Shop Detroit Eastern Market on Tuesdays!

Yes, fresh produce and plants--locally grown and available right here in the "D"!

Tuesdays 11am-7pm

July 12 through September 27

From the Detroit Eastern Market Website:

Eastern Market Corporation is pleased to announce the pilot season of "Detroit Eastern Market Tuesdays!" We are excited to for this opportunity to generate additional revenue for our vendors while providing our community with a convenient fresh food access point.  

"Detroit Eastern Market Tuesdays" will feature a sampling our historic Saturday Market experience though the inclusion of farmers, flowers, produce dealers, specialty products, and prepared-food vendors. In addition, "Tuesdays" will be a weekly community celebration including special events highlighting the agricultural, social, culinary, and artistic treasures of our city, region, and state.

We are happy to offer our shoppers many of the same convenient services as our Saturday Market, including the Eastern Market Bridge Card Program, Double Up Food Bucks, educational events, culinary demonstrations, and community outreach opportunities.

Come shop, eat, play, and join us in our new Tuesday adventure!  

"Detroit Eastern Market Tuesdays" will begin July 12 and run through September 27, from 11am - 7pm exclusively in Shed 2 (corner of Russell St. & Winder St.)

Do It In Detroit: Detroit Restaurant Week

Finally a chance for Detroit chefs and restaurants to shine. For the first time, from September 18- 27, 2009 the Motor City will participate in a 10 day showcase of downtown Detroit’s most outstanding chefs and cuisine. The city’s top dining establishments will offer a minimum three-course dinner for a fixed price ($27) not including beverages, tax, gratuity, and many restaurants are also offering specially-priced wine and beverage pairings to accompany the meal. The list of participating restaurants are a powerhouse of culinary expertise.

According to Sylvia Rector, Free Press Restaurant Critic, organizers are set to announce details of the event today, targeting only top-tier venues to launch what will be an annual event. In addition, Detroit’s Eastern Market will offer special Detroit Restaurant Week culinary demonstrations each Saturday morning from now through September 26.

Participating Restaurants click for more details and hours of operation

• 24Grille at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit

• Andiamo Detroit Riverfront – GM Renaissance Center

• Atlas Global Bistro - Midtown

• Coach Insignia – GM Renaissance Center

• Cuisine – New Center

• Da Edoardo Foxtown Grille – Fox Theatre Building

• Detroit Fish Market @ Paradise Valley

• Forty-Two Degrees North – Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center

• Iridescence – Motor City Casino-Hotel

• Mosaic Restaurant - Greektown

• Opus One - Downtown

• Rattlesnake Club – Stroh River Place

• Roast – Westin Book Cadillac Detroit

• Saltwater – MGM Grand Detroit

• Seldom Blues – GM Renaissance Center
  

• The Whitney - Midtown

• Wolfgang Puck Grille – MGM Grand Detroit

Reservations are strongly recommended. Full details, including menus will be made available today at www.DetroitRestaurantWeek.com.

Be sure to also visit the official blog of Detroit Restaurant Week, Dining in Detroit (www.diningindetroit.net). There you will find weekly updates on DRW events, as well as previews of several of the participating restaurants. You can also follow Dining in Detroit on Twitter @DininginDetroit.

More about DRW Support:

Detroit Restaurant Week is sponsored by the Greater Downtown Districts — Downtown, Midtown, New Center, Corktown and Eastern Market — to support downtown’s many fine restaurants. Social Connection and the Metro Times are also proud sponsors of DRW, which is being presented by Paxahau Promotions Group, producers of the MOVEMENT: Electronic Music Festival.

Paxahau Promotions Group was established in 1998 to promote electronic music. Since then it has grown to become a year round event production company. In addition to producing Detroit’s annual electronic music festival—Movement; Paxahau has been responsible for booking talent or producing several other events including: Comerica Cityfest; Arts, Beats & Eats; North American International Auto Show events; the Book Cadillac Grand Opening Weekend, and BravoBravo! With a network of alliances and resources that span the globe, Paxahau has earned the reputation as a premier promotions group. Visit www.paxahau.com for more information.

Monday Milestones: FD Lofts--a Unique Detroit Neighborhood

Urban Life Development has renovated the old Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop located at 3434 Russell Street. Here is the description from the website:

The FD Lofts at Eastern Market, formerly the Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop, is a National Register Historic Building. New high quality living environments have been designed and constructed within the building’s original industrial character. Designed for young and old urbanites alike, the beauty and charm of century old brick, soaring wood-beam ceilings and ten foot tall industrial-sized windows are presented with industrial chic flair.

This is another great example of the unique housing options in the City of Detroit.


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Shopping in Detroit: Shop in Detroit!

Detroit Synergy is holding its 5th Annual "Shop Detroit" event for the Holidays to encourage people to explore and support shopping in the City of Detroit! This year, four different shopping areas in Detroit have been highlighted: Downtown, Midtown/New Center, Russell Bazaar, and this weekend on December 20: Eastern Market.

 

The event is from 11 am to 4 pm with Check-in at Shed #4. If you haven't participated in this fun and exciting event, you can do your last minute shopping this Saturday! The Detroit Evolution Lab, featuring organic and locally grown and sustainable foods and health events, will have an open house and food tasting from 2 - 4 pm.

From the Detroit Synergy Website:

December 20 | Eastern Market

Check In @ Shed 5 | Russell Street

You know it and love it! Enjoy the bounty that is Eastern Market. Gifts for all the foodies in your life—from locally made products to goodies from around the globe—there's something for everyone! Looking for just the right ingredients for your holiday dinner? Now's the time to pick it up! Whether you're sticking with tradition or cookin' up something new, Eastern Market's got you covered!

Parking: Parking is available in the lot adjacent to Shed 5, located at the corner of Russell and Alfred.

Tours: Our friends from Inside Detroit will be on hand to lead you down Russell Street and let you in on the inside scoop. See below for details.

Sales/Fun Stuff: The market is always bustling on Saturdays—here just a few highlights.
• 2009 Detroit. It's Worth It. Calendars available for sale for $15, OR Calendar/Synergy T-shirt combo for $20!
• Be sure to stop by your favorites, as well as lesser know retailers. Details to come.
• Detroit Evolution Lab will host an open house from 2-4pm. Stop by for samples and purchase a gift certificate or two! Click here for more info on the Lab. (1434 Gratiot Ave. #1, entrance in rear.)

Shopping in Detroit: Faygo Pop

"Which way did he go? Which way did he go? He went for FA-A-A-A-Y-G-O-O-O-O!" Ok, if you remember THAT commercial, you really are old skool! Faygo Pop was invented right here in Detroit in 1907 by two Russian immigrant bakers, who adapted the recipe from their cake icing! The original flavors were Fruit Punch, Strawberry ("Red Pop"), and Grape and bottles sold for 3 cents each or 2 bottles for a nickel.

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Around 1910 Faygo started being called "pop" because of the sound made when the bottles were opened. "Rock and Rye" was introduced in the 1920s (when home deliveries started), "Orange" in the 1930s, and "Root Beer" and lemon-lime "Uptown" in the 1940s. It was also in the 1930s that the Faygo bottling plant moved to its present-day location on Gratiot near the Eastern Market.

Faygo Beverages
3579 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, MI 48207
Phone: (313)925-1600






The "Faygo Kid" commercials began in the 1950s...diet pop, including "Frosh" which is still available today, was introduced in the 1960s.

Betcha didn't know that you could buy Faygo Pop and Faygo Logo apparel online! So, if you're a long way from home and yearning for that Red Pop, find your mouse and credit card and start shopping!

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Detroit Police Chief Says: "My Bad!" for Bike Licenses

As I wrote in my post: "Riding Your Bike in Detroit? Have Your License?", the Detroit Police Department will start enforcing the 44-year-old bike license ordinance on August 7: a $55.00 fine if you don't have a $1.00 license for your bike.

Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings tried to explain at a recent Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting that her intent was not to punish bike riders, but to be better able to retrieve stolen bicycles.

Ron Scott, a member of the Detroit-based Bike Riders United, feels that the enforcement in unnecessary and problematic. Chief Bully-Cummings replied that she didn't want police officers standing around writing tickets to bikers; she is just trying to help bike-theft victims to get their bikes back.

Bike Riders United will hold a unity protest bike-a-thon in Detroit on Friday, August 1 from 1 to 3 p.m.; starting at Eastern Market and concluding at Hart Plaza. Meanwhile, just to be sure, you can visit any of the six Detroit Police Districts and get a 5-year license for your bike.

Update: as of Friday July 18 2008, the Detroit Police Department has no more bike licenses available! Stay tuned to see what happens with the ordinance enforcement...

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Russell Bazaar to Open in Late July 2008

As a Detroiter and/or Detroit Booster, you have most probably heard of Albert Kahn, one of the most prolific architects of the late 19th and early 20th century in Detroit. One of the beautiful buildings Albert Kahn designed in 1923 is now called the Russell Industrial Center, located near the Eastern Market.

Starting in late July, the new Russell Bazaar will officially open, giving Detroiters an opportunity to shop in the city in a beautiful indoor "trade center" venue. According to Eric Novak, leasing agent for the Boydel Development Group, the Russell Bazaar will eventually include seven stories, 160,000 sq.ft., over 600 vendors, and have a food court, live music, and a drive- and bike-in movie theater.

Yes, there are similar venues in the 'burbs, but with the opening of the Russell Bazaar, you can "Shop in Detroit"!

For more information and/or a vendor application, call (313) 972-7009 or send an email.