A year ago The Wurst Bar opened in Ypsilanti. It quickly became a success, surprisingly less for its brews and more for its food. Mark Maynard decided to interview owner Jesse Kranyak about business, the community and competition.
Excerpt:
"I do not think that there is any competition in Ypsilanti – the market is still under developed and under appreciated in my opinion. A lot of the businesses in the area do share a lot of the same customers, but every additional business that offers something unique also adds to the quality of the entire neighborhood. This is not an area that has hit any saturation point, and, if another restaurant opened and we lost business, I would start heavily critiquing how I was approaching customers rather than think they were being taken away. We still continually get customers that drive in to check us out from Birmingham, Royal Oak and Beverly Hills because of something they saw online. I think that’s great for other places as well. I live and work here in Ypsilanti and I would be pretty hard pressed to continue doing so if there were not other places to eat and socialize such as Sidetrack, Beezy’s or Red Rock."
Enjoy this story?
Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.