Nestled in the heart of Kerrytown, Miss Kim’s unique menu features a variety of staple Korean food with some American influence, reflecting restaurant owner Ji Hye Kim’s journey from South Korea to Ann Arbor. Since the brick-and-mortar restaurant opened in 2016, Miss Kim — a member of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses — has become an Ann Arbor classic and expanded this year to open Little Kim , a vegetarian fast-casual restaurant.

Born and raised in Korea and later moving to New Jersey, Kim’s story in Ann Arbor began when she was an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan in the class of 2002. Kim said upon graduating, she returned to New Jersey to work in accounting. A few years later, she found herself back in Ann Arbor running a food cart at Mark’s Cart , a down

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