Alex Gulko Is Open at Last
When custom jeweler Alex Gulko closed his shop on Main St. more than two years ago, he thought...
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Marketplace
Luca Pastry Opens
The first thing you spot when you enter Luca Pastry on Washtenaw is a mural depicting a fluffy...
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Down on Main Street
In a 1959 Ann Arbor News photo, the 100 block of S. Main St. is a kaleidoscope of storefronts and...
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The Day Zingerman’s Deli Almost Closed
Sunday, March 15, 2020, marked Zingerman’s thirty-eighth anniversary, normally a time to...
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“People Pay for Different.”
“Make no little plans,” Chicago architect Daniel Burnham was known for saying....
Read MoreGrizzly Peak Gets an Update
In late January, Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. announced with fanfare its return from extensive renovations, alerting customers to its revised menu and lineup of craft beers. But after reading through the new items, which included a...
Read MoreSongbird West Flies Again
The west-side branch of Songbird Cafe reopened in February. Owner Jenny Song had closed it last June, citing staffing shortages; her original cafe on Plymouth Rd. continued to operate. I kept driving by the closed cafe, looking...
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The Broken Egg Closes
Thirty years ago, Gina Pantely took over a spot at the corner of Main and Miller that had operated...
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From Bowling to Teslas
It’s official: Bel-Mark Lanes has decided to sell its property on Jackson Rd. to an Ohio...
Read MoreBelly Deli Disappears
In 2013, Eric Joh, who was friends with the founders of the No Thai noodle chain, came up with a suggestion. How about a restaurant that specialized in the Vietnamese sandwiches called banh mi?The idea led to Belly Deli. Taking...
Read MoreCrazy Wisdom Closes Its Store
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore shut its doors on Main St. for the last time on Feb. 15. Founded by Aura Glaser in the Kerrytown area in 1982, purchased by Ruth Schekter and Bill Zirinsky in 1989, and moved to a building they bought on...
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Walden in Pittsfield
According to Realtor.com, 4533 Carpenter Rd. was on the market for more than four years. From the...
Read MoreAffordable Geddes Lake
A scant 115 transfers make it onto our map from January and a few from December that weren’t recorded in time for last month’s map. Five of these went for more than $1 million, led by 5333 Pleasant Lake Rd. in Lodi...
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Pop-Ups in Exile
For the previous five winters, Cultivate, the Ypsilanti coffeehouse and tap room, set up a tent...
Read MoreCraig Common Hangs Up His Apron
Thirty years ago, Craig and Donna Common opened the Common Grill in Chelsea, bringing sophisticated casual dining to a town more used to pubs and diners. At the time, Common thought the restaurant might draw patrons from a...
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Getting Tested
“No testing kits,” the sign at the Westgate Rite Aid read the January morning Bonnie...
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Fear of 48197
“Who among us has not been disappointed with the Postal Service when our mail was not...
Read MorePulte leads a wave of new construction in Pittsfield.
There are 171 homes on this month’s map, including property transfers that were filed in December and a few from November that hadn’t yet been recorded when we prepared last month’s map. Forty-seven of the...
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The Return of Jane Kim
In 2003, Eunkyung “Jane” Kim opened what she called “M Totoro” on S. State...
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Argus Expands on Packard
When Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff founded the original Argus Farm Stop on W. Liberty in 2014,...
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