Stories

What to do and drink during Detroit Cocktail Week

Detroit’s first Cocktail Classic launched in 2014, with a respectable 12 bars and restaurants serving drinks alongside a relatively modest brunch.…

6 years ago

Detroit’s infamous foreclosure auction looks different this year

Every year, counties across Michigan auction off foreclosed properties whose owners have been delinquent on property taxes for three years.…

6 years ago

Uncovering the mystery of Corktown’s strangest billboard

For a couple months this summer, the “Questions Guy” billboard loomed over Trumbull and Michigan in Corktown. With a powder…

6 years ago

Why researchers are poring over thousands of Metro Detroit food tweets

Let’s say you fire off a tweet about the bomb grilled cheese you just made. Maybe, you wonder into the…

6 years ago

Why the University of Michigan is eyeing a bigger slice of Detroit

In many ways, the school has been able to operate in bucolic Ann Arbor while existing wholly separate from Detroit:…

6 years ago

Detroit testing free Lyfts from bus stops to make late night commutes easier

It turns out, as we were glued to the inter-county drama over funding regional transit that ended in defeat, Detroit…

6 years ago

We answer your 5,000 questions about no-fault insurance in Detroit

There’s no question that car insurance is way, way, WAY too high for drivers in Metro Detroit. But there’s plenty…

6 years ago

How to snoop inside the quirkiest homes in Detroit

We’ve seen plenty of home tours in Detroit -- it’s a great way to peek inside stately historic neighborhoods like…

6 years ago

People are calling this obscure change to Detroit’s water bills the ‘rain tax’

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6 years ago

These doctors-in-training meet their patients under freeway overpasses and on street corners

At first glance, the seven people picking their way through the shadows of a southwest Detroit underpass at the end…

6 years ago