Captain's ön Main

09/07/2026

Captain’s Employee Benefits: unlimited access to pizza 🍕, a concerning amount of caffeine ☕️ & the occasional medieval field trip. ⚔️🛡️

From 60+ hours without power to frolicking around the Michigan Renaissance Festival . It was a well earned day of shenanigans. HUZZAH TO THE CAPTAIN’S CREW!

09/05/2026

And can you believe it?? Somehow, in the middle of a nearly 66 HOUR long power outage, losing our refrigerated inventory, and heading to a private event space that was ALSO without power… we still managed to pull off our scheduled Captain’s food truck event tonight! 🚚🍕

When you book a private Captain’s food truck event, please know, we will do everything in our power (even when we literally have none 😅) to make it happen, no matter what gets thrown our way.

And a HUGE thank you to our crew for rolling with absolutely everything that came our way and helping us make it happen. We couldn’t have pulled this one off without you guys.

Another little bright spot in an otherwise pretty powerless few days. 💛

09/05/2026

THE POWER IS BACK! 💡⚡️🙌💛

Apparently all DTE needed was for me to finally finish my very official, very professionally handwritten door signage. 😅 I drew the little heart at the bottom and click, the power came back on.

𝗪𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵!

Our earliest food delivery arrives Tuesday, and after losing our inventory (except for our freezer items!!), we’re essentially starting from scratch. Between now and Wednesday, we’ll be documenting losses, cleaning, restocking & prepping to reopen.

Tomorrow, we’re keeping our previously planned crew day at the Michigan Renaissance Festival. ⚔️ 🛡️ Our team made this our best summer yet, and we’re not letting this week take away our chance to celebrate them. 🫶

SEE YOU SOON!!! Thank you all SO much for the love & support!

09/05/2026

The generosity just keeps coming. 🫶 Our buddy Mark from Electric Ramen was ready to have our backs with freezer space if we needed it, then hooked us up with dinner last night, too. Thank you, Mark. We appreciate you so much.

And a huge thank you to all our fellow local and downtown businesses who have reached out offering freezer space, help, and anything else we might need. We love you guys. This community is something special. ❤️

As of 1:00 PM on Saturday, September 5th, we are still CLOSED and without power.

09/04/2026

THANK YOU Cooper & Binkley Jewelers!! 💛

As you may know, many of our Downtown Brighton business neighbors are still without power. This is really tough on small businesses, especially the food service businesses. We thought we would suggest a way to help them by purchasing gift cards. Whether you use them later, or never use them, it will give them some cash to help replace what they are losing. We have found online purchase options for the following:

Captain's ön Main
https://order.toasttab.com/online/captains-on-main-423-west-main-street

Brighton Bar & Grill
https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/brighton-bar-grill-400-west-main-street

Bourbons
https://bourbonsmi.com/

Brighton Coffeehouse and Theater
https://www.brightoncoffeehouse.com/store/p/gift-card-1

We didn't find any online gift cards for Culture B**r and Cheese or Great Harvest Bread Co. Brighton (Great Harvest looked like it was just a corporate gift card), but we know these folks would also love your support.

Thank you ❤

09/04/2026

A little bright spot in an otherwise powerless couple of days. 💡⚡️💛

Even though we’re still without power, our regular pastry order from Crust - a baking company was waiting for us this morning. Since we couldn’t put those goodies to use, we knew exactly where they should go, to our friends at the Brighton Area Fire Authority, who have spent the last few stormy days taking care of our community while running on very little sleep themselves. Truly the best of the best.

We also want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has checked on us, offered help, freezer space, generators, simply asked “What do you need?” and everything in between. We now have a plan in place for our freezer items, so we’re okay there but the overwhelming amount of people willing to have our backs has made us a little emotional. 🥹

We’re so lucky to call Downtown Brighton home. Thanks for caring so much about our little spot on Main. We love you lots. 🫶

-The Captain Nick & Lauren

09/04/2026

A little honesty about where we’re at tonight… 🫶

We try to keep things positive around here (Good Vibes & Pies and all!) but sometimes it feels important to share the hard moments too. Tonight, we’re exhausted, frustrated, and honestly feeling a little defeated.

We’ve been at Captain’s for over 24 hours rotating our fridges on a small generator, doing everything we could to save what we could. Nick has been up since 8am Wednesday, Lauren is running on about two hours of sleep, and DTE only JUST updated our estimated restoration to “Friday, September 4.”

And because apparently a power outage wasn’t enough… we’ve also dealt with patio damage twice, flooding through all three rounds of storms, and a tornado warning that sent us running to the best neighbors ever at Great Harvest Bread Co. Brighton for cover. 😅Thankfully, we’ve had some of the BEST help from our Captain’s family keeping us going (and sane) through all of it. ❤️

We told ourselves we’d give it until midnight, but at this point, we have to throw in the towel and say goodbye to the food we worked so hard to save. (Still hope! If power comes back soon we may still be able to save it.🤞)

We know we’re just one of MANY homes and businesses dealing with the same mess right now. We simply wanted to give our loyal customers a glimpse behind the scenes and explain why, even once the power returns, our doors may stay closed a little longer while we clean, restock, prep, and rebuild.

THANK YOU for your patience, understanding, and continued support. We’ll keep you updated on reopening plans as things change. 🫶🍕

08/31/2026

Ready or not, PUMPKIN SPICE is HERE at Captain’s. 🎃☕🍂🍁 And it didn’t come alone!

The rest of our fall specials are officially making their seasonal debut too.

Summer, we love you…but apparently it’s time.

08/25/2026

Dolly on full blast 🎶🫶
We’re here at The Quarry for Sunset & Chill tonight!

08/09/2026

Join the Captain’s Crew! ☕️🍕🍻 Click the link below to learn more and to receive our full application. ⬇️

https://captainsmi.com/page/join-the-crew

At Captain's, you're joining a crew that's passionate about community, good vibes, and creating memorable experiences.

As a locally owned small business, we're proud to call Downtown Brighton home. We love giving back and getting involved in our community, celebrating Michigan-made products, going all in on every festival theme, season, and celebration, and creating a place where both our guests and crew feel genuinely welcome and at home.

Whether you're crafting espresso drinks, serving behind the bar, firing wood-fired pizzas, leading a shift, working our food truck, or bringing the energy to Downtown Brighton's Main Street festivals, every role helps bring our mission to life!



Captain’s ön Main
Espresso Bar • Pizzeria • MI Spirits
423 W. Main St, Brighton, MI