Phil's notes and goofy (hopefully) ideas...

 So I had yet another idea, let's eat at another restaurant my first for the year.  So I did. Restaurant - Wheeler's Restaurant... Location - Standish, Michigan (Where I-75 and US-23 separate near northeast Michigan. Date: Jan. 8, 2023 So a friend of mine was in Standish on business the week before my visit and she stopped here before headed home.  She recommended this place to me, so I stopped here on a quiet Sunday afternoon (actually it was almost evening when I got here).  BTW, note the sign above the door.  This is also a Cops & Doughnuts substation (see previous blog). Outside had a plain Jane look and as these pictures show the inside had an ordinary yet classic look. I should note that this is a look that you can not duplicate at the modern chain restaurants even if you tried.  This is why I like the local mom&pop owned restaurants, because even if restaurants like this had several stores none of them would look totally the same. The salad b...

  I'm reading this new book, the one pictured at left. For the uninitiated, let me tell you about this place. In, I believe, 2009 the city bakery in Clare, Michigan was about to permanently close.  Members of the local police department caught wind of the impending closure, pooled their money and resources, and bought the place renaming it "Cops & Doughnuts".   Those of you familiar with the song "Walk Like an Egyptian" by the Bangles probably recognize the line in the song about the cops hanging out in the doughnut shop.  In this case, the cops own the doughnut shop. It was an instant success, even surviving a bad business decision in the mid to late 2010's and covid in 2020.  Thanks in part to the stereotype of cops and doughnuts, this place probably has the best business plan of any place I've ever been to, restaurant or not. This book is their story. Disclaimer:  I knew I had to come to buy the book because I can no longer come and eat here....