History

Power to the People…Menna’s Joint!

Pulling from his vast knowledge of gastric satisfaction and realizing that the sweet days of Woodstock were far behind him, Dub Mon figured the next best thing to hungry rockers would be hungry college students! That’s when he hatched a plan to bring Menna’s Joints to the world of academia and, perhaps, even enjoy some intellectually stimulating conversation with a college coed or two along the way.

His first homage to the great Dub opened in 2003 on the outskirts of the Michigan State University campus, on Hagadorn Road. It was a modest 1,400 square-foot space set in a strip mall near the westerly dorms. The Dub Mon’s instincts proved to be right-on as college students, like the hippies at Woodstock, endlessly streamed in to fill their empty bellies with the savory flavors of the “DUB.”

A mere two years later, with the ever increasing popularity of the “DUB,” Dub Mon opened a second location on Albert Avenue in Downtown East Lansing, where Michigan State University students spend their evenings expanding their minds in ways they just can’t do amid the sterile cinderblock walls of classrooms. Yes, Dub Mon knew that after a long day of study and an even longer night of spirits, students would seek comfort food. At about $6 a DUB, they found Obscenely Delicious and Wildly Addictive fare at a price coeds could afford. More than twice the size of the first store, the Albert Avenue store has since become the Menna’s Joint flagship.

Something as delicious and affordable as the “DUB” would not, of course, go unnoticed by college students throughout Michigan. Before long, students across the state were taking to the streets and shouting from the rooftops, “DUB MON, DUB MON!”

Heeding the call, and a bit teary-eyed at the memories evoked from those same words years ago, the Dub Mon knew what he had to do. In 2006, he brought Menna’s Joint to the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and then to Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant.

You can be assured The Dub Mon will be bringing a Menna’s Joint to a college town near you.