The New Farmers
I don’t eat locally grown food because it makes me feel better, though it does, or because I want to support local farms and the local economy, though I do.I eat locally grown food because it tastes better. Carrots so...
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Is It Art?
On June 7, in public sessions at City Hall, four artists from around the country presented their plans for the new Stadium Boulevard bridges. As a member of the task force reviewing the designs, David Huntoon was...
Read MoreCultivation Station
Asked what distinguishes the Cultivation Station from any of the other hydroponic shops in town, assistant manager Kai Brodersen has an instant answer: “We felt we could offer something they don’t have. We have...
Read MoreGlee Cake & Pastry
Lisa DeLong was working as executive pastry chef at the Gandy Dancer in Ann Arbor when a mutual friend of Glee and Steve Havens approached her about running Glee Cake & Pastry after Glee’s battle with cancer made it...
Read MoreThe Appleseed Collective
The Appleseed Collective emerged in late 2010, and since the first clack of its trademark washboard the band has moved to a quick and steady tempo: it’s played countless local shows; released an acclaimed debut album, Baby...
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Seva Moves to Westgate
Maren and Jeff Jackson have finally found a home for Seva in the Westgate Shopping Center: their lease in the old VFW hall on Liberty was up in 2012, and they’ve been searching for a new spot since.The vegetarian...
Read MoreBits and Pizzas
Mindy and Rob D’Oria opened Bits and Pizzas on Dexter’s Main Street in June. It is something like the seventh pizza restaurant in village, depending on your definition.”I think we make a better pizza than any...
Read MoreFoods of India
Foods of India/Kitchen of India, the little Indian grocery store on Broadway with the takeout window in back, is in transition, says “Gandhi,” as he wants to be called. The twenty-four-year-old U-M engineering grad...
Read MoreDown on the Campus Farm
In its first summer, the U-M’s new Campus Farm grew kale, Swiss chard, bok choy, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, and eggplant. This month, students will also harvest squash and...
Read MoreRickie Lee Jones
It’s not true that only love can break your heart. The right song, the right singer, can make you despondent with longing for understanding and connection. Rickie Lee Jones does that.Jones started out singing jazz...
Read MoreNew Briarwood Stores
Yankee Candle opened in Briarwood–it split the space facing the center court that used to be the Rogers & Hollands jewelry store with Lush, selling natural hand-made cosmetics. So it remains a corner devoted to female...
Read MoreDomino Effect
When Sigma Phi Epsilon bought the historic Christian Memorial Church on Hill Street (Then & Now, October 2012), it triggered a real estate chain reaction. The Disciples of Christ congregation, down to about thirty-five...
Read MoreFarmers’ Markets Abound
A longstanding center of community activity, the Dixboro village green lay uncharacteristically dormant in the early 2000s. But last year, the new Dixboro Farmers’ Market started bringing people back to the...
Read MoreTasty Taco
Black Pearl’s fish taco has won either Best of Show, Best Entree, or both at Taste of Ann Arbor three out of the last four years (downstairs neighbor Melange won in 2011). Co-owner Jan Z. Cohen (“there are at least...
Read MoreGallup Park Butterfly Garden
Q. How long has there been a butterfly garden at Gallup Park? Who decided it should be there?A. The Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden was started in 1989 by the Ann Arbor Rotary North service club, and the Rotarians continue to...
Read MoreLost in the Crowd
It’s easy to miss a friend at a concert or a football game, or even at one of the city’s multi-room bars. But it happens in much tighter quarters, too–at the Northside Grill, where just seventeen or so tables...
Read MoreHeavenly and Earthy
Imagine strolling through the Farmers Market on a hot day while cooling off with little spoonfuls of ice cream flavored with brown butter, sage, berries, lavender, basil, rhubarb, chamomile, or lemon balm. Grange Kitchen pastry...
Read MoreFrom VC to WOB
World of Beer (call it WOB, pronounced “wob”–the owners do) is a paradox: a national franchise that sells craft beer. The Tampa-based corporation is in fourteen states now, each one selling about 500 or 600...
Read MoreFollow the Leader
The “walk” sign came on, and the older couple, holding hands, started across Maple Road at Stadium. Even before they reached the far curb, an SUV turned aggressively behind them, missing them by just a few feet....
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