A new restaurant on S. Main sounds like a not-so-subtle imperative: Eat Thai Ann Arbor. The name was chosen to be simple, but the story of its chef and owner, Teerawat Pho-On, is anything but.
The Zillow listings seem too good to be true: A 2-bed, 2-bath, 800-square-foot house on S. Maple for $125,000. A 3-bed, 3-bath 1,372-square-foot townhome on S. Wagner for $225,000. A 3-bed, 2-bath, 1,232-square-foot home on Jewett for $325,000.
Taq, the taco-based eatery, moved two doors down and more than quadrupled its seating capacity.
Steven Kovanda makes authentic, New York–style bagels in Washtenaw County.
Cinnaholic, Graham’s Upscale Liquidation Store, Gilbert Chocolates, Noodles & Co., GameStop, and Torrid all close.
A new brewery slated for the former Wolverine State Brewing Co., new concepts for Lo-Fi and Carson's, and L.L. Bean at Briarwood.
Boot Barn—the nation’s largest retailer of Western-related footwear, apparel, and accessories—comes to Arborland.
Sareka Unique has expanded from artwork in once-vacant Briarwood storefronts to a storefront of her own.
Bing Wu emigrated from China as a teen and recently moved from the San Francisco Bay area to launch a full-service restaurant in Chalmers Place on Washtenaw Ave.
Located on the Old West Side, a classic 1920s workman’s cottage, which sold for $535,000, is part of a distinctive neighborhood project.
Read MoreIt’s been more than six years since Papa Johns closed its last Ann Arbor store. It ranks fourth among pizza chains in U.S. locations, but stores on W. Stadium, E. Huron St., and Plymouth Rd. are all long gone.
Read MoreThe aptly named Makeshift Gallery will punctuate its three-year run with an open house party on December 28, its last day at 407 E. Liberty.
Read MoreYou build me up: This month saw an unusual number of sales—at least five—of homes that were either rebuilt or so substantially renovated as to qualify as new construction.
Read MoreLuxury car dealership Mercedes-Benz of Ann Arbor has completed its short-distance move from Auto Mall Dr. to a newly redeveloped site on Jackson Rd. in Scio Township.
Read MoreJ&S Jewelers offers gold, silver, diamonds, and other gemstones in all their fine forms, polyester is pervasive at Just Cozy, Sip Coffee Cafe is now in business, and Hollister Co. is back in Briarwood after a twelve-year absence.
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The Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation 2025 Washtenaw County Housing Study revealed what Ann Arbor’s working class has long known: if you make less than $50,000, you can’t afford to live here.
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Since her last job as a marketing executive a year ago, Joyce Mueller has been working as a part-time team member at Chick-fil-A in Taylor, she says, “because anything I ask my team to do—clean the bathrooms, fry the chicken, clean up, whatever—I want to say I’ve absolutely done that. I know how to do it. I’m not above doing it. I’m good with anything. I like to get my hands dirty.”
Read MoreFeaturing candy, chips, cookies, drinks, and frozen treats from forty different countries, Exotic Snack Guys “became famous from TikTok,” according to Felisha Madison, manager of their Briarwood Mall outpost.
Read MoreBori Korean Kitchen & Bar General Manager Chyna Blu says the reimagined second-floor space above Jolly Pumpkin provides a “very casual, laid-back atmosphere, but the food that you get feels like it’s fine dining.”
It’s a partnership between Mission Restaurant Group and the family of Korean-born chef James Park of Ann Arbor. Blu, who manages both Bori and Jolly Pumpkin, says Park dreamed of featuring his traditional cuisine in his adopted hometown, and Mission’s Jon Carlson “was someone to help make that dream come true.”
Read MoreThe first tangible sign of the major Arbor South redevelopment is apparent with the recent closure of the Shell gas station at S. State and E. Eisenhower. Its neighboring business, the Mediterranean takeout joint Shawarma Shop, has been invited into a bigger space nearby, the lobby of the 777 Building.
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