Published: 9/22/2010
Types: Food & Drink
Today, urban agriculture is suddenly a buzzword, both a bright hope for Detroit and a lightning rod for attacks on "right sizing." But it wasn't always that way. When the Greening of Detroit was founded 20 years ago, the idea of ensuring plenty of greenery in the city was relatively obscur...[MORE]
Published: 7/28/2010
Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985 by Tony Rettman Revelation Records Publishing Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83 by Tesco Vee & Dave Stimson edited by Steve Miller Bazillion Points Books Ah, sweet validation. In the last ...[MORE]
Published: 7/21/2010
Man, do we get mail. It sometimes peaks around 10,000 words of correspondence a week. It comes from all quarters, geographically, politically and demographically: outraged right-wingers, irritated greens, furious prudes, unhappy anarchists, appalled belly dancers, baffling weirdoes or simply people ...[MORE]
Published: 6/16/2010
So you're a beer geek and you want to revel in it. Luckily, all you need is a vehicle and a designated driver, because it's all here. Sure, you'll find a lot of your standard craft beer brewing — your English-style ales, pale ales, IPAs, porters and stouts — but there are extreme brewers...[MORE]
Published: 6/16/2010
Sweat and steel The Labor Legacy Landmark, a 60-foot-tall open steel arch in Hart Plaza, is the largest piece of public art in the country dedicated to working people. During the upcoming U.S. Social Forum, docent tours of the landmark are available between noon and 6 p.m., June 23-25. "Potato p...[MORE]
Published: 5/5/2010
Types: Arts, Photography
On a recent Sunday afternoon, the scene at Detroit's Yes Farm, a tightly knit community kept up by educators, artists and activists on the east side, is positively rural. Out on the urban prairie, the two-block mini-neighborhood is surprisingly intact and attractive, with its tree-lined street and s...[MORE]
Published: 4/7/2010
25 years ago in Metro Times: A bidding war over GM's new Saturn operation has 21 governors vying for the project. Ultimately, it would not be Detroit nor even Michigan but Spring Hill, Tenn., that would get the first Saturn assembly line six years later. GM now plans to phase out the brand by Octobe...[MORE]
Published: 3/17/2010
Types: Cover Story
The Whitney, that grand old former residence, shines on a sunny afternoon in midtown Detroit. With its 52 rooms, 10 bathrooms and 20 fireplaces, the three-story pink-granite edifice is in great condition, and pots of forced lilies decorate the front garden. It seems the manse-turned-restaurant is pr...[MORE]
Published: 3/17/2010
Types: Food & Drink
The Ginger Garlic Eggplant $7.95 for one, $14.95 for two Mon Jin Lau 1515 E. Maple Rd., Troy; 248-689-2332; monjinlau.com This popular vegetarian side has an unusual origin: It was inspired by Italian cuisine. Co-owner Brandon Chin says, "We like going to Italian restaurants and we always...[MORE]
Published: 11/25/2009
Types: Arts, Literature, Books
For a city that's shrinking, Detroit sure gets a lot of play on the bookshelves. From appealing photographic books to auto histories to poetry anthologies, there's plenty of paper to stuff a stocking with this year. Take Up the Rouge! (Wayne State, $34.95), for instance. Former Freep journo and act...[MORE]
Published: 10/14/2009
Types: Food & Drink
vegetarian-friendly Aut Bar 315 Braun Court, Ann Arbor; 734-994-3677: In the warmer months, historic Kerrytown's Aut Bar spills out onto a quiet courtyard it has nearly all to itself. Functioning as a restaurant and a bar for 21 years (the second level is 21 and older only), there's a popular Sunda...[MORE]
Published: 10/14/2009
Types: Food & Drink
If you're of a certain age, you remember those TV commercials for compilation records. The announcer would urge you to buy that collection of hits because "assembling this collection of music would cost you hundreds of dollars, and many cannot be found anywhere at any price." Sounds sort ...[MORE]
Published: 10/14/2009
Types: Food & Drink
Lately, we've been thinking a lot about a certain sort of chef or owner: the kind who personally comes by your table to greet you and inquire about your experience. A few weeks ago, we talked to Paul Grosz, the chef-owner of Cuisine in Detroit's New Center neighborhood, genuinely curious about what ...[MORE]
Published: 10/14/2009
Types: Food & Drink
Speaking of trends, are we noticing our upscale restaurants going a bit … casual? Lately, it seems restaurateurs aren't just concerned about how much diners pay for a meal, but how much they think they'll have to pay. Call it dressing down, if you will: The same talented staff, but a fresher, funkie...[MORE]
Published: 10/14/2009
Types: Cover Story
Sure, times have been tough. For our last several years, we've been watching the initial tweaks our talented entrepreneurs have dreamed up to keep diners coming in. And it's been challenging. Dining out is one of the first things people tighten their belts on, and, with recent fuel shocks, the price...[MORE]
Published: 9/23/2009
Types: Food & Drink
Among Detroit's one-of-a-kind restaurants are a few housed in old homes. One of them is Cuisine, which occupies a 1920s home in Detroit's New Center, near the pre-theater dining crowd that favors it. The man behind the restaurant is chef and owner Paul Grosz. Grosz has a serious fine-dining pedigr...[MORE]
Published: 8/26/2009
Types: Food & Drink
When it comes to college drinking, America has a puritan streak a mile wide. Our children get told from Day One that alcohol is forbidden. They get stuffed full of Hot Pockets and pumped full of Sunny D their whole lives. Then, when they're sent off to a place where they're relatively unsupervised a...[MORE]
Published: 8/26/2009
Types: Food & Drink
THEM'S THE RULES — Strictly enforced rules against hot plates in residence halls often leave dorm-dwellers at the mercy of their cafeterias and microwaves. If you're off to campus housing, be sure to check their lists of prohibited items. They can get a little intense, forbidding everything fr...[MORE]
Published: 7/15/2009
Types: Food & Drink
Though it never really was completely true, for years Americans thought of wine enthusiasts as people who haunted restaurants with tons of mahogany and a vast, dim cellar filled with rare wines that often breached $100. That's never been less true than today, when wine-oriented bars and restaurants ...[MORE]
Published: 7/15/2009
Types: Culture, Health & science
When it comes to craft brewing, Michigan is sort of a paradox. Across the country, the state has a growing reputation for brewing award-winning beer, and U.S. drinkers are raising their glasses to the state's quality small brewers, including Kalamazoo's prized Bell's Beer. But Michigan drinkers have...[MORE]
Published: 7/15/2009
Types: Food & Drink
Despite the unassuming exterior of its squat building in Livonia, inside is the most out-of-control liquor party in the metro area. Under the bar's drop ceiling, you're likely to experience serious, eardrum-shaking bass, and a rowdy crowd whacking away at every surface in sight with drum sticks, cha...[MORE]
Published: 7/15/2009
Types: Cover Story
Call it what you will — a correction, a recession or a depression — but one solid truth about Americans has been that when times are tough, we drink more. Instead of jet vacations or powerboats, the simple pleasures of beer, wine and spirits enjoyed (responsibly) among friends helps ligh...[MORE]
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