MACOMB (WGEM) – Over the past week, Macomb has seen some new businesses pop up. Perhaps most notably, Wildfire Bar & Grill.
Owned and operated by Blake Kelly and Claire Weinrich, the restaurant occupies part of a building at 928 W Jackson Street. In week one alone, Kelly said the restaurant generated over $35,000 dollars in sales.
“It’s been amazing to see the support so far in our first week,” Kelly said. “We’ve seen so many people that we know and so many new faces that we’re able to meet it’s just been insane.”
The process started about six months ago. Kelly said he wanted to add food options to Macomb that the city did not already have.
“We tried to fill the gaps on what we saw Macomb needed,” Kelly said. “That’s ribs, steak, with options of mimosas in the morning.”
New business is something that Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lauren Merritt said isn’t new. Since the pandemic, Merritt…