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A love of travel and an interest in the macabre may not seem like an obvious pairing, but together they were the inspiration for The Mortals, a “death café” that specializes in conversations around dying, served with a side of Vietnamese coffee.
Great beer has a story. And at Archival Brewing, it’s all about the stories.
It’s no secret that the hospitality industry has taken a hit since the pandemic but even in the thick of 2020, MeXo didn’t slow down.
Paul Thai sits on a commercial strip of Plainfield Avenue, rubbing shoulders with a hair salon and a cash advance store.
While breakfast is known for being the most important meal of the day, we’d argue lunch is slightly more essential. There’s nothing better than a steamy bowl of soup or a crisp, cold sandwich to break up a workday afternoon.
Michigan is defined by our Great Lakes, so of course we love all things aquatic.
The Need to Knows and Just Plain Nos of Post-COVID Etiquette
The dive bar’s absence left a hole in the world of watering holes, but now as vaccination rates rise and COVID cases fall, we can begin returning to the ways of the before times.
We all have our watering hole — the local bar we visit for a drink without thinking, where we know all the bartenders, the specials and what’s on the jukebox.
In the age of COVID, grocery shopping has been reinvented.