2018 June

French Macarons

At a library cooking demo in spring, People’s Food Co-op chef Keegan Rodgers effused for 90 minutes about the delicacy and delights of French macarons. Made predominately of meringue and almond flour (and not to be...

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Good Coverage

In July 2011, on his twenty-seventh birthday, Kratzat, along with his fiancee, Alicia Doudna, was...

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Michigan Union Closings

At the end of April, the Michigan Union closed for a large-scale reconstruction, leaving campus short five restaurants and two stores. Au Bon Pain, Luna’s Mexican Street Food, Panda Express, Starbucks, Subway, Barnes and...

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The Plymouth Rd. Big Boy closes

The Big Boy at Plymouth Rd. and US-23 will close on June 17. Uncommonly for a national chain, it was a well-known and well-liked community establishment. Owners Jonathan Marsh and Joe Diequez bought the franchise and property...

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A New Catered Coffee Is in the Works

Catered Coffee, which opened in 2014 on Old US-12 in Oak Tree Plaza, closed at the end of February, but its owner, Michael Purdy Jr., says he plans to open a new retail location in the next six months. Purdy explains that...

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A New Bakery on Sugarloaf Lake

Pastry chef Keegan Rodgers plans to open the Lakehouse Bakery by the end of June in the former Mill Pond Bakery space on Sugarloaf Lake. Rodgers, a manager at People’s Food Co-op in Ann Arbor who built up its bakery...

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New Raja Rani is now Namaste Flavours

The former Raja Rani on Division (more recently called New Raja Rani) changed hands again in March. After several name changes (and two ownership ones) in the last five years, the Indian restaurant in a white Second Empire house...

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From Supper Club to Cocktail Lounge

The Allen Rumsey Supper Club, the Graduate hotel’s restaurant and bar, has received a minor makeover to become the Allen Rumsey Cocktail Lounge. The menu now features an expanded selection of cocktails, beers, and wines,...

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Ann Arbor Running Co. Swaps Centers

“It was a big hassle to move, like serious stress,” says Ann Arbor Running Company owner Ian Forsyth. In April, he and his partner Nick Stanko were forced to relocate their flagship Oak Valley Centre running gear...

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To Infiniti and Beyond

“We’re targeting Ann Arbor,” says Fox Motors president and COO Diane Maher. Last year, the Grand Rapids-based group picked up the local Hyundai, Nissan, and Acura stores; in May it added Infiniti of Ann Arbor....

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