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# Basement Bar, New Vegan Bites, Defense HQ on the Riverfront, + 9 Stories Around Town
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/basement-bar-new-vegan-bites-defense-hq-on-the-riverfront-9-stories-around-town/
- Published: 2025-12-11T19:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-11T19:28:46.000Z
- Author: Norris Howard
- Tags: Podcast

Detroit's stories in today's show are on the riverfront, in Corktown, in our startup labs, and even inside a nearly century-old neighborhood theater. From a $71 million defense-tech hub on the water and a plant-based diner bringing new life to Michigan Avenue, to a controversial new cannabis tax, brain-drain at U-M startups, and the Senate Theater's call for help, this episode breaks down some of the forces reshaping Detroit in 2025.

The rundown:

01:07 - Where we've been: Saksey's

03:55 - Where we've been: City Bird and Nest

06:47 - State Grants Money For New Riverfront Defense HQ

09:17 - Street Beet opening in Corktown this Thursday

12:33 - Mocha and Company coffee shop opening downtown

15:01 - Marshall M Fredricks Museum opening a studio on the eastside

17:52 - Michigan judge allowing wholesale tax on Cannabis to start January 1st

20:29 - Report says that the state has a hard time keeping U of M startups

27:05 - Senate Theater raising money for building repairs

29:00 - Mailbag: Pile of junk update

30:10 - Norris RoboCop statue thoughts

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