The morning of December 5, Acadia Mercer knew something was wrong when her longtime boss and friend, Terry Lahner, didn’t show up to run the grill at Izzy’s Hoagie Shop. The duo formed the core of the westside lunch spot, which...
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Amber Wardia built her business, Enchanted Oven, the same way she bakes her sweets and healthier...
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“We didn’t say a word to anybody. We just quietly lit the oven and started baking pizzas.” Veteran...
Read MoreLast month’s Marketplace Changes featured Min Kyu Kim, the young restaurantrepreneur (to coin a portmanteau) who’d just opened his ninth Kimchi Box fast-casual eatery on Plymouth Rd. He hasn’t dropped his dream of expanding...
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“I am from the jungle of Peru,” Betty Shuell shares with a ready smile. She now brings the...
Read More“Everything is just pure food” at Blue Whale Cafe, says owner Christy Kaledas, who has filled out the all-vegetarian menu at the Lamp Post Plaza storefront formerly known as The Thrivery. Kaledas had co-owned and managed the...
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I opened the Fleetwood Diner on January 6, 1972, at 11 p.m. The late start was to catch people...
Read MoreGopal Ramanujam is turning one burnt restaurant into two new ones. It brings to mind Nietzsche’s admittedly overused aphorism, “what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.” On January 20, the owner of Madras Masala was expecting a...
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During the pandemic, Min Kyu Kim saw a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to get back into the...
Read MoreThe former Wendy’s at 1655 Plymouth Rd. in the parking lot of the Courtyard Shops was built in 1987 and has stood vacant since 2019. But not everyone is happy that it will be replaced next year by a new Taco Bell. Ann Arbor is...
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What would you get if you combined elements of Ann Arbor’s highest-ranked restaurant on Trip...
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Few local businesses have lasted as long—or engendered as much fond sentiment—as Angelo’s, the...
Read MoreThey grew up on opposite sides of the African continent and met working at a Virginia Hardee’s, where Muhammad “Maxi” Mackalo was manager, and Njira Lugogo cooked the chicken. A few decades later, Lugogo appreciates the irony...
Read MoreWithout any advertising or even a permanent sign, Aloha Hawaiian BBQ seemed to be attracting a following in its early weeks, if online reviews are any indication. The independent counter-service restaurant with several booths...
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Deep-pan pizza into the wee hours might just be the recipe for success at a downtown location...
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From ancestral farmland in Yemen to a refreshed space in a Packard St. strip mall, Socotra Coffee...
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“I guess I wasn’t done wanting to open a restaurant in this town,” says Brad Greenhill, the...
Read More24th Cheesecakerie has moved to the far side of Briarwood mall, giving a three-generation partnership a dedicated kitchen it’s using to expand its offerings. The four-year-old business had a smaller shop in the mall’s food...
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From cornhole leagues to corporate events, craft cocktails, and cauliflower enchiladas, the plans...
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