Marketplace

On a cold, drizzly Tuesday in early December, a six-person crew gently eased a distinctive sign into place above the windows of Literati.The sign uses giant versions of old-fashioned typewriter keys to spell out the...

In early December Hail Hookah looked like it was about to open. “The owners say next week. I’d guess a little longer than that,” says Amar Dalal, whose company Delmar Restorations has overseen the conversion of...

Rendez-vous Cafe dropped its food service over the summer to invest in hookahs, becoming Rendezvous Hookah Lounge. Formerly Smoka Hookah upstairs and a longtime cafe downstairs, it’s now one big hookah lounge, with...

Sky Chen, owner of the newly opened Yogurt City in Carpenter Crossings (across the street from Target), noticed that while frozen yogurt is big on campus, there isn’t any to be found out in his neck of the woods....

“We’re happy to be here,” says the barrista at Peet’s Coffee & Tea, the laid-back, super-cool California coffee company that has taken over the Caribou coffee shop, which seemed more local though it...

Tamaki opened last month in the former Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. It’s a familiar-looking campus-type restaurant. Owner Frank Cheng has two others in Lansing and East Lansing. They’re built on the model...

“I haven’t bought it yet, but I will,” says Reza Rahmani, of 301 S. Main. In November, Elaine Selo didn’t want to say to whom she and partner Cynthia Shevel had sold the building, which only led to...

The final ground-level retail store to open at Arbor Hills Crossing was J. Jill, a women’s retailer. Like many national brands, J. Jill struggles to find its niche in the huge retail ocean of mid-priced clothing for women....

“My nephew is always saying, ‘Tati, you need to take a break.’ And I finally said, ‘Hmmm, that could be fun.’ But I’m not retiring. I don’t like the idea yet,” says Mathilde...