For Release: November 24, 2003Media Contact: Chris Kochmanski (734/944-8705, chris@design-hub.com)DesignHub Creates Logo, Advertising, and Promotions for Pat’s PubSALINE, MI – DesignHub, a Saline-based strategic marketing communications firm, has been selected to provide marketing communications and graphic design services to Pat’s Pub, a new casual restaurant and neighborhood nightspot that opened earlier this month in downtown Saline. To date, DesignHub has designed the logo and signage for Pat’s Pub, developed the restaurant’s advertising and promotions, and handled publicity for its opening. Pat’s Pub is a joint venture of Patrick Little, a longtime Saline resident and civic leader, and Walter and Cindy MacNeil, owners and operators of Mac’s Acadian Seafood Shack, a Saline mainstay since 1996. The new restaurant is housed in Murphy’s Crossing, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Saline-Ann Arbor Road, downstairs from Mac’s Acadian Seafood Shack. Little describes Pat’s Pub as “a friendly, neighborhood place. We’ve modeled it after the countryside pubs of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and England. Our motto is: ‘You’re a stranger here but once.’ We’ll know we’ve succeeded when, after you’ve been here a couple of times, you can order ‘the usual’ and actually get what you expect.” Pat’s Pub serves traditional “pub grub,” including fish and chips, hamburgers, and popular sandwiches, side dishes, and desserts. Also on the menu is characteristic Celtic fare such as shepherd’s pie and corned beef and cabbage. Favorites from the Northeastern states and provinces, including New England steamed mussels and Nova Scotia haddock chowder, round out the menu. A full bar offers American, Canadian, and Irish beers, Australian wines, and an extensive selection of whiskeys. Little, a 28-year Saline resident, served as the city’s mayor from 1991 to 1996, and is currently a Saline City Council member. He is also one of the founders and the general chair of the Saline Celtic Festival, an annual event that attracted over 10,000 attendees in July 2003. The MacNeils have lived in Saline since 1989. Before opening Mac’s, Walter MacNeil worked in restaurant management for Mainstreet Ventures, whose Ann Arbor operations include The Real Seafood Company, Gratzi, Palio, The Chop House, and La Dolce Vita. Further information can be obtained by contacting Pat’s Pub at 734/944-5158. DesignHub works with companies and institutions to produce marketing plans, websites, corporate identity programs, brochures, annual reports, newsletters, advertising and public relations campaigns, direct mail, packaging designs, and exhibit signage. Principals of DesignHub include: Karen Ragland, business manager and chief account executive; Ted Chesky, creative director and chief graphic designer; and Chris Kochmanski, marketing strategist and chief copywriter. Ragland and Chesky founded DesignHub in November 1999. Kochmanski joined the firm as a partner in May 2002. In addition to the Pat’s Pub, DesignHub’s clients include the Bank of Washtenaw, Center for Automotive Research, Chelsea Community Hospital, Child Care Network, Cohousing Development Corp., Concordia University–Ann Arbor, Electrocon International Inc., Focus Software Inc., General Dynamics, Huron Valley Printing & Imaging, Ideation Inc., MapInfo-Thompson, McGilvra Engineering, NanoBio Corp., Picometrix Inc., Saline Celtic Festival, Saline Economic Development Corp., SignGraphix Inc., Thomas B. McMullen Co., the University of Michigan’s Congenital Heart Center, and others. Further information is available from DesignHub, 135 East Bennett, Suite 12, Saline, Mich. 48176. Phone: 734/944-8705. Fax: 734/944-8735. E-mail: info@design-hub.com. Online: www.design-hub.com. |
