Market Inflation
Grocery prices have climbed 25 percent since the beginning of the pandemic, and farmers like Robertello aren’t immune.
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Dine
GMA Doughnuts
On July 3, hundreds of people thronged the intersection of S. Ashley and W. Liberty to watch a live segment from Good Morning America. But only one local business had a presence in GMA’s studio back in New York City.
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Moon Winks Adds a Tavern
the latest owners of the longstanding Moon Winks Café have expanded into full-service dinner and drinks with Moon Winks Tavern. The new adjacent tavern features Cox and McCardell’s own handiwork, including a twelve-seat bar planed from live edge slabs of honey locust.
Read MoreArbor Brewing Buys the Session Room
Adding about eighteen of the company’s beers to the lengthy tap list will be the biggest change at the rechristened Arbor Brewing Company Session Room.
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A Mom and Pop Boba Shop
Megan and Aaron Stevens have turned a shared bubble-tea passion into a mom-and-pop shop with their own recipes.
Read MoreIggy’s Eggies Opens
The core offering is a build-your-own egg sandwich starting at $3.75, with a runny yolk and a zippy mustard-based signature sauce.
Read MoreHanJan Pocha House Brings Korean Fare to Former Miki Location
Their new concept is inspired by the Korean street food-and-drink tents and carts called pochas.
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Ji Hye Kim
On a pleasant Tuesday night in late April, the dining room at Miss Kim filled up not once, but twice.
Read MoreGoodlyfe Smoothie Arrives
Brothers Naz and Pulla Algehaim recently opened Goodlyfe Smoothie in Arbor Square Plaza at Carpenter and Ellsworth. It’s their fourth fast-casual eatery, following others in Belleville, Canton, and Clarkston.
Read MoreHow DiBella’s Made a Fire an Opportunity
Exactly twenty-two years after its original launch in Cranbrook Village—the owners’ first venture outside of New York state—DiBella’s Subs reopened on May 15, twenty-five months after a fire at a neighboring business under construction forced a total rebuild.
Read MoreThe Un-Retirement of Ann Lin
Korner Kitchen opened quietly in March, offering an evolving range of dishes from across Asia to Ann Lin’s diverse clientele.
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Pita Way’s Big Ambitions
Based in Waterford Township, Pita Way now has twenty-nine locations (all but three in Michigan) and aims to grow to 100 in three years. On May 13, it opened its first Ann Arbor location, at Jackson and Zeeb in an out-lot fronting Meijer. In June, they’ll unveil their remake of the former NeoPapalis space on the ground floor of Z West at the corner of William and Thompson streets downtown.
Read MoreGran Maya Brings Mexican Flair to a Former Big Boy
The new Gran Maya Mexican Restaurant in Scio Twp. is already seeing repeat customers, according to co-owner Nancy Castro.
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Coffee at Foundry Lofts
One visit to the former Wolverine Sushi on E. Huron convinced coffee entrepreneur Josh Langenheim to expand out of the Youngstown, Ohio area for the first time. He’s since spent 2,100 hours personally attending to the build-out of his coffee and cocktail bar StoneFruit Social.
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Bill Knapp’s Lands in Airport Plaza
Bill Knapp’s Bakery Outlet is slated to open in early May in the business park off Airport Blvd. and W. Ellsworth Rd.
Read MoreWicked Mary’s Close-Mouthed Reboot
After closing in January, Wicked Mary’s Chicken has re-emerged following Brian Strauss’s sale of the business.
Read MoreMarketplace Changes & Closings, Apr. 2024
A friend was eager to tag along for a trip to Ross Dress for Less, which opened March 9 in the Oak Valley Centre plaza anchored by Target. In the fifteen minutes it took me to track down and talk with supervisory staff, she...
Read MoreMore Brothers
Dos Hermanos—Spanish for “two brothers”—is a familiar name in Ypsilanti, where Reyes and Nicolas Arreola run a bustling Mexican supermarket on W. Michigan Ave. and recently added a restaurant a few doors down in the former Abe’s...
Read MoreLai Lai Reopens
Feng Ye has reopened Lai Lai, his Chinese restaurant in the Arbor Square Plaza at Carpenter and Ellsworth, after rebuilding from a January 2023 kitchen fire that he says caused about $100,000 in losses. From his freshly...
Read MoreBase Camp Opens on Jackson Rd.
A mountainscape mural and symbolic wall paintings commissioned from Tibetan Buddhist monk artisans adorn Base Camp Restaurant in the former Fresh Forage in Scio Twp. Like the name, they reference owner Tasi Sherpa’s first career...
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