The Forgotten Founder
In January 2017, my wife Andrea and I purchased an old Greek Revival home at 1418 Broadway. Years...
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2018 March
Ground Zero
Saginaw Forest, the U-M’s eighty-acre nature preserve along Liberty just west of Wagner, is...
Read MoreChela’s Dexter Is Close to Opening
Several years ago, as the number of pizza restaurants in Dexter swelled to seven, the overabundance of pizza in contrast with the striking unavailability of a decent taco became a standing joke and was wryly noted by John Hansen...
Read MoreSmokehouse 52 Does It Right
Smokehouse 52 BBQ owner Phil Tolliver was taking various construction setbacks in stride as he prepared to open in March.”It’s really not unusual with these old buildings to uncover something else along the way that...
Read MoreRobin Hills’ Nest Takes a Break
Robin Hills Farm, a recreation farm and event space, began offering “hyperlocal and fresh” farm-to-table weekend brunches at its restaurant, The Nest, in January. By March, the restaurant planned to close temporarily...
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Chelsea Kidz Stop Closes
Chelsea Kidz Stop, which sold toys and clothing for the ten-and-under set, closed after more than three years in the Sylvan Building downtown. Heidi and Eric Langenderfer initially opened their shop at Oak Tree Plaza on Old...
Read MoreTarfia Faizullah
Tarfia Faizullah’s first book, Seam, published in 2014, revitalized and changed documentary poetry in America. To write that remarkable book, Faizullah returned to her parents’ native Bangladesh, where she...
Read MoreConsignChelsea Opens
Kate Astrakhan says she’s on a quest “to make parenting more affordable and convenient” with the opening of ConsignChelsea–home of ‘Round About a Baby & Kids. The mother of four and soon-to-be...
Read MoreCountry Decor in the Country
In December, Susann and Bobby Thrasher converted their Werkner Rd. garage into the Country Cabin, a holiday and home decor store with a “primitive and country style.” Susann, who was a stay-at-home mom to her four...
Read MoreFrom Gigi’s to Maureen’s
A couple of days after Valentine’s Day, Maureen White-Goeman was still recovering from the rush at her new floral shop, Maureen’s Designs, which replaced Gigi’s Flowers & Gifts on Main. “It was our...
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First Pres Delivers
Don Redding is a U-M sports fan, but when he enters Crisler Arena during a basketball game,...
Read MoreLiberal Bubble?
Q. Are we living in a liberal bubble?A. There are differing measures of liberalism. A 2010 study ranked all 3,007 American counties based on ten criteria; Washtenaw was the seventeenth most liberal. It was one of just 487...
Read MoreTerry B’s Closes
Terry B’s closed in early March. Owner Coley O’Brien anticipated that the restaurant would be closed for three or four weeks–like all remodeling deadlines, subject to change–before reopening as The...
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A Culinary Courtship
Not every graduate of the famed Culinary Institute of America settles in Brooklyn or even Detroit....
Read MoreLeveling Lovell
After thirty years in the small blue building at Hoover and Greene, Jordan Lovell Picture Framing is closing for good. The announcement comes on the heels of Southfield-based development company REDICO’s application to...
Read MoreAnn Arbor’s No Longer “R” Us
Toys “R” Us Inc. has announced that it will close both its Toys “R” Us and “Babies “R” Us stores in Ann Arbor as part of a larger restructuring in the wake of a September bankruptcy. The...
Read MoreOne Less Phone Store
The phone store at S. Main and Stadium, full name Sprint by Generation Mobile Preferred, has packed up and moved to Ypsilanti. An employee told us that Generation Mobile Preferred thought that the store would do better at the...
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Whitetail Farm
“My mom used to let me change things around in the house,” says the owner of new...
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Hottest Major
In 2012, computer science didn’t even appear on U-M’s list of the top ten undergrad...
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Emily Slomovits
Emily Slomovits grew up on the stage of the Ark. Her father, Sandor Slomovits, is half of the...
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