After managing Two Fer’s Pizza & Mexican for 16 years, Julie Sangster started her own restaurant in Southside Lansing, Julie Joe’s.
The closing of Two Fer’s in June 2008 put Sangster out of a job. In August, she took over the lease and remade the restaurant. She renovated the entire 2515 E. Jolly Rd. space and opened as Julie Joe’s in January 2009.
“I really wanted to create some ambiance and make it my own,” Sangster says about the renovation. “It really needed to be cleaned and updated.”
Sangster changed the menu when she took over the restaurant. Her pizza is already getting media attention. The City Pulse recently included Sangster’s pizza on it’s list of must-have pizza in Lansing.
“People do have to eat and we have really good food at a really good price,” she says about business. “We have a lot of repeat customers.”
Sangster says Julie Joe’s is a in a great location. She’s right between CATA, Dean Transportation and the post office.
“I plan on this restaurant being here for another 20 years, if not longer,” she says.
Source: Julie Sangster, Julie Joe’s
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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