The Return of Jane Kim
In 2003, Eunkyung “Jane” Kim opened what she called “M Totoro” on S. State...
Read MoreJan 18, 2022 | Marketplace |
In 2003, Eunkyung “Jane” Kim opened what she called “M Totoro” on S. State...
Read MoreJan 18, 2022 | Marketplace |
When Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff founded the original Argus Farm Stop on W. Liberty in 2014,...
Read MoreJan 18, 2022 | Marketplace |
The Little Seedling, home to baby gear, clothing, toys, and gifts, has moved from Boulevard Plaza...
Read MoreJan 18, 2022 | Marketplace |
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 MoreJan 18, 2022 | Marketplace |
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...
Read MoreJan 18, 2022 | Marketplace |
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....
Read MoreDec 17, 2021 | Marketplace |
For two decades, Emily Shinohara enjoyed a flourishing career in the auto glass sector. But a trip...
Read MoreDec 17, 2021 | Marketplace |
For more than a year, pedestrians on E. Washington St. strolled past a sign in the window of the...
Read MoreDec 17, 2021 | Business, Government, Real Estate |
For decades, developers have eyed a sixty-acre site on Carpenter Rd. in Pittsfield–one of...
Read MoreDec 17, 2021 | Marketplace |
For nearly two years, customers at HOMES Brewery’s “campus”—its production facility and tap room...
Read MoreDec 17, 2021 | Real Estate |
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 MoreDec 17, 2021 | Marketplace |
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 MoreDec 17, 2021 | Marketplace |
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 MoreNov 22, 2021 | Real Estate |
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...
Read MoreNov 17, 2021 | Marketplace |
There are plenty of salmon burgers around, and Arbor Farms’ is not the cheapest–a pack...
Read MoreNov 16, 2021 | Marketplace |
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 MoreNov 16, 2021 | Marketplace |
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 MoreNov 16, 2021 | Marketplace |
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...
Read MoreNov 16, 2021 | Community, Fake Ad and I Spy, Marketplace |
We received 180 entries identifying …Wait. Before business: last month’s update, meant...
Read MoreNov 16, 2021 | Marketplace |
Cooks have a haven again in the Kerrytown Market & Shops. In late October, retailing veteran...
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