Lansing doesn't get more vintage than
REO Town, making it the perfect place for Kait Medrano to open her forthcoming
Vintage Café and Catering. That face that she's lived there her entire life didn't hurt either.
"I'm a Southside Lansing-type person. I've owned a house about a quarter of a mile away from here since I was 19 years old," says Medrano. "I liked the fact that they're redoing the street down here, but keeping that old time, vintage, REO Town feel."
Medrano plans to open her 900 square foot S. Washington St. restaurant by August 1, though visitors will be invited in for a sneak peek on July 1 during the Board of Water and Light's Going Commercial Grand Opening. Patrons will get a chance to try her made-from-scratch cooking, such as monkey bread, roasted potatoes, quiche and coffee custom roasted for the restaurant.
"We bake all our own baked goods. You can cut time, but you also cut flavor and quality," says Medrano, who worked as the catering supervisor for McLaren Greater Lansing until her position was eliminated. "Ever since I was eliminated, everyone asked, 'will you just cater somewhere else now?'"
Vintage Café will also feature catering and will host events. Medrano employs a staff of five and someday hopes to grow into a franchise.
Source: Kait Medrano, Vintage Cafe and Catering
Writer: Natalie Burg, Development News Editor
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