2017 July

Buster’s Market at Maple and Liberty is adding an Original Buscemi’s pizzeria. Owner Brice Abdal bought a franchise from the Detroit-area company and is adding a kitchen to the back of his store. Buster’s joins...

The Maize & Blue deli’s second location at Liberty and Main remains vacant after closing suddenly at the end of April. Farewell notes remain taped to the papered-off windows and door.Back in October 2015, owner Omar...

Eyemedia Sound & Vision has left its former spot at Stadium and Winewood. The store specialized in home theater equipment, and had been sharing the building with Stadium Opticians. The opticians entered into their fiftieth...

After three years of three different shawarma joints, the takeout spot at the back of the Main and William BP gas station is headed in a new direction: American comfort food. Aaron Carmichael and Christina Fensom quietly opened...

A smoke shop’s inventory can cater to different audiences. Smoker’s World, on Carpenter Rd., sells tobacco products and cigars for the traditional crowd, e-cigarettes and accessories for on-trend nicotine fiends, and...

“We didn’t fit their ‘profile,'” says Maria Georgiadis, whose mother, Sofia Georgiadis, opened Sofia’s Tailoring nearly forty years ago in Maple Village. Maple Village’s profile used to be an...

Gourmet Garden on Stadium has new owners and a new name, Hot Pot Chen. Employees didn’t want to share too much, but we were told that renovations would be taking place this winter. So far their large menu of Chinese...