The NODE gets the nod as Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining in Kalamazoo and SW Michigan
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
NILES, MI It’s not every day you get a “Thank You” note from the mayor of Small Town America.
But that’s what happened when we announced our search for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining last month.
The note came in the form of an email from Nick Shelton, the Mayor of Niles, a small town of about 12,000 residents in Southwestern Michigan, and only a few miles from the Michigan-Indiana border.
In the email he said:
“First, thank you for your efforts in the promotion of outdoor dining. We all know that our restaurants need all the help they can get, and this shines a huge spotlight on the importance of thinking outside the box in the face of giant obstacles. Thank you.
HUNTINGTON, New York Pizza has been a family affair for Marciano Cipriano since he was 14-years-old. Capriano would make pizzas in his backyard with his father when they built their own brick pizza oven.
As Cipriano grew older, he wanted to level up, which eventually led him to his International retro-fitted pizza truck. Jennifer, his wife, met him when he was first putting the truck together and, ever since pizza has become their passion.
When the pandemic hit in March, they shut down their truck due to CDC safety guidelines.
The Cipriano s, starting brainstorming on ideas to keep their hungry customers happy as well as safe during this time of quarantine.