Nearly every day, Lucky’s Market hosts what could be the happiest happy hour in town. Bubba, Luis, Thomas, and Jose are just some of the regulars who were happy to explain the nightly drill. To a first-timer, it feels like...
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Every year, my brother’s neighbor plants a substantial garden–mostly rows of...
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After a couple acquaintances commented enthusiastically about One Bowl Asian Cuisine, it seemed...
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Walking across the barren expanse of parking lot at the northern end of Oak Valley Centre into...
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You can learn a lot about food from various cultures in the Ann Arbor-Ypsi-Detroit continuum. For...
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On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, I took my home-for-the-holidays son and his vegetarian...
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I had my eye on First Bite from the time it took over the space on S. Main that had been the...
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After reading that Bruegger’s was throwing out unsold bagels at closing time (Up Front, August), a resident of Lurie Terrace “came to us and said ‘You’ve got to get hold of Bruegger’s!,'” says...
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Vedge Cafe celebrates its first birthday next month. Located on N. Main St.–a menu graphic...
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Imagine that, whenever you were feeling a bit peckish, you could drop in to your neighbor’s...
Read MoreFor sixty-odd years my husband’s parents vacationed on Walloon Lake near Boyne City, and they owned a cottage there for forty. But a year ago they both died, and there isn’t sufficient will or desire among their five...
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In the six years it was open, I might have been in Cafe Ollie once. With front windows too high to...
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Homegrown eating and drinking establishments generally emanate from the enthusiasms of their...
Read MoreIn early July, the big white wooden sign was still in front of the Makielski Berry Farm on Platt Rd., advertising U-pick raspberries from early August through November 1. But by then, ninety-year-old owner Ed Makielski had...
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A few roadblocks emerged before I even set foot in the new Rappourt Brew & Chew, an evolution...
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When I was a kid, our family ate out only two or three times a year–my parents...
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