The Soup Spoon Cafe on Lansing's Eastside has been churning out breakfast and lunch to their happily dedicated local customers for four and a half years now. Those fans were no doubt
pleased with their recent addition of a dinner menu and adult beverages.
Now, Owner and Chef Nick Gavrilides has added more good news to the pot: he recently purchased his building at 1419 East Michigan.
"It’s always been in the plans," says Gavrilides. "We’ve staked our commitment to this location. If you’re going to spend your business career in one place, you might as well own your space."
The timing of the purchase — so close to the restaurant’s other changes — was no coincidence.
Gavrilides explains that they acquired their permit to serve alcohol through a redevelopment liquor license. This type of license requires the owner to invest in the development of their property — something Gavrilides says he and his former landlord were doing even before he purchased the property.
Besides The Soup Spoon, the approximately 6,000 square foot property also hosts
Bancroft Flowers and one available storefront.
"Purchasing the real estate is our commitment to Eastside, Lansing," says Gavrilides, "and we intend on staying for very, very, very long time."
Source: Nick Gavrilides, The Soup Spoon Cafe
Writer: Natalie Burg, News Editor
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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