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‘It shows hope’: Taste of Ann Arbor returns
to Main Street after two-year hiatus
JULIANNE YOON/Daily
Taste of Ann Arbor, an event where restaurants offer bite-sized versions of their dishes,
returned to the city on June 5 for the first time since 2019
Paella, pastries, samosas and
more: the smells of countless plates
of food filled the air on Sunday as
Taste of Ann Arbor — an event in
which community members can
enjoy bite-sized dishes from over 20
local restaurants — returned to the
city for the first time since 2019.
Taste of Ann Arbor is hosted by
the Main Street Area Association
(MSAA), a local organization that
works to ensure the prosperity of
downtown businesses. The event
also featured live music presented
by Bank of Ann Arbor’s Sonic Lunch,
a weekly outdoor concert series
held in Ann Arbor over the summer
that normally provides music for
the event. Dishes ranged from $1 to
$6 and were sold in tents spanning
Main Street.
Joshua
Glaspie,
the
general
manager of The Circ Bar, said the
event is a good way to bring in
business and inform customers
about The Circ Bar’s new menu
items.
“It’s a great experience to get
everybody back out and showcase all
of the new stuff that we have post-
COVID,” Glaspie said.
Taste of Ann Arbor was held
virtually in 2020 and canceled in
2021 due to staff shortages, according
to MSAA’s Facebook page.
Ann Arbor resident Sophia King
helped run Cinnaholic’s booth at
the event. King also said the event
is good for business, adding that
it allows people to indulge in food
they might not normally try. This
was Cinnaholic’s first time being
featured at Taste of Ann Arbor after
its Ann Arbor location opened in
January.
“(Cinnaholic) also is an entirely
plant-based business,” King said. “So
I think it’s a good opportunity for
people who don’t typically eat plant-
based to go ahead and try it, and
get different ideas and explore that
realm of food.”
King
also
said
the
event
demonstrated how the city of Ann
Arbor has recovered from the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think it’s a good way to bring
Ann Arbor back together after such a
hard time on everybody,” King said.
Rackham student Chesta Jain
said the event opened her eyes to
new restaurants in the city.
“A lot of the places we had food
from I’ve never been before, even
though I’ve been here for three
years,” Jain said. “So it lets you try
different places and maybe go back
to them afterwards when the fest is
UMich graduates now
eligible for a ‘high potential
individual’ UK work visa
University of Michigan graduates are now eligible for a UK
High Potential Individual work visa, per a new policy from
the UK government
Graduates of the University
of Michigan-Ann Arbor are now
eligible for a UK work visa. The
United Kingdom’s government has
a policy allowing college graduates
to apply for a short-term visa to
work in the UK. Known as the High
Potential Individual Visa (HPI),
the policy states that any person
who graduated from a list of top
eligible universities within the past
five years is able to receive this visa
to reside in the UK for two years.
Those with doctoral qualifications
are eligible to reside for three years.
The cost is £715 or $904 to
apply for the visa, along with a
qualification
status
verification
fee and an immigration health
surcharge fee. The list of 50
ELI FRIEDMAN
Summer Managing News Editor
NIRALI PATEL
Summer News Editor
universities
that
received
qualification between November 1,
2021 and October 31, 2022 includes
the University of Michigan-Ann
Arbor. 20 out of 50 of the universities
listed are in the United States.
The UK government website
states that the HPI visa can
only be granted once, and other
qualifications
include
proof
of
English proficiency and personal
savings of at least £1270. A job offer
in the UK is not required to apply for
the visa and people are allowed to
bring dependents along with them.
This visa aims to recruit skilled
young workers from top universities
across the world to elevate Britain’s
workforce. Under the HPI visa,
international students will have
multiple routes to apply for settlement
or find employment in the UK.
Summer News Editor Nirali Patel
can be reached at nirpat@umich.edu.
not going on.”
Jain, who is vegetarian, said the
event had plenty of options for people
who did not want to eat meat. She said
that every restaurant offered at least
two vegetarian options.
Rackham
student
Mashiat
Rabbani said she appreciated the
opportunity to spend time with her
friends after a long period of limited
contact with them.
“We would just get takeout and eat
by ourselves, which is kind of sad,”
Rabbani said. “But now you can have
it with your friends and stuff, so I
think that’s pretty nice.”
Joseph
Ludwick,
the
general
manager for Real Seafood Co., said he
enjoys seeing the city come together
at the event.
“Watching everyone love each
other and be a part of this big
community is something that we
always appreciate,” Ludwick said.
Ludwich
agreed
with
other
vendors and attendees about what the
event means for the community.
“It shows hope,” Ludwick said.
“It shows that we were resistant.
We’re able to make it through hard
times, and with the support of our
community, we’re able to keep
pushing forward.”
Summer Managing News Editor Eli
Friedman can be contacted at elisf@
umich.edu.
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