BATTLE CREEK, MI — When Tony Davis and Sarah Barany-Davis opened Kitchen Proper, part of their vision was to be a restaurant with a heavy focus on fresh.
Not just the food that Davis and his chefs prepare for guests on a nightly basis at the “rustic urban eatery” at 34 W. Michigan Ave. in downtown Battle Creek — but the menu itself.
“If I did the same thing over and over, I think it would begin to feel like a factory,” Davis said of his approach to the menu. “I like to keep my mind busy.”…