Haymaker Public House Closes
A renovation and menu overhaul in May wasn’t enough to save Haymaker Public House, which closed suddenly on October 4 after seven years at 203 E. Washington.
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The Songs Are Back
Song and her mother, Youn, have now re-emerged in retail with Two Songs Bakery & Mart. The South Industrial storefront, next to the Skymint dispensary, is the new home base for their increasingly gluten-free and vegan pastry, dessert, and confectionary preparations, while adding heartier premade offerings and shelves of primarily Korean packaged snacks and groceries.
Read MoreBitty & Beau’s Takes a Break
Bitty & Beau’s Coffee, 305 S. Main, was slated to close for renovations October 25, coinciding with the departure of the store manager, according to an email sent to its staff ten days prior.
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Pauline M. Loewenhardt
A Celebration of Life for Pauline will be held Saturday, November 9 at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, 4001 Ann Arbor–Saline Rd. Ann Arbor, MI—Service at 4 p.m., Reception at 5 p.m. and Bonfire at 6:30 p.m. Per Pauline’s wishes “Bright Colors only! No Somber Black or Grey.” All who knew and loved her are welcome.
Read MoreQuestion Corner | November 2024
It isn’t unusual to see foam on the Huron in the Ann Arbor area. Does that mean that we have a PFAS problem?
Read MoreMin Kyu Kim Is at it Again
It’s getting hard to keep up with twenty-nine-year-old Min Kyu Kim, who’s taken over and rebranded three Ann Arbor restaurants within a year.
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Keeping Pizza Weird
“One day we were driving around looking for some good food,” Jackson relates. “[Andre] was like, ‘Man, I know this crazy pizza spot in Toledo. You got to come try it out with me.’ So we drove all the way to Toledo from Detroit to try this pizza out, and it was just mind-blowing, amazing. We kept taking that trip.”
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Including the Wolverines
In January 2023, when Lydia Goff was working on her Master of Social Work at the U-M, she met two classmates: Wolverine quarterback Jack Tuttle and center Drake Nugent (now on the San Francisco 49ers). Goff was a longtime volunteer with Best Buddies, an organization dedicated to ending the isolation of those with IDD by pairing college students and community members with people with disabilities for one-on-one interactions and by hosting monthly events for everyone involved.
Read MoreMadras Masala Express Opens
Madras Masala Express has opened in the growing Lower Town neighborhood, its second location after a 2023 fire destroyed its building on Maynard St.
Read MoreWing Snobs
Detroit-based Wing Snob, founded in 2017, is a fast-growing franchisor in the quick-service restaurant industry, with more than forty stores open and twice as many in the pipeline.
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From China to Ann Arbor to Paris
Yuan Xiao has earned a reputation for turning out top competitors. “He has unbelievable respect in the gymnastics world,” says Justin Spring, an NBC gymnastics commentator and Olympic bronze medalist who now coaches at the University of Alabama.
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Chai Forward
They’d noticed that most coffee shops in North America treat chai as a secondary offering at best, Noman says, so they decided to feature it foremost. “We went and tried chai in all different regions of India and Pakistan and Bangladesh,” he says. “We formulated our own blend of chai. Our chai comes from Assam, India. It has a bold flavor.”
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Running for Judge
The 22nd Circuit Court’s Tim Connors’ term expires in January and the 15th District Court’s Joseph Burke plans to retire at the end of December. Both seats are for six-year terms, but the job usually winds up being for life or until mandatory retirement at seventy, because sitting judges seldom face challengers. When they do, they almost never lose.
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Event Review: Creature Discomfort
The legend of the Mothman originated in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where between November 1966 and December 1967, locals reported sightings of a winged humanoid creature with huge, glowing red eyes. While skeptics argued that the sightings could be attributed to sandhill cranes or large owls, the incidents led to widespread fear and speculation, some believing it to be an extraterrestrial or supernatural entity. After the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River in December 1967, killing 46 people, theories arose that the Mothman was an omen of impending disaster.
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Local Soldiers in the Civil War
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on the federal Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Three days later, University of Michigan president Henry Tappan and other dignitaries in Ann Arbor addressed a public meeting at on the courthouse square at Main and Huron. “The meeting overflowed across the square into the street,” reports a city historic marker on the courthouse wall.
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Market Reenvisioned
Wilczewski, a vendor at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market, was responding to a question about the latest plan to “reenvision” it. Indeed they have.
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