2019 May

The pneumatic tube-powered Roasting Plant coffee shop on State St. closed its doors at the end of March. The closure came five months after Michigan franchisee Mike Shehadi’s million-dollar lawsuit against the NYC-based...

Eighteen years after John Causland began selling skateboarding gear in the basement of his downtown shoe store, Launch Board Shop closed for good in March. Causland, who owns the Footprints store on S. Main, moved Launch to...

In Marketplace news we missed last fall, Ginger Deli closed its walk-up window at Liberty and Division. Owner Te Phan could not be reached for comment, but a post on the Vietnamese joint’s Facebook page cited the...

The BP Gas Station on Zeeb Rd. just off I-94 has added a Tim Hortons donut counter and drive-thru to its convenience store, providing a budget-friendlier alternative to the drive-thru Starbucks down the road. This is the...

In early April, Craft Breww City temporarily closed its Ann Arbor location. The website for the Michigan sports bar, which has another location in Farmington Hills, says it is closed for “The Spring and Summer,”...

In mid-April, Mighty Good Coffee announced that it would be closing all four of its shops in Ann Arbor. The announcement was sent to the Washtenaw Area Coffee Worker’s Association (WACWA) by the attorney for owners Nic...