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Inventor’s Shop Cafe

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TypeOrganization
Founded2008-01-01
Coordinates45.7573° N, 85.5634° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
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ErasModern era
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Founded
2008-01-01
Along road
Island Woods Road North
Coordinates
45.7573° N, 85.5634° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
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Summary

Inventor’s Shop Cafe was a business name recorded at 38905 Island Woods Road North on Beaver Island. A 2008 Charlevoix Courier assumed-name notice lists Richard Ray Denny as the registrant.

The filing establishes the road address and name but supplies no fuller business history, exact building description, or operating dates.

Open questions

  • What did the cafe serve, and when did it operate?
  • Was the registered address the cafe’s storefront?
  • Can directories, advertisements, or photographs document it?

Sources

  1. Charlevoix Courier, 2008, assumed-names notice.
    Lists Inventor’s Shop Cafe at 38905 Island Woods Road North, Beaver Island, by Richard Ray Denny. The filing does not describe the menu, storefront, operating dates, or ownership beyond the registrant. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie2008unse
  2. Address-level point used for the assumed-name filing; the map result locates the reported address, not a separate cafe storefront or proof of continuing operation.

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Inventor’s Shop Cafe”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/inventors-shop-cafe/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Courier, 2008, assumed-names notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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