Restaurateur Adam Baru purchased the building on the fringe of downtown at W. Liberty and S. First for $1,362,500 to bring back a French-inspired bistro. Le Mec, a colloquialism that translates as “the guy,” is also the name of a burger that was a favorite at Mikette, the Plymouth Rd. predecessor he closed during the Covid-plagued year of 2020.
Goodwill Bookstore & Donation Center has opened on W. Stadium, a new chapter in Goodwill of Greater Detroit’s 105-year-old mission to serve people who have various barriers to employment.
Camille Pagán’s novels regularly reach bestseller lists, her work has appeared in national publications, and her career gives her a reason to travel. But she’s happiest in Ann Arbor, where her life is structured around school schedules, familiar streets, and the dependable calm of a Midwest town.
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The Fake Ad in the April issue was for the University of Michigan Museum of Poetry’s “Frost Slept Here” exhibit. It gave the Fake Ad Czar an opportunity to try his hand at some Robert Frost fan poetry by hiding the previous month’s winner’s name in some original verse.
U-M alum Rachael Merritt and her team hope to offer an alternative to Amazon with Dorro.
Friends since their high school days in Waterford Twp., Cam Sohrabi and Garrett Pyatt, now thirty, are teaming up on their fifth Game Pawn store, with grand opening giveaways set for May 1 in Maple Village.
April’s I Spy “features a detail on the U-M Literature, Science, & the Arts (LSA) building, 500 S. State,” writes Ivana Tullett.
Della’s, DXL Big + Tall, and J&S Jewelers close.
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As the sky spasmed with lightning in the early hours of April 15, smartphones throughout Washtenaw County shrieked: TORNADO WARNING. Mournful wails could be heard outside, even above the thunder and bullet-hail of rain. Ann Arbor’s twenty-two outdoor warning sirens were sounding an emergency for the first time since the bow echo thunderstorm in July 2023.
Read MoreTaxidermied big game and enlarged photos from her grandfather’s rodeo days now hang from the walls of The Ranch Honky Tonk, formerly The Den extension of the connected Grizzly Peak Brewing Company. Every other bar seat is a horse saddle.
Read MoreEinstein Bros. Bagels, part of Panera Brands (itself part of the Luxembourg-based private conglomerate JAB Holding Company), announced in March that the Michigan locations of its sister brand Bruegger’s Bagels will be converted to Einsteins.
A savory, salty solution for cash-strapped students with scant culinary skills, those single-serving packages now line a wall of a new South University convenience store, Ramen Run.
After over a dozen years of crashes and complaints, the State and Ellsworth roundabout will be revamped in 2027.
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Murder is not often described as charming, but Purple Rose Theatre’s latest production manages to...
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Curious Coffee, after a year’s residency at Bløm Mead + Cider, is ready to level up.
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Louis Thomas “Tom” Conlin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a devoted family man, lifelong champion of his hometown community, and a pioneering travel entrepreneur, passed away peacefully surrounded by family.
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We present to you five strangers who all either live or work in Ann Arbor. Although they don’t know each other, they’re all connected in the little ways that make a community: frequenting the same spots, walking the same sidewalks, common heritage, similar interests and motivations.
Chris L. McKenney passed away March 16, 2026 at the age of ninety-
two, peacefully and in control, both extending and receiving love in abundance.
Bongz & Thongz is moving next door into the smaller but newer space on E. Liberty recently vacated by Cinnaholic.
Read MoreGoing up: Ranch houses are usually defined by low lines and modest profiles, but two 1950s ranches that sold this month rise above the average—literally.
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