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Juicy Kitchen To Be Closed For A Few Weeks Due To Freezer Fire

Juicy Kitchen To Be Closed For A Few Weeks Due To Freezer Fire

September 22, 2025

Morning, Ann Arbor! But especially good morning to Jett Parker, an 8-year-old from Muskegon, MI in the final round of the kids’ division of the USA Mullet Competition. The backstory of Jett’s mullet is a thing of beauty:

“I was 5 years old when I saw my first mullet. I went to the Pizza and Sub Shop in Muskegon and saw my dad’s friend, Tony. Tony’s mullet was glorious. All business in the front and a curly party in the back. Accompanied by some solid mutton chops and beard. Tony inspired me that very day to grow out my hair and have an even sweeter mullet than his. I started growing out my mullet in the fall of 2022. I’ve gotten so many compliments. Everyone loves a kid with a mullet! I’ve got my mom’s natural curls and my dad’s outgoing personality. It’s a deadly combination!”

Absolute legend.

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🍳 Freezer Fire: Juicy Kitchen (1506 N Maple Road) is temporarily closed after a freezer fire caused $30,000 - $50,000 worth of damage inside the restaurant. Juicy Kitchen hopes to reopen in “a few weeks,” once they receive approval from the health department. Local businesses who purchase wholesale from Juicy Kitchen will also be impacted during the closure.

a2gov.org | Sesame Solar

☀️ The Nameless Mobile Solar Power Station: City officials are asking for name submissions for their new mobile solar power station. At Friday’s Green Fair, Ann Arbor’s Office of Sustainability & Innovations unveiled the new shipping-container-style solar power station. Purchased for $333,000 from Jackson-based Sesame Solar, the 30-foot trailer has an 8-kilowatt solar array with 45 kilowatt hours of battery storage and hydrogen fuel cell backup, but no name. Locals can use this link to submit name suggestions.

Instagram | @a2recess

🥂 Grand Openings: Had a lot of local openings and updates come out this past week. Here’s a bullet point list of what to know:

Recess Cafe (208 S Ashley St) opened. Here’s a video tour.
Raising Cane’s (1116 S University Ave) opened. People camped out with tents and inflatable mattresses to be first in line.
Barton-Bandemer Pedestrian Tunnel will be open in October. Here are the latest progress pictures.
Broadway Park West opened. Here are ribbon cutting photos and renderings of what’s to come.
The Liberty Plaza Mural is done. You can see pictures of it here.
Downtown Detroit Apple Store (1430 Woodward Ave) opened. Tim Cook was at the opening.

TheRide

🚌 TheRide: It’s your time. Catch TheRide to step off at your designation. Enjoy Fixed-Route service from 6am until midnight on most routes throughout the Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti area. Visit TheRide.org for schedules, planning, fares and more information.

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🏢 10-Year Lease: Last week, the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents approved a 10-year lease and $16.5 million in renovations for second-floor office space at 401 E. Liberty St., formerly home to AI firm Coupa LLamasoft (and, long before that, Google’s downtown office). The 27,500-square-foot space will consolidate student and faculty services, with renovations set to wrap by fall 2026. No other tenants in the building (like Condado or Tios) will be affected.

National Weather Service

🌧️ Drought Watch: Much of the state’s Lower Peninsula is in the worst drought since 2012, with rainfall well under normal this year and rivers and streams running low. Cities including Grand Rapids, Detroit, Lansing and Traverse City are showing serious precipitation gaps, straining crops and increasing concern as harvest season nears. Experts say it’ll take multiple substantial rain events over several weeks to rebuild soil moisture and river flow.

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🏈 Michigan Football Tracker: Week 5

Current Record: 3-1
Current Rank: #19 in the country
Last Saturday: Michigan beat Nebraska 30-27.
This Saturday: Michigan has a bye week (and Saturday is the Zach Bryan & John Mayer concert at the Big House)