The North American International Auto Show is in town, and one of the most anticipated things about it is the reveals. It’s a fashion show for the auto enthusiast, where Detroit is to motorized transportation what Paris is to clothing. So here are 10 of the highlighted reveals that...
With the holidays fading away into the rearview, we are struck once again to find things to do in the Metro Detroit Region. It’s time to come out of our winter caves and shake off those winter blues. Here’s your weekly list of some cool cultural (and indoor)...
Moo Cluck Moo is not your typical burger joint. They pay employees $15 an hour, which is considered a fair living wage. As a result, the employee turnover is low, and the employees care about the food that they serve. Interestingly enough, the Wagyu beef burger that they serve is...
Remember the project called Community Push? They did an incredible thing by restoring the Wigle Recreation Center area into a skate park called “The Wig” for local kids. With a little bit of money, they made a big difference in the neighborhood. However, the land was sold by the city...
Eater.com, the parent site of Eater Detroit has included the soon to open “Republic” in a list of the 33 most anticipated restaurant openings of 2015. Listed not by rank but in alphabetical order by city, the list chooses restaurants that are being opened by highly regarded chefs and...
Is “Detroit, Land Of The Great Outdoors” a slogan that rings true in your heart? If it doesn’t, it should. It’s more than possible to be active and enjoy being outside in the city. I have biked around the city, zipped down the Dequindre Cut on a Segway,...
What makes a city a great place to live? For many of us here in Detroit, the answer lies in the intangibles. The folks at GOOD magazine seem to think so, too. For the second year in a row GOOD has published their GOOD City Index, which measures cities based...
Since Christmas is now in the rearview mirror, everybody is busy and plans for New Year’s Eve are forming. Coming up with a solution can be daunting, everything is more expensive and exclusive than normal nights on NYE and at the same time it’s important to surround yourself...
As the holidays draw nearer, everybody is busy and plans for New Year’s Eve are already forming. Coming up with a solution can be daunting, everything is more expensive and exclusive on NYE and at the same time it’s important to surround yourself with people you care about....
Kickstarter became famous in Detroit for helping to fund the (to some) infamous Robocop statue, which raised $67,000 to fund what at the time was sort of known as a hipster joke. It drew criticism at the time for raising money for basically something that nobody needs at all....
“Detroit is a wonderful place. It’s been a lot of negative things on the news, but Detroit is still a great place to start a business.” Asia Newson is an 11-year-old Detroiter who could sell ice to an Eskimo. She has an excellent pitch, and uses that skill and...
It’s a fact that there are plenty of unhealthy food options in Detroit. We’ve got coney dogs, burgers, barbecue, and pizza aplenty. Kelly Schaeffer-Janssen was thinking along these same lines when she came up with the idea for 7 greens, a “farm to fork” salad shop in Downtown...
The City 5 is here again, just in time to set you up nicely for this very holiday-ish weekend. Check this list out to help you get your shopping done in style, celebrate the opening of a great new restaurant, or do a good deed by having a good time...
Tom’s Tavern is certainly a peculiar little saloon. You can find Tom’s near Wyoming and 7 Mile Road. But don’t let the abandoned shack-like appearance fool you … it’s still very much open. In fact, the place is 86 years old and has survived more than its...
Obviously the history, social fabric, and current issues facing Detroit as a region make it ripe for discussion around the Eric Garner and Michael Brown incidents. Detroit has had not one, but three race riots in its history. The most recent being in 1967, occurred when white police raided a...
Holiday shopping is looking to make a comeback in downtown Detroit. The Somerset Collection CityLoft returns this year in a new larger location on the first floor of the First National National Building at 660 Woodward Avenue, adjacent to Campus Martius. That’s a move as last year, the City...
Glad to see you’ve made it through Turkey Day. We re-launched the City 5 last week. In case you missed that during the holiday fervor, the City 5 are our suggestions to go check out the rest of the week and weekend in Detroit. Some of the events might...
Humans of New York was a passion project created by Brandon Stanton, with the original goal of trying to take a picture of everybody he could in New York, and create a exhaustive catalogue of photo portraits. What happened was that he began discovering their stories during the process and...
