What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Oak Park was a suburb known for years as a “dry” city, not allowing restaurants or bars to serve alcohol. Measure after measure to change that since the 1950s met defeat at the polls. That ban was recently lifted in two stages — and now the city is starting to see more investment. City officials announced that Oak Park Social, LLC received its Class C liquor license …
New Order Coffee is in the midst of building out their second location on Woodward in Royal Oak, and the custom roaster and retailer said Monday it plans a larger expansion that includes locations in Birmingham, Ferndale and Troy. New Order’s second coffee shop location will open later this year in the Woodward Corners project near the corner of Woodward and 13 Mile, …
Welcome to a Car-a-Palooza edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we dive into the news that Dan "Dantroit" Gilbert is lining up a petition drive effort to force the issue of reforming Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system. If successful, it could allow Republican lawmakers, who already have passed essentially the same proposal, to approve it with simple majority …
Drifter Coffee at 770 Woodward Heights in Ferndale was burglarized overnight Saturday. A social media post says money from a cash drawer and an iPad were taken after a hole was punched through a wall that led to a locked closet. https://www.facebook.com/DriftercoffeeMI/photos/a.1530132740566530/2372883139624815/?type=3&theater The shop opened in early April to …
Welcome to the all new Oakland 5. We love our weekly round up of all the fun things to do within the City of Detroit, but we also realize that sometimes people just want to hang out close to home. Which brings us to our newest round up. We hope you like it. If you have any cool events going on around Oakland County don't be afraid to shoot me a line at …
Welcome back to the week! There's a lot in our latest episode. Let's dive in. - The Ilitch organization will receive another $74 million dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the District Detroit. - John Beilein is leaving his job as coach of the University of Michigan Men’s basketball team to take over as head coach of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. - …
Como's, a longtime mainstay of downtown Ferndale, has been reimagined with new ownership and the culinary vision of Chef Zack Sklar. The chef is doing something really cool in elevating pizza and having some creative takes on some old favorites. But, really, how good is it out of the gate? Join us on the podcast for an unbiased first look at the place with one of …
Moms, ammirite? They're the best. With Mother's Day coming up this Sunday, May 12, we're offering a hand-picked, artisanal, fair-trade organic list of ideas for how to show your favorite mom that you love her. Pies And Mead Our first suggestion is a slightly unconventional one. Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery, the Redford Township business responsible for those coney …
On your Daily Detroit for Monday, April 22, we dig into a proposal to develop part of Palmer Park as "Palmer Square," a mixed-use development featuring luxury condominium towers, “experiential retail” and futuristic architecture. We recently aired an episode looking into the city's nascent Detroit Exploration and Nature Center, which is being run out of the former golf …
The good folks over at Axle Brewing Co. let me have a sample of their new brew, "Secret Meeting." We tried our bottle at the Podcast Detroit studio at the Detroit Shipping Company It’s a Baltic porter aged for several months in Detroit City Distillery rye oak barrels, the fifth release in the brewery’s Livernois Barrel Project. Baltic porters are known for their high …
If you're into fried chicken and fish, a pop-up this weekend — Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13 — might be for you. Chicago-based Parson's Chicken and Fish is headed to Frame in Hazel Park for two days of a two-hour culinary adventure with Parson’s Executive Chef Hunter Moore. Parson's has two locations in Chicago and has quickly taken hold there, known for …
Welcome to your Tuesday edition of Daily Detroit, where we deliver two pieces of big news: Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says he has stage four pancreatic cancer and won't seek an eighth term in 2020.DTE Energy says it expects to sign a deal with the city to swap a decommissioned power plant on the east riverfront so it can be used to store Jeeps built at a …
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 …
Busy show for you podcast listeners today. Ford is laying off 1,000 employees at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, but offering them positions in other Ford plants, with about half expected to take jobs at the Livonia Transmission plant. Meanwhile, GM is adding 1,000 jobs at Flint Assembly to make heavy-duty Chevy and GMC trucks. Those jobs will be offered first to workers affected …
So let's be clear. I don't like toll roads. The idea feels strange in the state that put the world on wheels. But we need to get real about what's facing us when it comes to road funding, and everything should be on the table. Our Detroit region is sprawling. The other week while reporting on a story in Macomb, I realized looking at Google Maps that the driving time from my …
Greetings, fellow snow-bound Detroiters. We didn't let the weather interfere with our podcast plans today and delivered this show from the Royal Oak studio of Podcast Detroit. On today's show, newly Detroit-based Chemical Bank is merging with Minnesota-based TCF Bank in an all-stock merger of equals. The deal will see TCF vacate its suburban Minneapolis headquarters and …
Greetings from Detroit, which today looks like a snowglobe-turned-dismal outdoor slushie amid a brief thaw. On today's show, we discuss a new report from the Michigan State University College of Education that finds tht funding for Michigan's public schools has dropped more severely than in any other state over the past quarter-century. We're now dead last among states for …
On today's episode, we speak with Diane Cross, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Transportation, about the still-unfolding transportation apocalypse on northbound I-75 in Oakland County. There, potholes have proliferated since Monday, damaging cars, forcing the closure of the freeway and creating massive traffic snarls. Cross says it's a textbook example of …
We thought when we went into the office today, it'd be a short day. We were wrong. Here's what to know around town: I-75 is crumbling. Both the Northbound and Southbound lanes have major emergency repairs underway. A highly dispiriting for Martin Luther King Jr. Day - The Detroit News reports that a former political aide to Warren Mayor Jim Fouts says the mayor …
On today's show: In Michigan, drug overdoses kill more people than traffic and gun deaths combined. Nearly 2,700 people died from overdoses in 2017, and more than 1,900 of those deaths were because of opioids. But there's a new coalition that's been put together fund treating this problem. Michigan is beating Ohio.. this time for getting a headquarters of a company to …
It's a sad day for Detroiters who were fan of the TV show of the same name. Comedy Central today opted against bringing the buddy comedy "Detroiters" back for a third season, co-star Sam Richardson announced via Twitter. Sadly, @Detroiters won’t be picked up for a season 3 at Comedy Central. I want to thank everyone who watched and supported the show. It was a dream to make …
On today's show: Detroit's Strategic Neighborhood Fund gets a $35 million infusion from seven companies in what's said to be the largest corporate donation to Detroit neighborhoods, ever. The city will splash the cash in seven new east- and westside neighborhoods to strengthen housing and commercial districts. It's part of Mayor Duggan's "20-minute neighborhoods" …
There is something satisfying about a street taco. Just a few warm corn tortillas filled with the meat of your choice (for me, it's usually carne asada) topped with onion, cilantro and a squeeze of lime. So, we got the podcast team together to talk about tacos. We debated and picked out top ten places around metro Detroit to grab some tacos. Let's get on with the …
There's a lot of competition between Metro Detroit area downtowns lately. Detroit, Ferndale, Royal Oak and others are aiming for shoppers, diners and residents as urban centers and more dense living and shopping are now the hot thing not just here but across America. For a time, Royal Oak was one of few downtown destinations in our area. Now, they've launched an ad and …
Welcome to the work week, automatons! On today's episode, we talk about the report Moody's Investors Services released on Detroit, which essentially asks where's the love (and money) for the neighborhoods. Some development news: In Ferndale, craft beer retailer 8 Degrees Plato says it will close it store on Nine Mile by the end of the year. The beer will continue to flow …
On November 8, 2018: Ford made news today by buying Spin, an e-scooter mobility company. Jer head to the Ford World Headquarters to talk with the VP of Ford X, Sunny Madra, about the purchase and what they plan to do with the service. And, it's beginning service in Detroit. Ford also has chosen an architect and construction manager for their massive Michigan Central …
Happy Election Day, Detroit! If you haven't already, go out and exert your privilege as a resident of the world's greatest democracy. The polls are open until 8 p.m. On today's show, we run down some news about long lines and voting machine hiccups across the region. Reports of long lines are widespread. Elsewhere, Amazon HQ2 is said to be headed to the New York City …
Your Detroit stories: The Ilitch organization is talking about launching its own regional sports network (and we discuss other sportsy news, including soccer in Detroit). First reported here: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/10/25/ilitches-weigh-starting-own-sports-tv-network/1756233002/ and then everyone else in Detroit media got more …
It's a sunny, crisp fall day in Detroit, and here's the rundown of our show recorded on Tuesday, Oct. 23: The ongoing strike by workers at the Westin Book Cadillac has prompted organizers of the CityLab 2018 conference to relocate to the Marriott at the RenCen. That's a place that striking Book Cadillac employees says pays their workers a living wage. A private …
Michigan's auto insurance costs consistently rank the highest in the nation. Same for the city of Detroit, which can cost double the state's already high average. How to fix this madness that's emptying the pockets of Michiganders? Lawyer and Auto Law Blog writer Steve Gursten has some ideas. In this thoughtful conversation with Sven Gustafson, Steve lines out the …
I’m personally not a fan of shopping on Black Friday. Sure there are some O.K. sales, but I don’t really like crowds. That is why I love shopping on Small Business Saturday. There are also more benefits to shopping small, like keeping your money in the community. While this list is focused on stores and …
