The Return of Jane Kim
In 2003, Eunkyung “Jane” Kim opened what she called “M Totoro” on S. State...
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Marketplace
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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The Little Seeding Moves to Westgate
The Little Seedling, home to baby gear, clothing, toys, and gifts, has moved from Boulevard Plaza...
Read MoreFirehouse Subs Opens on Washtenaw
With more than 1,200 locations nationwide and a dozen in metro Detroit, Firehouse Subs was already a familiar name to many fast-casual diners before it arrived on Washtenaw in January.Inside the restaurant, locals will spot some...
Read MoreGourmet Cinnamon Rolls Come to Liberty
Cinnaholic, a cinnamon roll franchise, was aiming for a January opening on E. Liberty next to Running Fit. The menu offers more than twenty frosting flavors and “a variety of fresh and decadent toppings,” according...
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Briarwood Gets Torrid
Torrid, a chain familiar to plus-sized shoppers, has come to Briarwood in the JCPenney wing. Torrid features an ‘ever-changing variety of trendy clothing in sizes 10-30, as well as staples like jeans and lingerie....
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Bambu Opens
For two decades, Emily Shinohara enjoyed a flourishing career in the auto glass sector. But a trip...
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Cannelle by Matt Knio and The Great Commoner
For more than a year, pedestrians on E. Washington St. strolled past a sign in the window of the...
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Amazon in Pittsfield
For decades, developers have eyed a sixty-acre site on Carpenter Rd. in Pittsfield–one of...
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Dozer Coffee Joins the HOMES Taproom
For nearly two years, customers at HOMES Brewery’s “campus”—its production facility and tap room...
Read MoreHome Appreciation Trends
Home appreciation in Washtenaw County mirrors national trends. According to information from the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors, the median price for a single-family home in the county in the first eleven months of 2021 was...
Read MoreA Tiny Wine Store at Zingerman’s Southside
Sharp-eyed drivers on Ellsworth Rd. last month may have spotted bright red lawn signs reading “Wine Is Just Around the Corner,” with an arrow pointing to Phoenix Dr. The signs lead to an entrance at Zingerman’s Mail Order, where...
Read MoreAfter Surviving the Pandemic, the Cloverleaf Closes Its Doors
The Cloverleaf Restaurant lasted more than fifty years between two different locations—the original spot on Plymouth now occupied by the Northside Grill, and its subsequent setting on Liberty that was previously home to Mallis...
Read MoreHomes under $300,000 still outnumber those over $1 million, but it’s getting close.
Just ten of those comparatively affordable homes appear on this month’s map, all but two of them in the city of Ann Arbor. As usual, the least expensive homes cluster in the city’s southeast quadrant. In Stoneybrook (formally...
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Salmon Standout
There are plenty of salmon burgers around, and Arbor Farms’ is not the cheapest–a pack...
Read MoreCravings Dessert Lounge Brings Sweet Treats to the West-side Ahmo’s
Hyperion Coffee isn’t the only Ypsilanti business expanding to Ann Arbor. Cravings Dessert Lounge, which opened two years ago on Ellsworth Rd. in Ypsi Township, has added a second location inside Ahmo’s at Maple and...
Read MoreRestaurant in Exile
Since it opened in 2014, Slurping Turtle on E. Liberty has drawn crowds of students, moviegoers, and locals for its bowls of ramen and plates of sushi.In September, it closed for what it estimated would be a six-to-eight-week...
Read MoreStore Owners Look to Their Next Chapters
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore plans to close its Main St. location on February 15, owners Bill Zirinsky and Ruth Schekter announced in November. The business was founded thirty-nine years ago, and the couple have owned it for more than...
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Kerrytown Gets a New Kitchen Store
Cooks have a haven again in the Kerrytown Market & Shops. In late October, retailing veteran...
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