Battle Creek’s Clara’s on the River opened to diners on Monday and the dining room looks unusually festive for this time of year. The restaurant, housed in a historic train depot in downtown Battle Creek is all decked out for Christmas. Owner Ross Simpson says they’re calling it Christmas in February.
Clara s on the River Christmas in February1-TSM Photo
“Back on November 15
th, we had just finished decorating the restaurant when the Governor’s shutdown order closed us down again,” said Simpson. “Nobody ever got to see it and the staff worked so hard that we decided to leave everything up.” A lot of things are different at Clara’s, but customers probably won’t notice them.