This story is part of NowKalamazoo’s limited-run series revisiting local businesses and organizations we featured in previous years. Even though it has a highly visible location in Kalamazoo’s Edison neighborhood, Ty’s Joint has seen its business grow largely thanks to its catering work.
Read the original story here: ‘Cuz, I’m going to open a restaurant’
An hour before opening, Jimmy Jones paces outside of the restaurant with his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker. He’s an older guy with a scruffy beard and a couple of trash bags. You can hear the muffled R&B music playing from inside, but you can’t see anyone. Moments later, Ty opens the back door, inviting Jones in…