Volunteers prepare for Ypsi PRIDE Day
May. 13, 2010 · 7:09 a.m.
Each year, residents in and around the city of Ypsilanti carry on a tradition started by a group of community members enrolled in a city leadership program, a sort...read more
Bicycles zoom as flowers bloom
Apr. 30, 2010 · 2:11 p.m.
The weather has turned, the trees are budding and the flowers are popping out of the ground; time for a cruise through town. But don’t be so quick to hop in the...read more
Sheriff Clayton visits Ypsilanti Township
Apr. 29, 2010 · 12:59 p.m.
About 50 Ypsilanti Township residents gave the Washtenaw County Sheriff Office their input about law enforcement in the community Tuesday evening.
The information...read more
Local photographer raising funds for Ypsi Project exhibit
Apr. 20, 2010 · 2:20 a.m.
Ypsilanti has many faces, and Erica Hampton wants to share a few of them with you.
Over the past year, Hampton created the The Ypsi Project, a series of portraits...read more
Savoy taking shape as live music venue
Apr. 17, 2010 · 2:38 p.m.
Ypsilanti's newest concert venue is preparing for its grand opening weekend April 23, more than a month after its soft opening March 13.
Formerly Club Divine,...read more
Photo by Christine Laughren
Forrest Karnopp (left) and his father Jim work late Tuesday night remodeling Cafe Luwak.
New breakfasts coming soon
Nov. 25, 2008 · 7:36 p.m.
If you were hoping to swing by Café Luwak this week for a tasty sandwich, think again.
Luwak is closed until Friday for remodeling. But don’t worry, the café will be back in business at the end of the week with a fresh coat of paint, a new kitchen and several other overhauls.
A new stove-top is first on the list of major changes at Luwak. The café is installing the stove-top and a new hood to expand its menu, which will include breakfast and possibly a limited dinner menu.
Owner Jim Karnopp said as soon as he mentioned a full breakfast menu customers were contacting him left and right about the idea.
“We’ve been getting calls constantly asking if we have the breakfast menu ready,” Karnopp said. “From all the response I’ve gotten and all the questions I think that breakfast could be bigger than our lunch.”
The breakfast menu will include eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes and the “standard breakfast fare.”
Karnopp said he has been working on a recipe for vegan pancakes and experimenting with other breakfast menu items. The café will be testing other menu items between Christmas and the New Year. He said the menu depends on the customers’ demands.
“If customers asked us to stay open until midnight we would do it,” Karnopp said.
Luwak is also looking into getting table service ordering, in addition to the counter service currently used.
“I think if we used the table service that would help the flow of the business,” he said.
A new Web site is also in the works at the café and should be up by the end of the week. Karnopp said the new site would be similar to the current one, though, he is hoping to have online ordering available.
The total cost of improvements adds up to approximately $20,000 according to Karnopp.
Café Luwak is open for phone orders during the reconstruction. For more information visit
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