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To say that there has been a lot of buzz around the new Founders in Midtown is an understatement. National publications have been picking it up, one positioning it the anchor of Detroit as America's next beer city, as well as every outlet in town. Today, I got a chance to take a peek inside of the 14,000 square foot space before the doors swing open to the public at 3 …
After months of renovations the Sfumato Fragrance’s flagship store will be open this Friday, just in time for the holiday shopping season. The store will be located on Second Avenue in Midtown. The 650 square foot store will have a workshop, a place for consulting, and for classes. Customers will be able to design custom fragrances. There will also be a craft cocktail …
The Brush Park neighborhood of Detroit will be gaining a new bar in the Spring of 2018. The new bar called Second Best will be located at 42 Watson, across the street from Grey Ghost Detroit and within blocks from the new Little Caesars Arena. Four Man Ladder Management is the team behind the new bar. If that name sounds familiar, it is because they are also the owners of …
A lot has been made of Detroit's resurgence, and the epicenter of that has been in the downtown and Midtown areas. A new study by Yelp, based on a combination of data points, focused on top cities, top neighborhoods and top categories for business opportunity. When it comes to neighborhoods, Yelp ranked the top 50 neighborhoods in America ranked by change in economic …
An example of mid-century architecture and former home of psychiatric services to troubled girls behind the Detroit Institute of Arts is being demolished. The work at The Barat House at John R. and Frederick began over the weekend, with construction equipment making quick work of the two-story structure that was built by the League of Catholic Women in 1961. The …
A year from now, Selden street in Detroit between Second and Fourth will have a completely different feel than it does now. That's thanks to news out of Detroit's Midtown neighborhood today, announced by Midtown Inc., the nonprofit group that is the engine of development in the area. Midtown Inc. announced a series of developments that total about $20 million to be spent …
Tesla just can't stop poking at the Detroit 3 in their backyard. Here's their latest provocation. The California-based automaker may not have the unit sales to be considered a "large" automaker, but their mindshare is second to none - so much so that the company is now worth more than Ford Motor Company while selling far fewer units. At Christmastime, they set up a …
The Michigan Science Center and Toyota Motor North America has just unveiled the new Toyota 4D Engineering Theater (TET) inside the Michigan Science Center. The goal of the theater is to inspire kids in the subjects of of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The TET theater will provide programs and films to help show how the world of STEM can be interesting and …
It was announced today that Grand Rapids-based Founders Brewery is coming to Detroit later this year to open a second taproom. Founders has been busy for the past twenty years building their brand and distribution around the world. They are currently the 14th largest brewery in the country. Besides being a pretty big deal in Michigan, they distribute their beer to 46 states …
Sometimes you are just in the right place at the right time. On Thursday I needed to be in Midtown for the Treymore Apartment building ribbon cutting, but I was really early. I decided to take a few laps around the neighborhood to check out all of the new things going on down there. What should I see out of the corner of my eye as I made my way up Cass but a new store …
There's a lot of talk on the high price end about Detroit real estate as of late, especially in the Midtown neighborhood. But here's something different. The four-story Treymore building just went through a $7 million redevelopment project and now has 28 one and two bedroom apartments for low income occupants. The 1900s era building on Brainard had been abandoned for more …
Detroit is in line to get one of the first five of the new West Elm boutique hotels, to be built on a corner parking lot at Cass and Canfield. The location is in the bustling heart of the Midtown neighborhood, right next to a Wayne State residency hall. Shinola, Third Man Records, Hugh, Traffic Jam & Snug and other retail and restaurants are all within a block. If the …
There is a flurry of speculation happening today about the possibility of Target opening a store in Midtown, specifically at Mack and Woodward along the under-construction QLine (a.k.a. M1-Rail). The Detroit Free Press was the first to get the ball rolling on the story that their sources say a mixed use development is in the works at the corner of Mack and Woodward while at …
Rocket Fiber, a local Gigabit Internet provider that offers customers internet speeds up to 1,000 times faster than the average residential connection, has finally expanded outside of the Central Business District of downtown and into more of what's known as "Greater Downtown." The Midtown, Brush Park, and New Center neighborhoods now have access to Rocket Fiber, according …
Midtown Detroit will welcome a new and possibly delicious arrival this summer. Grey Ghost Detroit will open its flagship restaurant at 47 E. Watson. The 2,500 sq. ft, 80-seat restaurant will be located in part of a space that was most recently was home to the Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe on Woodward, but the door to the establishment will be on Watson Street as the building has …
Lately, restaurants have been opening so frequently in the city it's getting hard to keep up with them all. The one of the most recent examples is the pivot of the The Grille Midtown, to its new incarnation, The BLOCK Detroit, after just two years of operation under its former name. From what I can tell, it was a smart move. Located in the Midtown neighborhood steps …
The Michigan Science Center is at it again as they prepare for the return of their annual Science Soirée, Colorosity. This all-ages evening event will cater to families, grown-up geeks, and the curiously young at heart, with an array of activities built around the science of color. Enjoy several new exhibits and interactive art and design adventures, …
Cinema Detroit, who are in the process of moving from their current home to their new location at 4126 Third Street, have been the primary source for first-run, quality film in Midtown and Downtown Detroit for nearly two years. However, in order to keep providing a high quality entertainment experience patrons have come to love, the theater is reaching out to the community for …
Midtown Detroit received a fresh dose of high quality shopping Tuesday, as The Detroit Clothing Circle has finally opened its doors. Located at 3980 Second Avenue, the chic boutique features a myriad of hand picked wares that are both style savvy and surprisingly affordable. Owner and curator Michael Dedenbach sources the gear from about 20-30 resale shops in the …
The company was created here so it only makes sense that Carhartt, a fifth generation family company that at one time had a factory basically across the street from the old Tiger Stadium, has a retail store in the Motor City. Their corporate headquarters is now in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. The location, at 5800 Cass Avenue (Cass and I-94) is in the Wayne State …
Asian-fusion restaurant The Peterboro, set to open in Detroit's former Chinatown this fall, will have a menu as fused as its atmosphere. Owner Charles Inchaustegui, current general manager of The Sugar House, plans to make the dining experience surreal and cool by mixing old-school Chinese restaurant design with Victorian steampunk. Chef John Campau will draw from his …
Detroit is adding to its reputation as the new “It” city with the addition of Chartreuse Kitchen and Cocktails, where the food rivals the surroundings in show-stopping pieces. Major players in the Detroit food and art world worked together to develop what promises to be an extraordinary experience inspired by Chartreuse, the bright green herbal liquor with centuries worth of …
You might of heard of Fellow Barber in Midtown. It's a neat barber shop that is for the discerning devotee of a haircut and a shave that recently opened a Detroit location (there are three others in New York City and one in San Francisco). But while on a recent trip through and asking around, they showed us that there's a bar under construction upstairs on the second …
For more than a decade, the Strathmore Hotel on West Alexandrine has sat empty. Around it, Midtown has started to flourish. Great Lakes Coffee is across the street. On the same block is the Union Street restaurant, and within steps is the heart of a revitalized midtown. The vacant eight story structure has watched all of this happen around it, and its now time for the …
The legendary Detroit establishment, Honest John's, has been sold for an undisclosed price according to a report by Crain's Detroit Business. This is the third act for a place that started out near the Detroit River by the Belle Isle Bridge and moved to Midtown in 2002. Word is owner John Thompson is looking to retire and so he sold to Dave Kwiatkowski, who has ownership …
The Midtown neighborhood of Detroit is changing rapidly. We're hearing that Midtown Inc., the non-profit development engine behind much of the resurgence in the neighborhood, is dropping $250,000 into a park next to Selden Standard (you can catch our review here). Redmond Plaza is at the corner of Selden and Second and steps away not just from Selden Standard but new housing …
Turning up Second avenue from Selden, which has recently become a two-way street, vehicles parked tightly on either side of the road were shepherded by a security car in the middle lane with its orange beacon light rotating slowly. It's a welcome measure for the patrons of Selden Standard, a chic new snap-casual restaurant serving "rustic, fun new american small plates" …
There's everything from a 4-mile long lighted bike parade to more than 35 artists lighting up immense buildings like the Detroit Public Library. What more could you ask for? Last year, about 75,000 people are said to have come to Midtown to enjoy a cavalcade of visual arts. It's a time where Detroit feels like a super-dense major city, with throngs of people enjoying the …
Do you love ugly Christmas or holiday sweaters? Have you ever wanted to be part of a World Record attempt? Here’s your chance. Here’s the plan. On Saturday, December 9 at 6:30 p.m. in Beacon Park in downtown Detroit the hope is to get together more than 3,473 people to break a nearly two year …
