The owner of Mudgie’s Deli and Bar died unexpectedly at the age of 46 on Sunday (Sept. 5).

With time running out and if you still need some last-minute Christmas gifts, local restaurants may have what you need. With indoor dining still closed, restaurants are struggling. You can also purchase their famous Bloody Mary mix, which Hennes said is same mix they’ve used since opening. All the restaurants are struggling. “When you support the restaurants, you’re supporting everyone that works in the restaurants and want to see them around when you come out on the other side of this.

DETROIT – Autumn is here and that means -- among other things -- winter is coming. The coming colder temperatures could be tough on local restaurants who have relied on outdoor patio seating to survive the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. “That was the right at the beginning of the recession,” said owner Greg Mudge. Just down Porter Street, at Batch Brewing Company, they’re also adapting by transforming their parking lot into an outdoor biergarten. We’re going to put a couple of tube heaters underneath it and then we’re going to particularly enclose it,” Roginson said.