Permanently Closed It’s always sad when we find out that a business we featured on the show has closed. It’s like we lost a friend. Please remember that while UTR episodes are timeless, the people, places and things are not. Some of the many places we feature on this website may have changed, moved or simply ceased to be. We …
River Raisin Jazz Festival, The
www.riverraisinjazzfestival.com Now, let’s talk jazz. The River Raisin Jazz Festival happens every summer right in downtown Monroe on the banks of the Historic River Raisin. It’s one of the largest and best free jazz festivals in the entire country. The festival takes place at St. Mary’s Park, and every year over fifty thousand people come to see some of the …
Hotel Sterling, The
(734) 242-6212 109 W. Front St., Monroe, MI 48161 www.thehotelsterling.com Next, we stumbled onto probably our biggest surprise in Monroe. If you’ve ever been to the hip boutique hotels of New York or L.A., you’ll feel right at home at The Hotel Sterling. Ken Wickenheiser put everything he learned from his travels around the world into this hotel, and it’s …
Klenow’s Market
(989) 362-2341 201 Newman St. E., Tawas, MI 48730 www.klenowsmarket.com Before we left East Tawas, a lot of folks told us we just had to stop by Klenow’s Market right downtown. I guess they smoke more than just the fish and beef there. Apparently they also smoke the competition. They’re a great little all-purpose market that has won some major …
Tawas Bay Beach Resort
(989) 362-8600 300 E. Bay St., East Tawas, MI 48730 www.tawasbaybeachresort.com I’ve got a great trivia question for you. How many full-service resorts are there in Michigan on Lake Huron? The answer is one. Tawas Bay Beach Resort has a seven-hundred-foot beach on Tawas Bay, a restaurant, lounge with entertainment, a conference center and even a hip little beach bar …
Kiteman Jack’s
(989) 362-4615 112 Newman St., East Tawas, MI 48730 If you’re ever in East Tawas and someone tells you to go fly a kite, there’s a place and a guy by the same name that’s right on the beach. Kiteman Jack’s is right by the dock at the marina, and it and he have been an institution of fun for …
Charity Island Tours
(989) 254-7710 P.O. Box 171, Au Gres, MI 48703 www.charityisland.com It was my first time exploring the area, so I asked the locals what there was to do, and the response was overwhelming. One place a lot of people recommended was Charity Island. It’s about an hour offshore and it sits smack dab in the middle of Saginaw Bay. There’s …