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Beloved Michigan Restaurant Closes Overnight, Leaving Only 1 Remaining Location
Seeing a local restaurant close its doors is always a sad experience, but it's even worse when that restaurant closes with very little warning. But, the restaurant business is a competitive and fickle one. The food and drink industry that is familiar to most Americans, since according to the National Restaurant Association, 63 percent of adults have worked in the restaurant business. In 2022, the restaurant industry had 14.2 million employees and $472.4 billion in total labor income.
According to B2 Reviews, in 2023, there were 749,000 restaurants across the United States, including fast food, casual dining and fine dining restaurants. With so many restaurant competing for the tastebuds of Americans, it's no wonder why it's a regular occurrence to see local spots close their doors.
Now, one popular restaurant has abruptly closed its doors overnight, leaving only one local branch left standing, and the status that that location is in question, too.
Bobcat Bonnie's at one time had several locations throughout Michigan, but on June 2, the restaurant announced via social media that they would be closing their Ferndale, MI, location overnight. The Ferndale spot had been open for seven years.
"Coming to you with some bittersweet news — but after tomorrow (Monday) Bobcat Bonnie's Ferndale will be closed," the post stated. Bobcat Bonnie's also said that a new, "amazing" operator would be taking the restaurant's space and that Bobcat Bonnie's owners have told the staff and "are ensuring every single one is taken care of."
"I am so lucky and so blessed to have been a part of such a great community," the post added.
The closure leaves the Bobcat Bonnie's in Lansing, MI, the only remaining location, but the future of that establishment is in question, too. A report from WKZO notes that "all signs are pointing to" the spot closing, including "a notice on the door of the business" that says it has "lost its liquor license."
On June 5, Bobcat Bonnie's Lansing wrote on Facebook, "We will have an update on operations today. We want to thank consumers for rushing to help us out, and our amazing landlords as well. "Beloved Michigan Restaurant Closes Overnight, Leaving Only 1 Remaining Location first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 10, 2025
