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Drew Saunders

Drew Saunders is a freelance business and environmental journalist who grew up bouncing between Whitmore Lake and Ann Arbor. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Eastern Michigan University, he got his Master of Science from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He received an award for environmental journalism from the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2025 for a story entitled “Detroit Underwater.”

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M-36 Coffee Roasters co-owner Ken Pargulski at their Whitmore Lake headquarters.

Whitmore Lake’s M-36 coffee roastery carries on legacy of Ann Arbor’s Espresso Royale coffee shops

By Drew Saunders

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Arts and Culture

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January 29, 2025

M-36 rose from Espresso Royale's ashes, resulting in the reopening of a former Espresso Royale location in Ann Arbor and the creation of a roastery that serves numerous other businesses.