Scratch-made soul food: Lifelong dream realized with opening of ‘Mitts 2 Pits’

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BATTLE CREEK, MI — Mitts 2 Pits Catering is the latest tenant at 78 Calhoun Street, a building that has incubated dreams for several restaurateurs in Battle Creek.

Owned by the husband-and-wife team of Benjamin and Denise Young, the catering and take-out business opened its first brick-and-mortar location in April…

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