ABOUT KEJARA'S BRIDGE, INC.
Opened in 1997 by Christen and Sarah Landry, Kejara’s Bridge is a unique restaurant offering delicious, healthy breakfasts and lunches. Or maybe it is a coffeehouse. Deli. Art gallery. Live music venue. Meeting place. Library branch. Community center. Kejara’s is all of these things, and has always offered a menu based on fresh, organic ingredients.

HOURS
Kejara’s Bridge is open from 7a.m. to 3 p.m. daily (closed Mondays and Tuesdays in the winter), and features live music once or twice a month on a Saturday evening.

MENU
Our menu focuses on fresh and organic ingredients, with delicious yet unusual flavors in each item. For breakfast, twelve offerings range from the crowd-pleasing Sassy Scram to the famous Bridge Bagel to the most amazing French Toast. The broad lunch menu ranges from Rah’s Tuna to Avocado & Turkey Salad, to THE best Veggie Burger in the whole world (our own recipe). Organic green salads and Kejara’s own homemade baked goods round out the current food items. Kejara’s also offers delicious coffee and cappuccino drinks, plus more than ten teas to please every palate. Wonderful treats from Kejara’s for any time of day: Fresh squeezed orange juice and lemonade, ginger peach ice tea, and the most incredible fruit smoothies. Oh, and don’t forget the incredible brownies!

ART
The walls at Kejara’s Bridge are almost always covered with exceptional artwork - you’ll only find them bare for a day or two between shows. Typically featuring a different artist each month, Kejara’s routinely hosts openings for the new show. We’re delighted to be consistently scheduled a year in advance, and periodically we are pleased to bring in artists from other areas of the country. But we are especially proud to support local artists, and have featured Bruce Unwin, Dan Lisuk, Dylan McConnell, Carl Ganter, Char Bickell, and Christen and Sarah Landry in the gallery. The brilliant, ever-changing art helps to make Kejara’s atmosphere warm and inviting even in the midst of winter.

MUSIC
Kejara’s Bridge brings in live music periodically. Our coffeehouse environment is attractive to entertainers who like to create a close relationship with the audience. Kejara’s has presented numerous musicians, including Joel Mabus, Annie Gallup, Peita Brown, Brookes Williams, John Rutherford, Josh White Jr., Taieda, Garnet Rogers, Ray Kamalay, and Bill Staines. Because of the intimate setting of the room, nearly every show sells out. Call us to find out what’s on the schedule.
Kejara’s also has live music every Sunday from 10-2, featuring a rotating roster of local musicians. The live music in our restaurant creates an extraordinary ambience for eating wonderful food and sharing a great space.

GARDEN
Three years ago, Tracy Brookfield, an English gardener who happened to live across the street from Kejara’s Bridge, approached Sarah and Christen about the open space next to the restaurant. He had been looking at the space for a year and had come up with some great ideas for it. Today, in the green seasons, the garden’s beautiful flowers, trees and art create a peaceful and inviting outside seating area.

PATIO



In addition to the garden, Kejara’s has a brick patio in the ‘front yard’ for see-and-be-seen outdoor seating. The patio is surrounded with beautiful trees and covered by a trellis that sports a screen to help protect customers from the sun that seems always to shine on Kejara’s Bridge.

THE REDHEADS

Over time, many customers have remarked that they would love to get their favorite Kejara’s foods from nearby grocery stores – particularly those customers who drive 30 or 40 or 50 miles exclusively to eat here. So Kejara’s Bridge offers some of our toppings & batters ‘in bulk’ from the restaurant. With just this much encouragement, in late 2003, Kejara’s founders branched out from the restaurant and started “The Redheads” product line, packaging up a few of our favorite recipes. We’ve been elated with the local stores’ reception of our products. And we’ve been humbled by the amazing support of our customers and community.
We have not forgotten our out-of-town customers who have told us they’d love to be able to buy The Redheads products in their hometowns. Keep an eye open at your local specialty, gourmet, and upscale grocery stores for our products. Our goal is for our made-from-scratch foods to be available all over the state of Michigan this year.
Next year…

ABOUT US
Kejara’s Bridge is owned and operated by Christen and Sarah Landry. We grew up in this area, and like many of our friends, after high school we moved away for college. Christen dualed in business administration and fine arts, and Sarah took her degree in communications. Christen moved to Colorado after graduating, where she painted, skied, hiked and waited tables. Meanwhile, Sarah spent time in Ireland, played in bands, worked in local television, and waited tables. Eventually, the lure of Leelanau County recaptured both of us. Christen had long dreamed of opening an art gallery or coffee shop, and Sarah was ready to jump into building a place that offered vegan foods that both preferred.
Our original concept, a natural foods deli/coffeehouse/art gallery, sounded complicated but was the best way we could describe our goal. We both loved the pubs of Ireland and wanted to recreate some of that atmosphere, while adding our own style to the mix. As our styles change, we make changes to Kejara’s Bridge, so it stays fresh to us – and if you haven’t been in for awhile, better check out what’s new since the last time you came in.
We like to eat flavorful food, and we’ve both worked in restaurants since we were very young. Since neither of us had professional culinary training, we’ve each spent many long hours learning what flavors work together, and how to prepare foods so that all the flavors come through. We’ve had several years to refine our food knowledge – and we have to say “Thank you” to our patient customers for bearing with our mistakes. Today, we’re delighted to have Customers who rave about Kejara’s many wonderful, creative, and healthy, tasty menu items. Bursting with complex flavors and packed with goodness, we are proud to offer foods that you can feel good about eating!

Old Irish Myth about the name- Kejara’s Bridge
Kejara and his daughter lived in Ireland years ago. They decided to bless their troubled country out under the stars on the sea one evening. As they got out unto the sea, a storm blew in and capsized the boat. The bow and the stern of boat formed a bridge from the mainland of Ireland, to an island off of Ireland. Kejara and his daughter were washed upon the shore of the island and declared a different way of living. We have adopted the idea by composting, recycling, and being invested in our community and its needs. We support the arts and music.