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 Bakery Outlet is slated to open in early May in the business park off Airport Blvd. and W. Ellsworth Rd.
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Mackenzie Schuch calls her secondhand boutique, Nuuyuu Collective, “a modern version of consignment.”
Read MoreMisty Handmade Boutique & Crystals, a consigner of handcrafted wares from local artisans, has closed after one year. Aroma Indian Cuisine recently closed after three years.
Read MoreThe eastside HomeGoods is moving from its longtime spot in Carpenter Plaza to Arborland Center, where it will occupy half of the space that Bed Bath & Beyond vacated early last year. The other half of the space will be a smaller “prototype” Marshalls, which will move from its own larger space at Arborland some time this summer.
Read MoreDollar Tree has struggled to assimilate former rival Family Dollar, which it purchased in 2015. Reporting a $1.71 billion loss in the most recent quarter, the company announced plans to close nearly 1,000 stores. But the “optimization” isn’t all one-way: The Virginia-based chain recently opened its third Ann Arbor store.
Read MoreAfter closing in January, Wicked Mary’s Chicken has re-emerged following Brian Strauss’s sale of the business.
Read MoreWashtenaw County’s only fully Black- and woman-owned cannabis dispensary has reopened its Packard St. storefront, which closed since last summer after difficulties resulting in ongoing litigation with a previous management company.
Read MoreA 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...
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Within days of the occupancy permit being granted for the long-delayed second Beekman on Broadway...
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In December, assistant city administrator John Fournier presented city council with the staff’s...
Read MoreDos 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 MoreAfter an absence of several decades, Dunkin’ is returning to Ann Arbor with a double play, as it completes sequential build-outs in two vintage corner storefronts downtown. Long known as Dunkin’ Donuts, it shortened its name in...
Read MoreCrepe Nation has permanently closed its fast-casual eatery on Jackson Rd. in Scio Twp., according to Steve Angerman, landlord for the multi-tenant building anchored by Fleet Feet. It had moved there last May from a smaller spot...
Read MoreFeng 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 MoreGo! Calendars, Games & Toys, which previously sold its calendars outside Macy’s on a pop-up basis, now has a roomy storefront of its own with a full product line geared toward gift shoppers. The private company based in...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreGlasses and voices were raised one last time on February 6 at The Original Cottage Inn, as the U-M Men’s Glee Club bid a melodic farewell to their longtime gathering spot. “It was all impromptu,” says Jim Michos, one of three...
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As college students return from spring break early in March, they’ll find a new campus-area food...
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An “experiential” upscale grocer is the first confirmed tenant for the retail and residential...
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