Marketplace

After the Fire

Madras Masala was in its twentieth year as a full-service Indian restaurant with a popular lunch buffet. Vape City had shared its Maynard St. building for fewer than two years when both businesses went up in smoke the morning of...

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Verbena Closes After Nine Years on S. State

Verbena, the student-focused women’s clothing boutique at 309 S. State St. since 2014, is expected to close by the end of February. The store was a father-daughter partnership between longtime Ann Arbor businessman Bob Duerksen...

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Dispo opens on Ellsworth

On Ellsworth, the party store near University Townhouses has transitioned from liquor to ganja: After an extensive renovation, it’s now Dispo. Though nine other Michigan locations share the name, Dispo (short for “dispensary”)...

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Sticky Ann Arbor Replaces Huron View

It’s been fourteen years since Michigan voters approved medical marijuana and just three since they opened the door to recreational sales, but already the decades of prohibition are taking on a retrospective glow. Before bud...

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A Skin-Care Heyday

Mike Kelleher already had one heyday, as a captain on the Huron High School football team that made it to the state finals for the only time in school history back in 1997. A quarter-century later, he’s back for another. Heyday...

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New Owners at Mediterranean Market

South-side stalwart Mediterranean Market has been under new ownership since November, when longtime owners Feras and Nariman Al Shobaki sold the Middle Eastern grocery to Emad Alkhateeb and Mohammad Hassan, Alkhateeb tells the...

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From Little Caesars to La Piazza

An independent pizza and sub shop has replaced a recently closed Little Caesars in the Plymouth Road Mall. Fred Ansari opened La Piazza Pizza & Subs on January 9 with hot pepperoni slices at the ready, even as some kitchen...

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Floor & Decor Opens in Pittsfield

Floor & Decor, a fast-growing national floor-covering chain, opened its 178th warehouse store in December in Pittsfield Township. It’s next to the Cinemark movie theater, which sold off the 5.6-acre parcel last year....

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Roromu Samu’s Second Career

A retired security aide at the Center For Forensic Psychiatry in York Township has opened African & Caribbean Food Market on Carpenter Rd. just north of Packard. Roromu Samu, a Nigerian who emigrated here in his late...

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From Pizza Hut to Taqueria

A Mexican family restaurant opened in August on Carpenter near Packard, in a newly refurbished stand-alone building once home to a Pizza Hut. El Tapatio Taqueria y Restaurante has a full menu of lunch and dinner favorites for...

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Marketplace Closings | February 2023

Everything’s on clearance and all sales are final at Bed Bath & Beyond, as the once-mighty home furnishings chain prepares to bow out of Arborland. The troubled retailer announced in August that it would be closing about 150...

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Restaurants & Dining

Ann Arbor is serving up delightful culinary experiences this February. Whether you’re looking for a chef’s tasting, quick lunch, or takeout to enjoy Valentine’s Day at home, we have you covered. Below is a sampling of local...

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