woodchips bbq

Social district drinking is coming to downtown Lapeer. The city is designating a one block area (Fox Street Mall to Cedar Street) for outdoor drinking. Patrons can visit four downtown restaurants and enjoy their cocktails is this common area...

This is way cool, considering the fact that restaurants have suffered financially for the past 11 months.
A Lapeer East graduate and Woodchips BBQ owner Patrick Hingst, paid off lunch balances for Lapeer Community school students...

"At the end of the day, we had to figure out what we can do to take care of our team."

The owner wants to "break the cycle" and inspire others to give during the holidays.