Restaurant Mediteran Undergoes $60,000 Expansion, Adds Downtown Deli

A Downtown Lansing staple for authentic cuisine has expanded operations to include a new, full-service deli and extra dining room.

For the past five years, Restaurant Mediteran, 337 and 333 S. Washington Square, has been a popular sit-down restaurant featuring foods from multiple European countries. The 1,200 square-foot addition gives owner Igor Jurkovic two adjacent storefronts and a total 3,100 square foot establishment.

The deli and new dining portion used to be a shoe store, Jurkovic says, and required a complete renovation, from the floors to the duct work. The total cost of the renovation cost about $60,000, that, when all said and done, was split “pretty evenly” between Jurkovic and his landlord.

With a new sign coming soon and a steady flow of lunchtime customers, Jurkovic’s idea to expand is “so far, so good,” he says.

“We wanted to focus on people that are short on time and just need to bring something back to the office,” says Jurkovic, who hired three new employees to work the deli.

With ovens in the deli roasting chicken, lamb, beef and pork every morning, Jurkovic hopes to expand the deli menu over time.

“It is moving little by little every day,” he says.

Between the outdoor, deli, old and new dining room seating, Mediteran now has a capacity of 110 people.

Source: Igor Jurkovic

Writer: Andy Balaskovitz