On Broadway
Johnnie Rush Jr. closed his corner barber shop and retired after forty-five years working out of...
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Marketplace
Christina’s Opens, and Mickey’s is Reborn in Saline.
“My husband came home like at two o’clock in the morning,” Christina Springer recalls from early...
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Marketplace Changes in Dexter.
Do-it-yourself home decorators will discover finished and refinished handiwork, along with...
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New Life on Main St. in Chelsea
The former Vogel’s and Foster’s clothing store on S. Main in Chelsea is now home to two retailers...
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The Pink House on Henry St.
What they thought as newlyweds would be their starter house—a charming pastel-pink Victorian with...
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Mike and Caryl Burke
Mike and Caryl Burke met in a U-M physics class in 1971. Sparks flew, and they were married at...
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Susan and Palmer Morrel-Samuels
“It’s the kind of neighborhood that draws people out,” Susan Morrel-Samuels says over coffee in...
Read MoreMarketplace Closings | October 2022
Julia Goulet is closing Late Bird Boutique, the women’s clothing store she launched in 2019, at the end of October and says she’ll offer heavy discounts on her remaining inventory. After she “worked for the greats” of Ann Arbor...
Read MoreA New Building for Fox Hyundai
In August, Fox Ann Arbor Hyundai opened its new 18,000 square-foot facility on Jackson Rd. Since its start in Grand Rapids in 2000, Fox Motors—owned by Dan DeVos, son of Amway’s cofounder—has steadily added brands and...
Read MoreNew Owners at Moon Winks
Kevin Cox and Nate McCardell, the new owners of Moon Winks Café, used their carpentry connections as owners of Michigan Studs and Walls to remodel the Dixboro restaurant in one week, reopening at the end of August. The new look...
Read MoreA “Bustaurant” at Miller and First
Near Knight’s Market, behind the office building at Miller and First, passersby may catch a glimpse of a bright red double-decker bus in the back of the parking lot. Husband-and-wife team Aaron and Miriam Orr had it shipped from...
Read MorePalgong Tea Opens in Woodland Plaza
Jeanne Park’s entire family pitched in to handle the grand opening crowd September 2 at Palgong Tea, Park’s new bubble-tea shop in the former Espresso Royale in Woodland Plaza. Her eldest son, Yeajoon Lee, a recent U-M business...
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At Venue, Dining Meets Coworking
If you’ve been to Silicon Valley, you’ve seen the vast open workplaces at tech giants, who bring...
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Open at Last!
Customers who walk into Lewis Jewelers’ new building on Maple Rd. are immediately struck by one...
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Kerrytown Quarrel
Engelbert, who owns the Detroit Street Filling Station, says she got a letter from the Downtown...
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Building at Last
“There had been a few different times where it was under contract but then fell through for one...
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A Flurry of Changes on Jackson Rd.
“I’m his right hand, and he’s my left,” Saeed Ebrahim says of his relationship with his father and...
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Passion for the Pie
In just three minutes, a vending machine on South University dispenses hot-and-fresh pizza to go....
Read MoreDeals at Zingerman’s
There’s one undeniable fact about shopping and dining at a Zingerman’s business. It’s expensive, relative to ordinary places. In my book, Satisfaction Guaranteed: How Zingerman’s Built a Corner Deli into a Global Food Community,...
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Familiar Names at the 777 Building
G-Ho Park, manager/server at Kanbu Sushi 777 in the 777 Building at State and Eisenhower, jokes...
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