Ann Arbor cafe owner launches effort to revive small businesses lost to pandemic Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor Published: Updated: Tags: David Lin, former CEO of Espresso Royale, stands outside one of the cafe's closed Ann Arbor locations at 1101 S. University Ave. on April 26, 2021. (Meredith Bruckner) ANN ARBOR – One of the most heartbreaking aspects of covering this pandemic has been hearing from local business owners how sales have plummeted in a college town that is usually bustling with shoppers. David Lin closed two of his businesses in Ann Arbor in the spring of last year because of a sharp decline in sales. The owner of Bubble Island and the CEO of the Midwest coffee chain Espresso Royale, Lin said he saw business change overnight.