Restaurateur Curtis Turner chose a prime piece of real estate on Lansing’s Eastside to start his latest restaurant venture.
Turner took over the former lesbian bar, Club 505, located at 505 E. Shiawassee St. Turner’s opened up the 
once dark 2,300 square foot bar by adding large exterior windows, exposing the ceiling and refinishing the bar.
“We’ve been getting a lot of curiosity type of traffic,” he says. “It’s slowly increasing.”
Turner says he simply couldn’t resist opening a bar in such a well trafficked location. The Corner Bar & Grill is across the street from the Lugnuts Stadium and the City Market. It’s also within walking distance to Downtown Lansing.
“This is what I know best,” Turner says about the restaurant industry. “The location of this is very good and it was a good opportunity financially.”
Turner’s been in the Lansing restaurant business for years. He was the original manager of Troppo in downtown Lansing. He’s also invested in a Pita Pit in Mt. Pleasant and an ice cream shop in Haslett.
Source: Curtis Turner, Corner Bar & Grill
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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