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Learning Express Departs

Mar 20, 2021 | Marketplace |

Learning Express Toys & Gifts in Westgate closed on Jan. 26. Educational games creator Jan Barney Newman opened the store in 1997, and sold it to Gary and Molly Fitzpatrick in 2003. The closing announcement said that the...

More departures in and around Briarwood

Mar 17, 2021 | Marketplace |

As rumored before Christmas, Williams Sonoma closed in mid-January. The upscale kitchen outfitter had been at Briarwood for three decades. Calls to the Briarwood location were forwarded to its Rochester Hills store, one of three...

Tenant Victory

Mar 14, 2021 | Marketplace |

Anxious residents of Courthouse Square are savoring victory since the new owners of the downtown...

In The Works, March 2021

Mar 12, 2021 | Marketplace |

Last summer, it looked like Lewis Jewelers was on the verge of moving into its new location next to Westgate, where the Quarter Bistro long stood. In February 2020, it began what it thought would be a relatively simple...

Frita Batidos Is Back

Mar 9, 2021 | Marketplace |

Last June, the Ann Arbor restaurant scene lost Logan, which had been in business on W. Washington for sixteen years. Logan’s next-door neighbor, Frita Batidos, soon claimed the space. Owner Eve Aronoff Fernandez originally...

Used Cars Are Suddenly Hot

Mar 6, 2021 | Business, Marketplace |

In the past year, Ann Arbor lost car dealerships selling two European brands. They’ve been...

ReFit

Mar 4, 2021 | Community, Fake Ad and I Spy, Marketplace |

Last month’s Fake Ad for ReFit, a company that promised to recondition worn-out activewear,...

Family Meals

Mar 2, 2021 | Dine, Marketplace, Restaurant Reviews |

Though dining rooms opened at reduced capacity in February, for reasons of age, preexisting...

Lebanese Street Food at State and Eisenhower

Mar 1, 2021 | Marketplace |

Between them, George and Alex Rouche have plenty of experience cooking Middle Eastern dishes. Born...

The Listings Gridlock

Mar 1, 2021 | Marketplace, Real Estate |

More people want to buy homes in Ann Arbor than want to sell them. The “inventory”—the number of homes offered for sale divided by the number being sold is at its lowest point in at least fifteen years. There were...

Blue Llama Pauses Its Food Services

Feb 23, 2021 | Marketplace |

In the first months of the pandemic, Blue LLama Jazz Club at 314 S. Main turned its kitchen into a pop-up incubator for different types of cuisine. They included Jibarito, with Latin-inspired dishes; Of Rice & Men, which...

Loves Quickly Follows Art Van into Bankruptcy.

Feb 21, 2021 | Marketplace |

It’s been a tumultuous year for the former Art Van Furniture location on Eisenhower. Last March, Art Van closed the store after the parent company filed for bankruptcy.The store reopened last fall as a branch of Loves...

Moe’s Opens

Feb 20, 2021 | Marketplace |

Moe’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill at 711 North University opened in early January for delivery only. It features a menu of bar food that includes burgers, sloppy joes, fried chicken, fish, and fries. Plant-based versions...

Cosa Sabrosa at the Grotto

Feb 19, 2021 | Marketplace |

Cosa Sabrosa’s colorful food truck has become a familiar sight outside the Zal Gaz Grotto on W. Stadium Blvd., serving tacos and other Mexican fare. Until the weather turned cold last year, diners would pick up their...

Triple A Farm Stops

Feb 18, 2021 | Marketplace |

Manchester’s food horizons are looking a bit brighter. An indoor farmers market, conceived as a response to the closing of the village’s only grocery store in early 2019, is up and running in a shoebox storefront. By...