Five Marketplace Closings

Hibachi, Brahma, Wild Bills and more

by Sally Mitani

posted 2/16/2013

Hibachi Grill ("and Supreme Buffet," as its website grandly added) opened last summer and closed at the end of the year. An Asian business owner who didn't want to be named ("I could be sued!") explained that the entire Asian community of Ypsi and Ann Arbor knew it didn't have a chance. It's simple arithmetic: "There's already an Asian buffet [Asia City] just down the road. They're doing okay, but people aren't exactly lining up outside. Now, let's say Hibachi is paying--I don't know, let's say $10,000 a month in rent. Okay, so maybe

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