky and Yvone Thrash plan to create an outdoor park and cafe on vacant land in Kalamazoo's Northside neighborhood. The pair run Ennovy's Beauty Bar, which opened last October on 118 W. North St., and plan to purchase a adjacent brownfield property from the city of Kalamazoo. Ricky Thrash, a retired city employee, wants to transform the overgrown and neglected property at 703 N. Burdick St. into a place where a diverse group of people can share a meal...
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