Fat Daddy’s Hot Chicken & Waffles brought its over-the-top Nashville-style comfort food to Ann Arbor in October, and it’s already the top-grossing of its three locations. The playful, youth-oriented brand is the brainchild...
Read MoreStudents lined up in advance on opening day at Sweetgreen, a fast-casual restaurant chain focused on salads. Corporate spokesperson Grace Demeritt thinks it’s a sign of the brand’s surging popularity—and also possibly the impact...
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Andrea Jones went from auto parts to all in on cakes. It started in 2016, when she was flying back...
Read MoreMadras Masala was in its twentieth year as a full-service Indian restaurant with a popular lunch buffet. Vape City had shared its Maynard St. building for fewer than two years when both businesses went up in smoke the morning of...
Read MoreAn independent pizza and sub shop has replaced a recently closed Little Caesars in the Plymouth Road Mall. Fred Ansari opened La Piazza Pizza & Subs on January 9 with hot pepperoni slices at the ready, even as some kitchen...
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A Mexican family restaurant opened in August on Carpenter near Packard, in a newly refurbished stand-alone building once home to a Pizza Hut. El Tapatio Taqueria y Restaurante has a full menu of lunch and dinner favorites for...
Read MoreEverything’s on clearance and all sales are final at Bed Bath & Beyond, as the once-mighty home furnishings chain prepares to bow out of Arborland. The troubled retailer announced in August that it would be closing about 150...
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Busy people in charge of feeding themselves, which is most of them, generally seek to maximize...
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Northern Chinese street food has hit N. Main St. in the form of the steamed, stuffed buns known as...
Read MoreAnn Arbor is serving up delightful culinary experiences this February. Whether you’re looking for a chef’s tasting, quick lunch, or takeout to enjoy Valentine’s Day at home, we have you covered. Below is a sampling of local...
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Sometimes projects start to bear fruit even before completion. So it is with Ali Hijazi’s El...
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Plagued by post-pandemic staffing shortages, Palm Palace has found an oddball solution that might...
Read MoreWhen U-M oncology researcher Swaroop Bhojani opened Hut-K Chaats in 2011, it was a fresh, innovative addition to Ann Arbor’s menu of both Indian and healthy vegetarian restaurant options. The personal authenticity of Bhojani’s...
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Cheng and Zhaojian Li were both air traffic controllers at the Shanghai Area Control Center before...
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When the global pandemic shut down Lisa McDonald’s TeaHaus along with so many other small cafés...
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An hour with Ann Stevenson and Curt Catallo in the open lounge of their newest restaurant, Union...
Read MorePriding itself on freshness and worker-friendliness, the fast-growing First Watch chain of breakfast/brunch/lunch restaurants opened in October in the Village Centre at Oak Valley Dr. and Ann Arbor–Saline Rd. It occupies the...
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A small Korean chicken franchise has launched a take-out on student-heavy South U., bringing home...
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While the Covid-19 pandemic curtailed indoor dining and music at Detroit Street Filling Station,...
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At 10 a.m. on Sept. 17, a crowd gathered near the southeast corner of Main and Liberty to...
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