Adam Lowenstein - Ann Arbor

Adam Lowenstein is an Ann Arbor entrepreneur whose businesses include Big Ten Burrito, Good Time Charley's, BTB Cantina, The Alley Bar, The Last Word and Live.

Adam Lowenstein (LinkedIn profile picture)

In 2015, Lowenstein and Rishi Narayan helped launch the AFC (Associate Football Club) Ann Arbor, a semi-pro soccer team in the Great Lakes Premier League.

In 2012 at age 29, Lowenstein was named as one of the Twenty in Their 20s by Crain's Detroit Business.

Timeline

2015: Helps launch AFC (Associate Football Club) Ann Arbor, a semi-pro soccer team in the Great Lakes Premier League.

January 2012: Opens a 5,000-square-foot dance club called Live on South First Street and a craft-cocktail lounge in the basement called The Last Word.

2010: Buys Alley Bar at 112. W. Liberty.

2008: Opens BTB Cantina above Good Time Charley’s on South University Ave. Also launches BTB Partybus.

2007: Buys Good Time Charley’s on South University Avenue.

2006: Earns undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in English and film & video studies.

2004: Opens Big Ten Burrito (BTB) on South State Street, with business partner Justin Herrick.

2000: Moves to Ann Arbor.

In the news

Sports on the side: Adam Lowenstein boosts Ann Arbor restaurant portfolio, launches soccer team – Crain's Detroit Business, May 15, 2015

Adam Lowenstein (left) and Rishi Narayan (blue polo shirt) working concessions at the May 1 inaugural AFC Ann Arbor game at Pioneer High School's Holloway Field.