2011 October

The Packard Pub abruptly shut its doors last spring with a sign in the window announcing the place was closed for renovations.In September, the pub reopened–with a new owner, Joseph Goychay, and a new manager, Tom...

After forty-six years on West Stadium Boulevard, Campus TV & Satellite owner Joe Logelin closed his storefront in June, but will continue to serve customers from his home office in Livingston County. Logelin says...

Brent Anderson, forty-six, knows pizza. He started out in the business at age sixteen, putting in stints at Domino’s and Pizza Hut as well as owning three Cottage Inn franchises along the way.Marco’s Pizza may know...

Last October, USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan delivered a $28,000 check to the Community Farm Kitchen’s stall at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market. One year later, the renamed Harvest Kitchen has a new commercial...

Last year, when rumors swirled about 16 Hands Gallery not renewing its downtown lease, owner Jill Damon was quick to assuage fears that it might be closing after thirty-six years in business. “We’re just...

“Greyhound’s still delivering packages!” exclaimed a surprised Ann Arbor woman when told that a box was waiting for her at the downtown bus station. Like many people, she’d figured that FedEx had made bus...

Dexter-Ann Arbor Road still drops from 50 to 25 mph in the space of a couple stoplights at the eastern edge of the village, but Dexter’s sleepy feeling has been relegated to a time gone by. As of July, the first floor of...

Though Paesano has been around for twenty-seven years, I haven’t eaten there very often. My husband hates strip malls, and although Paesano is a freestanding building, it sits on Washtenaw Avenue–for him, the very...

In Ann Arbor’s own Toy Story, the toys have saved the day.When Rider’s Hobby Shop sales were not keeping up with the increasing rent on Carpenter Road, owner Brent Martin thought he’d be closing the store...