The Macotta Club

09/12/2024

The Macotta Club was honored to be the Cocktail Sponsor for 517 Magazine's Greater Lansing Entrepreneurial Awards this year. We are so proud to support Lansing's culinary entrepreneurs through our restaurant coming in 2025.

The Macotta Club will be a unique restaurant in a very historic dining space. Behind the scenes, our program will be an entrepreneurial hub changing the lives of many culinary entrepreneurs and small business owners across the Greater Lansing region.

Learn more: https://macottaclub.com/start-your-business

09/10/2024

Behind the scenes, The Macotta Club is a hospitality training hub spotlighting the best of our community's up-and-coming culinary offerings. Talented culinary entrepreneurs participate in a 36-month program offering world-class industry resources to scale their businesses into a permanent location in the Mid-Michigan market.

Ready to grow your business to the next level? Apply today!

https://macottaclub.com/start-your-business

05/21/2024

The 2024 National Restaurant Association Show always has innovation on the menu! Spanning over 12 football fields, The Macotta Club team was able to see, taste, and experience the latest flavors and products before they hit the market! We enjoyed access to over 2,300 vendors as we prepare for the opening of The Macotta Club and its innovative programming.

02/28/2024

We're excited to announce that our logo, designed by the talented team at Redhead Creative Consultancy, has been awarded a Professional Gold ADDY in the 2024 American Advertising Awards! 🏆🎉 Hosted by The American Advertising Federation (AAF) and AAF Lansing, the ADDYs recognize excellence in all advertising corners.🚀

02/06/2024

The Macotta Club was thrilled to host leaders from across the state for Michigan Economic Development Corporation and LEAP's Lansing Small Business Support Hubs Celebration yesterday. The Macotta Club is a collective experience coming to Downtown in Fall of 2024 and was created through the support of incredible partners, many of which you will see in the selected hubs.

10/31/2023

Was it Mom/Grandma/Great Uncle Ted’s lifelong dream to open a restaurant? Have you got a book full of family recipes that are begging to be shared? The Macotta Club is here to help. The Macotta Club was designed to provide culinary entrepreneurs with the resources and business know-how to get their ideas off the ground. Joining our incubator kitchen program puts those family dreams within reach. We're accepting applications for participants now – apply today! macottaclub.com/apply

10/25/2023

A question we get a lot is “What does Downtown Lansing Inc. have to do with The Macotta Club?” and we'd love to tell you! The Macotta Club concept was born out of interest received from Middle Village Micro Market as more and more food-based businesses were looking for a low-risk way to expand their business and grow their brand, without jumping right into a brick-and-mortar space. Downtown Lansing Inc. created The Macotta Club as an incubator-model solution to help culinary entrepreneurs discover their potential and, simultaneously, demonstrate the potential of Downtown Lansing with a dynamic, lively atmosphere. Downtown Lansing Inc. raised funding to kick off The Macotta Club and manage the lease, build out the space, and get the idea running, but the Macotta Club will operate as its own business entity. Read more about The Macotta Club’s inception on our website: https://www.macottaclub.com/faq

10/20/2023

You can’t tell from the outside, but a lot of interior work has started rolling in our future home, the historic Knapp’s Building. We’d had architects, electricians, and equipment vendors in and out of the building helping us get the restaurant ready, while also helping us preserve pieces of this beloved downtown staple. To learn more about our mission, visit https://www.macottaclub.com/about

10/17/2023

The Macotta Club creates an environment where small businesses in the restaurant industry can thrive and create a presence in Downtown and beyond. Thanks Michigan Reimagined for having us on to talk about our program coming in 2024!

10/16/2023

Thanks FOX 47's Morning Blend for having Julie Reinhardt, Director of Downtown Community Development at Downtown Lansing, on to talk about how restaurant owners can participate in The Macotta Club and give a small peak of what's to come next year.

Julie Reinhardt, Director of Downtown Development for Downtown Lansing, Inc talks about how Lansing is getting a new eatery next year, The Macotta Club

10/11/2023

Just because 2024 is around the corner, that doesn't mean 2023 can't still be your year. Make this year the year you finally start the culinary business you've always dreamed of, with the help of The Macotta Club’s incubator kitchen. The Macotta Club's incubator kitchen will help culinary entrepreneurs grow and develop the resources, experience, and clientele needed to expand to a permanent location. We're accepting applications for participants now – see whether you might be a fit and apply today: https://www.macottaclub.com/apply

10/06/2023

Know anybody who makes amazing samosas or perfectly fried gobi manchurian? We're on the lookout for an Indian food restaurateur to participate in The Macotta Club. Send them our way so they can learn more about how the program can make their dream a reality: macottaclub.com/apply