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Pine Hall opens Thursday on the 12th floor of Hudson's DetroitUnion Square Hospitality Group opens Pine Hall Thursday at Hudson's Detroit, a rooftop bar named after the J.L. Hudson department store's beloved Pine Room.By Samantha · Jun 11, 2026
CommunityNews
Detroit residents get a final say this week on Cooley High's demolitionDPSCD reversed its pledge to preserve part of the 1928 landmark to meet a state grant deadline. A community meeting Wednesday, June 10, is residents' last chance to weigh in before summer demolition.By Samantha · Jun 8, 2026
CityNews
Detroit's city airport opens its first new facility in 60 yearsAvflight's new FBO complex at Coleman A. Young International Airport, the first facility built there in six decades, opened June 3 as part of a broader revitalization of Detroit's historic municipal airport.By Samantha · Jun 8, 2026
CommunityPreview
Nine fridays of free movies return to Campus Martius, starting July 3Movie Nights in the D returns to Campus Martius Park this summer with nine free Friday screenings from July 3 through August 28, featuring recent releases and classics.By Samantha · Jun 4, 2026
EatsNews
Dutch Girl Donuts opens the door to its second shop on National Donut DayDutch Girl Donuts opens its second shop to the public for a sneak peek this Friday from 8 to 10 a.m. on East Grand Boulevard, with two free donuts per visitor and a boxed dozen for $20.By Samantha · Jun 4, 2026
CityNews
Millender Center's retail businesses are being cleared out by AugustCrain's reported that retail tenants at the downtown Detroit complex have been told to leave by end of August. What happens to the space next hasn't been reported yet.By Samantha · May 28, 2026
CommunityNews
Weston Hall opens in Virginia Park with 47 affordable units and a workforce record built into the renovationDetroit Landmark Development Corporation restored a 1924 building vacant for decades and routed construction wages and credentials to city residents along the way.By Samantha · May 21, 2026
MusicSpotlight
After the pulse drops on KerchevalWhen Movement clears out of Hart Plaza, West Village's Foxglove becomes one of the clearest readings of how Detroit comes down.By Samantha · May 12, 2026
EatsNews
Little Liberia plants Michigan's first Liberian restaurant on East WarrenChef Ameneh Marhaba's Little Liberia, billed as Michigan's first Liberian restaurant, holds its grand opening at 16530 E. Warren Ave. on May 15.By Samantha · May 8, 2026
CommunityPreview
Memorial Day weekend in Detroit 2026: a guide beyond MovementMovement runs three days at Hart Plaza. The rest of the city is also open. Tigers, Belle Isle, Eastern Market, the patios.By Samantha · May 6, 2026
CommunityNews
Pistons' second round sends Detroit bars into playoff modeDetroit eliminated Orlando in Game 7 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2008 — and the bars on Woodward didn't wait for a formal announcement.By Samantha · May 5, 2026
EatsNews
Eastern Market Brewing Co. moves to statewide distribution this summerEastern Market Brewing Co. is moving from limited self-distribution to a statewide footprint this summer, with a new production partner picking up the volume.By Samantha · May 3, 2026
EatsNews
Starex Smith opens Smith & Williams on Gratiot, a soul-food room in an Art Deco shellStarex Smith, the food influencer known as The Hungry Black Man, opened Smith & Williams at 1428 Gratiot Ave. with co-owner Devante Williams on May 1, 2026.By Samantha · May 1, 2026
EatsNews
Spiedo, Brad Greenhill's Mediterranean concept, takes the old Jolly Pumpkin on CanfieldBrad Greenhill, the chef-owner behind Takoi, is bringing Spiedo to 441 W. Canfield, taking over the old Jolly Pumpkin space for a summer 2026 opening.By Samantha · Apr 29, 2026
EatsNews
El Trombone takes Mutiny's Vernor space, opens early May as Detroit's newest gay barMutiny Tiki Bar closed after almost ten years at 4654 Vernor Hwy. The Detroit Optimist Society is opening El Trombone in the same room in early May.By Samantha · Apr 28, 2026
ArtsNews
MOCAD reopens, renamed, rewindowedMOCAD reopens Saturday after eight months of renovation. The 4454 Woodward building, a former auto dealership designed by Albert Kahn, has been the museum's home for the entirety of its 20 years.By Samantha · Apr 25, 2026
MusicNews
Bar Chenin became Michigan's only James Beard award finalist on March 31The James Beard Foundation announced its 2026 finalists on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.By Samantha · Mar 31, 2026
EatsReview
Sunda lands a fifth restaurant in the district DetroitBilly Dec is honest about the bet. He has framed Sunda's Detroit room as a step outside the brand's familiar model and called it an exciting risk that is still a risk.By Samantha · Mar 10, 2026
MusicReview
Hamtramck Blowout 2026 dropped the wristband back to twenty bucks and pulled in 130 actsThe 2025 Blowout sold 220 acts across 25 venues with a thirty-five-dollar wristband.By Samantha · Mar 5, 2026
EatsNews
Antidote opens at the Detroit edge of Grosse Pointe ParkNya Marshall opened her first restaurant, Ivy Kitchen + Cocktails, in East Village in December 2019. She bought the building a decade ago when there was effectively nothing on that block.By Samantha · Jan 19, 2026
EatsReview
Medusa opens Anthony Lombardo's Sicilian restaurant a block from SheWolfSelden Street between Second and Third is Anthony Lombardo's block now.By Samantha · Jan 15, 2026
CityNews
GM moves global HQ to Hudson's DetroitGeneral Motors began moving its global headquarters into Hudson's Detroit on January 12, 2026, ending a roughly three-decade run inside the Renaissance Center.By Samantha · Jan 12, 2026
EatsReview
Street Beet finally gets a Corktown address with its name on itThe pop-up has been Detroit's most ambitious vegan operation for seven years. McDaddy's. Taco Hell. The plant-based versions of the things you actually want to eat at one a.m.By Samantha · Dec 11, 2025
CommunitySpotlight
Pingree Detroit makes Detroit a shoe city again, by handPingree Detroit opened its first storefront at 11:11 a.m. on 11/11. Veterans Day, intentionally, because most of the company's co-owners are veterans.By Samantha · Nov 11, 2025
CitySpotlight
Wilson Park opens on 22 acres of riverfrontRalph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park opened on October 25, 2025, on a 22-acre stretch of riverfront between 8th Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard.By Samantha · Oct 25, 2025
ArtsReview
Mary-Ann Monforton's Heart Land plays house at the Mobile HomesteadThe MOCAD main building closed in August for HVAC and infrastructure renovations through early 2026.By Samantha · Oct 24, 2025
MusicReview
Marble Bar turned 10 the only way it knows howMarble Bar turned 10 on October 3 and 4, 2025, and marked the occasion by booking Octave One live and Danny Daze on the same weekend.By Samantha · Oct 3, 2025
EatsSpotlight
A Victorian pub on Mack Avenue is booking the Belleville threeCannons Bar opened in October 2025. It serves oysters and books techno.By Samantha · Oct 2, 2025
ArtsNews
Detroit's first contemporary art fair lands at Michigan CentralDetroit got its first contemporary art fair this weekend.By Samantha · Sep 25, 2025
MusicReview
Foxglove ended its 2025 season at Dreamtroit with Juan Atkins and a family-friendly day partyFoxglove closed its 2025 season on September 20 by leaving the garden. The garden, the Leicester Court yard that has been Foxglove's home in the North End since 2023, only holds a few hundred people.By Samantha · Sep 20, 2025
CommunityNews
Apple finally opens a store in downtown DetroitApple opened its first downtown Detroit store at 5 p.m. on Friday, September 19, with Tim Cook in attendance. He greeted the line, then unlocked the doors.By Samantha · Sep 19, 2025
CommunityProfile
Lauren Ellis won Hatch Detroit. now she has to build the bakery.Lauren Ellis pitched a French viennoiserie bakery on a Wednesday night at the Wayne State University Industry Innovation Center, in front of judges and a public that had cast 21,000 votes.By Samantha · Jun 11, 2025
CommunityReview
After Movement 2025: where the parties went after Hart Plaza closedThe Movement 2025 afterparty circuit ran from Friday May 23 through Tuesday May 27. Hart Plaza closed at midnight three nights running. The afterparties did not.By Samantha · May 28, 2025
MusicReview
Soul Clap's House of EFUNK turned 11Soul Clap's House of EFUNK ran its 11th edition at TV Lounge over Movement weekend 2025. Two nights. Deep lineup.By Samantha · May 24, 2025
MusicSpotlight
Pocket Change's first rooftop pop-up brought Mink's Sarah Welch and Cameron Rolka shucking above GratiotThe first Sunday after Pocket Change opened, the third-floor rooftop was hosting a husband-and-wife oyster pop-up.By Samantha · May 4, 2025
CommunityProfile
Old Miami: where Detroit's underground still drinks after the showOld Miami has been a veterans bar in the Cass Corridor since the 1970s. The back patio has been one of Detroit techno's quiet anchors for nearly as long.By Samantha · Apr 25, 2025
EatsSpotlight
Pocket Change hides a cocktail bar above Eastern MarketThe signage is one neon sign that says COCKTAILS in red. That's it. Walk past it and you will.By Samantha · Apr 23, 2025
CommunityProfile
Lincoln Factory's first year of programming, told through the calendarLincoln Factory opened in September 2024 inside the old Lincoln Motor Factory. Seven months in, the room has run roughly 40 nights of programming. Most of them sold out.By Samantha · Apr 10, 2025
MusicReview
Dirty Shake opened on 313 Day with a wraparound patio, boozy slushies, and a hummerSandy Levine and Doug Hewitt opened Dirty Shake at Forest and Second on March 13, 2025. They picked the date for the obvious reason.By Samantha · Mar 13, 2025
EatsSpotlight
Bar Chenin tucks a 10-seat wine bar into the SirenThe room seats ten people. There is a narrow shelf along the opposite wall where another handful can stand and lean. There is no reservation system.By Samantha · Mar 6, 2025
CommunityProfile
Spot Lite: where Detroit's house and techno scenes meetRoula David opened Spot Lite on the east side in 2018. Bar, gallery, record shop, music room. The format has held.By Samantha · Mar 1, 2025
CommunityProfile
Marble Bar: the New Center room that became a Detroit techno destinationMarble Bar opened on Holden Street in 2015. Ten years later it is one of the rooms touring DJs ask to play first.By Samantha · Feb 8, 2025
MusicProfile
Yvonne Byrd opened Minnie's Detroit on Trumbull, the fourth Detroit bar she's ownedYvonne Byrd has run a bar in Detroit since 2008. Vondie's on the River was the first, named after her childhood nickname. It ran until 2012, when the lease wasn't renewed.By Samantha · Jan 25, 2025
CommunityProfile
TV Lounge: Detroit techno's living room on Grand RiverTV Lounge has been programming techno and house on Grand River Avenue since the early 2000s. Mister Joshooa has been running it for over 20 years.By Samantha · Jan 25, 2025
CitySpotlight
Temple Bar fell down and got back upPart of Temple Bar collapsed in May 2024. It reopened seven months later.By Samantha · Dec 15, 2024
CommunityNews
Yellow Light coffee makes Michigan Central its second homeThe first food and drink tenant inside Michigan Central Station since 1988 is a coffee and donut shop from the east side.By Samantha · Dec 6, 2024
EatsNews
Hamilton's anchors the Godfrey hotel in CorktownThe Godfrey Hotel opened on Michigan Avenue in summer 2023, but its full-service ground-floor restaurant came later.By Samantha · Sep 15, 2024
CityLegacy
UFO Bar opens where UFO Factory stoodUFO Bar opened on August 16, 2024, at 2110 Trumbull Street in Corktown, in the building that had been UFO Factory for ten years.By Samantha · Aug 16, 2024
CommunityReview
After Movement 2024: where Detroit went nextMovement closes at midnight. The afterparty circuit runs to noon. Across three nights and four full days of programming, the rooms that ran the festival's actual late hours were TV Lounge, Marble Bar, the Tangent Gallery, Spot Lite, and Lincoln Factory.By Samantha · May 29, 2024
EatsReview
Vecino bets a roofless Cass Corridor building on heirloom cornVecino opened on a Friday in April after a long buildout. The 1926 corner at 4100 Third had sat empty for fifty years before Adriana Jimenez and Lukasz Wietrzynski talked themselves into it.By Samantha · Apr 19, 2024