HopCat's celebrating its birthday with Crack Fries, Crack Fries, and more...
HopCat Detroit opened just over two years ago, but the company itself turns 9 this year and they're celebrating with their signature Crack Fries. The party takes place this Saturday and from 10 a.m....
View ArticleDetroit police official on racial tensions: 'Get over it'
Despite recent claims by Detroit Police Chief James Craig that the department does not suffer from a growing race problem, minutes from a Board of Police Commissioners meeting show his right-hand man...
View ArticleSample the flavors of Liberia and Lebanon at the Kitchen Ramarj pop-up
The Kitchen Ramarj pop-up is the brainchild of Ameneh Marhaba, a 22-year-old with a colorful, international history. Her mother is Liberian and her father is Lebanese.…
View ArticleThe Farmers Hand will serve you now
The Farmer's Hand will serve you now. The Corktown store and deli has made it its mission to stock solely locally made goods — a precedent unseen in any of Detroit's other neighborhoods and even...
View ArticleIs Detroit getting a riverfront beach?
OK, it's not a sure thing, but there is a possibility that maybe, perhaps, Detroit might get an "urban beach" on the riverfront that would connect Chene Park and Stroh River Place, according to an...
View ArticleFired-up anti-Trump demonstrators hold lukewarm protest in the cold
As millions of people across the country gathered around television sets and computer screens to watch Donald Trump assume the nation’s highest office Friday, a little more than a dozen protesters...
View ArticleMetro Detroit turns out for the Women's March on Washington, D.C.
The hundreds of thousands of protesters who dominated the capitol during Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington, D.C. included 8,000 from Michigan and several busloads from metro Detroit. Many of them...
View ArticleDetroit Mayor Duggan unofficially announces bid for second term
At an invitation-only meeting held Saturday Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan told a group of more than 100 community leaders that he plans on running for a second term. according to attendees.…
View ArticleHenry Ford museum announces name change
Today, The Henry Ford announced it will change the name of its Dearborn museum from Henry Ford Museum to Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. While the museum's name will change, the overall...
View ArticlePussy Power: Notes From the Women's March on Washington
It began with bacon and uterus-shaped pancakes. Actually, that’s not true. It began the night of the election, when I watched, along with a horrified voting majority, as the country was promised a...
View ArticleSierra Nevada is recalling beer in Michigan
If you've bought beer from the Sierra Nevada beer company in the last weeks you may want to take it back to the store. The brewery said in a statement that they "detected a very limited number of...
View ArticleMichigan: It's National Pie Day
It seems like, in recent years, the food industry dreamed up and pushed a national holiday for just about every dish and morsel under the sun. Check your favorite social media account for updates on...
View ArticleMetro Detroit Thai restaurateur opens new downtown eatery
Midtown Thai favorite Go! Sy Thai is now rolling a new location out of a 29-seat eatery in downtown Detroit's Capitol Park.…
View ArticleBonobos "guideshop" coming to downtown Detroit
Nike, Warby Parker, Moosejaw, John Varvatos, and Kit and Ace — they're all on a list of national retailers who've opened up in downtown Detroit. And now a Bonobos "guideshop" is poised to join them....
View ArticleFord CEO says he re-read Trump's 'The Art of the Deal' over the holidays
While President Donald Trump has taken credit for recent news of Big Three U.S. investments, those events were in the making long before he was elected. But now that Trump is finally in the White...
View ArticleBobcat Bonnie's announces new Wyandotte location
Bobcat Bonnie's owner Matthew Buskard announced to his family and friends on Facebook last night that he'd be opening a second location in Wyandotte. Buskard told MT he worked with the owners of...
View ArticleTrump meets with Big Three execs to slam EPA
Previously, noted cyberbully and President of the United States Donald Trump has bossed the Detroit's Big Three automakers around on Twitter, demanding they bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and...
View Article18 diverting reasons to leave the house this week
Thursday, 1/26 Rich the Kid @ The Crofoot Rich the Kid may only be 24 years old, but he’s done a whole lot with those years. In addition to his 16 mixtapes, he’s also started his own record label,...
View ArticleHoroscopes (Jan 25-31)
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View ArticlePolitics & Prejudices: Good luck retiring … ever
Well, we now have a vulgar, brawling carnival barker sitting where Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln once did. "May none but honest and wise men ever rule under its roof," John Adams wrote to his...
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