Superior Woman--Summer 2020--Final Edition
Superior Woman Summer 2020 is a publication about women living, working and playing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Superior Woman Summer 2020 is a publication about women living, working and playing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
get up and get it yourself. People like coming here. It’s not pretentious, and it is a little weird, with all the different tables and chairs.” Making her point, she gestures to the largest table and chairs. It was the dining set in the home in which she grew up. It now accommodates some of the regular group visitors. “We have quite a few standing reservations,” she said. “There’s a group of guys that come in the first Monday of every month. There’s a group of women that come in the last Thursday of every month.” “’68,” hollers someone from the staff. “Yeah, class of ’68,” Kurtz said with a laugh. “So I’m very grateful. As someone who is not from around here, it took a while to get that people are so tight, but now I can’t imagine living anywhere else.” Hands-On Management As a bakery owner, you might imagine that Kurtz is in early in the morning baking up a storm, but that’s not usually the case. She says a typical day would have her arriving by mid-morning from her apartment above the shop. That doesn’t mean the place is idle, as she notes her baker begins at 6 a.m. and her manager opens the shop at 8 a.m. Baking continues throughout the day, and when Kurtz joins in, she is just one of the crew, waiting tables, taking orders, making deliveries, and doing whatever needs to be done. “I don’t spend a lot of time sitting in my office eating bon-bons,” she laughed. “Thank God I have a wonderful staff; I’m very lucky,” she said, referring to her nine-person team. “I don’t have turnover, so I am very lucky. I go on vacations, and I don’t think about work. I know it’s in good hands.” Kurtz grew up in the metropolitan Detroit area. She earned a “ Our banana cake is a family recipe, and our baker is super-talented and likes to create new recipes and try new things. ” Family recipes, like our most popular cake, is Mom’s Chocolate Cake, which is my grandmother’s recipe. $20.90 Pick Your Poison Bearded Yooper Surf Co. Beverage Containers $17.90 43DegreesNorthGifts.com ness. 6 SUMMER 2020 SUPERIORWOMAN.NET
commercial art degree from Macomb Community College. She worked for the Chuck Muer restaurants in downstate Michigan, which was a small chain of fine dining establishments that eventually were shuttered or sold following Muer’s death. As regional pastry chef for about 10 years for those facilities, she received some of those recipes as part of her severance pay when the last restaurant she was working at closed. But they aren’t the only proprietary recipes in use at her shop. “Family recipes, like our most popular cake, is Mom’s Chocolate Cake, which is my grandmother’s recipe; our banana cake is a family recipe, and our baker is super-talented and likes to create new recipes and try new things,” Kurtz said. Enjoying the Ride With her Food Network-brush-with-cake-fame behind her, Kurtz is satisfied to be back where she is, in Negaunee, working nearly every day (her shop is closed on Sundays) and greeting her customers. “I’m grateful that (business) is steady all year round,” she said. “In the wintertime, I get all the locals, and in the summer, they are all out to camp, so then I get all the tourists. We get a lot of people that we are on their route. They come up for their summer vacation, and we are one of the stops they have to make.” No matter what the season, however, it’s that downhome feeling once inside the Midtown Café that just works. “One of the best sounds of owning your own business is hearing people laughing, enjoying their time here, and having fun,” she said. “I know my customers, and my customers know me, so I’m content, I’m very lucky.” www.facebook.com/MidtownBakeryCafe “ One of the best sounds of owning your own business is hearing people laughing, enjoying their time here, and having fun. I know my customers, and my customers know ” me, so I’m content. I’m very lucky. 46.5° North Da U.P., Eh? Tees. Hoodies.Gifts. Other Colors Available Lake Superior Unsalted ~ Shark Free Women’s/Men’s Tees ~ Hoodies Other Colors Available www.43DegreesNorthGifts.com www.43DegreesNorthGifts.com SUMMER 2020 SUPERIORWOMAN.NET 7
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get up and get it yourself. People like coming here. It’s not pretentious,<br />
and it is a little weird, with all the different tables and chairs.”<br />
Making her point, she gestures to the largest table and chairs.<br />
It was the dining set in the home in which she grew up. It now<br />
accommodates some of the regular group visitors.<br />
“We have quite a few standing reservations,” she said. “There’s a<br />
group of guys that come in the first Monday of every month. There’s a<br />
group of women that come in the last Thursday of every month.”<br />
“’68,” hollers someone from the staff.<br />
“Yeah, class of ’68,” Kurtz said with a laugh. “So I’m very grateful.<br />
As someone who is not from around here, it took a while to get that<br />
people are so tight, but now I can’t imagine living anywhere else.”<br />
Hands-On Management<br />
As a bakery owner, you might imagine that Kurtz is in early in<br />
the morning baking up a storm, but that’s not usually the case. She<br />
says a typical day would have her arriving by mid-morning from her<br />
apartment above the shop. That doesn’t mean the place is idle, as she<br />
notes her baker begins at 6 a.m. and her manager opens the shop at<br />
8 a.m. Baking continues throughout the day, and when Kurtz joins<br />
in, she is just one of the crew, waiting tables, taking orders, making<br />
deliveries, and doing whatever needs to be done.<br />
“I don’t spend a lot of time sitting in my office eating bon-bons,” she<br />
laughed.<br />
“Thank God I have a wonderful staff; I’m very lucky,” she said,<br />
referring to her nine-person team. “I don’t have turnover, so I am very<br />
lucky. I go on vacations, and I don’t think about work. I know it’s in<br />
good hands.”<br />
Kurtz grew up in the metropolitan Detroit area. She earned a<br />
“<br />
Our banana cake is a family recipe, and our<br />
baker is super-talented and likes to create new<br />
recipes and try new things.<br />
”<br />
Family recipes, like our most popular cake,<br />
is Mom’s Chocolate Cake, which is my<br />
grandmother’s recipe.<br />
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Pick Your Poison<br />
Bearded Yooper Surf Co. Beverage Containers<br />
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