What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
On today's episode, hear firsthand what it's like to bite into a coney pasty. That's a pasty, the traditional U.P. pastry, filled with a Detroit-style coney that's meant to dip into yellow mustard. They're from Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery in Redford Township and are available for the month of April. In other news, Amtrak wants to restore passenger rail service …
At least three boutique hotels are coming to Detroit, bringing a dose of luxury to still-gritty parts of the city. The Mid will take shape next to the old hammer-and-nail building on Woodward, while the West Elm Hotel will incorporate the old Bonstelle Theater several blocks south. And downtown, there plans for a new 154-room hotel at 600 West Lafayette, plus the old Park Hotel …
On today's show, we break down the top 10 restaurants in Southeast Michigan as determined by users of Open Table for February. Of note: None of them are in the city proper, while one's in Flint and another is in Ann Arbor. Elsewhere, we catch up on the news that Amazon has agreed to invest $700 million in startup electric vehicle company Rivian. We talked about the …
Paul Ajegba, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's nominee to head the Michigan Department of Transportation, faced a grilling in a state Senate committee on Tuesday. And he let slip a rather interesting tidbit, saying that MDOT likely needs another $1.5 billion in funding just to fix state roads. And that doesn't account for the needs of counties, cities and villages. On today's show, we …
It was an especially bad start to the week for many salaried employees at General Motors, as the automaker started handing out pink slip in a bid to eliminate 4,000 white-collar employees over the next two weeks. It's part of plans GM announced in November and discussed on our podcast to slash 14,000 jobs and save $6 billion by 2020. In other news, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer …
An interesting development has appeared in the South China Morning Post, and it involves Michigan and the announcement of a multibillion dollar research and development facility for autonomous vehicles. Foxconn is a Taiwanese company that is behind many products you buy. They’re the actual assembler of the popular iPhone and is the largest electronics maker …
