Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Pastry-baking, meal-making duo and their staff turn out fresh-made dinners, carryout casseroles and unforgettable scones from their quaint cafe in Grosse Pointe Park.
If Fou d’ amour, a bakery and café whose recipes wind up on dozens, if not hundreds, of Pointers’ tables each week, had a motto or a tagline there would be no need to take a fancy or French approach. For a business whose name means Crazy in Love, it could be simply: Dinner driving you crazy? Let us handle it! It’s what Michele Makowski and Darcy Towns, partners and co-owners of the bakery, catering and dinner-take out spot that turns five this year, do nearly every day of the week. That is make dinner for someone else, not their own families. Each has two children, each work long days and each would love having a fresh meal ready to go. “We’re crazy in love with what we do,” says Makowski. “We know what we would want to feed our families …
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15110 Kercheval Ave, Grosse Pointe Park, MI
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Vote in the poll, leave a comment below and submit a review to let us know your Readers' Choice pick for the best place for sushi in Grosse Pointe.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
They invented the Gorilla Stand that will hold iPhones or an iPad for movie watching while in bed, on an airplane or even in a hotel room. The trio is trying to raise funding to produce the product with the goal of selling it.
A trio of Grosse Pointe siblings is working to market their invention: the Gorilla Stand, which is a "durable and stylish dual stand to accomodate an iPhone and an iPad (and most tablets)." The project began about a year ago with Lego and Kinnex models and has evolved into a working proteje made out of durable plastic. Ryan Moran, 28, watches a lot of movies on his iPhone in his bedroom before going to sleep, which generated the idea for the invention, he said, explaining he realized he was always holding it up and moving it to make it easier to view. The two leg Gorilla Stand folds flat for easy packing and travel and will sit on the user's lap or on a desk or table top. It also features a sound reflector, which helps amplify the sound of…
Monday, May 14, 2012
Vote in the poll, leave a comment below and submit a review to let us know your Readers' Choice pick for the best place for sushi in Grosse Pointe.
We're on a quest to rate the best of the best in Grosse Pointe. This week, we're talking about the best place for sushi. Vote for your favorite Readers’ Choice place in the poll below by 9 a.m. Friday, tell what it is about your favorite spot you like best and leave a review on our site. We'll post a story later that day declaring the winner. If we missed your favorite place in Grosse Pointe, let us know in the comments to nominate your choice. Click through to the profile pages of these local places and leave your review (reviews will also count toward votes in the poll): Visit Patch Places to find all kinds of places to go around town. Do you own or manage one of these businesses? Be sure to claim your page — it's free! Because this poll…
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Share your ideas of what type of business you would like to see in this week's featured vacant property in the City of Grosse Pointe.
This week's Visions for Vacancies property is 337 Fisher Road in the City of Grosse Pointe. The commercial property formerly housed a hair salon that relocated about a block away on Fisher. The former salon is sandwiched between American Dry Cleaning and the Grosse Pointe Athletic Club. It is also near another vacant property that previously housed a tanning business. Located across from Grosse Pointe South High School, the building offers 100 feet of store front. According to property records, the building is owned by a company located in Mt. Clemens. Share your ideas of what business you'd like to see locate in this vacant commercial property below.
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-82.903199
337 Fisher Rd, Grosse Pointe, MI
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Jumps Restaurant was the Readers' Choice pick for the best place for Mother's Day brunch in Grosse Pointe.
Where's the best place for Mother’s Day brunch in Grosse Pointe? Jumps Restaurant. At least that's what Patch readers have determined after the weeklong Readers' Choice quest for the best place for Mother’s Day Brunch in Grosse Pointe. Jumps Restaurant received 10 votes in the poll. The winner was determined by the Patch editor, based on poll results and reviews on Patch Places. Check out all of our Readers' Choice winners. Do you have something to say about Jumps? Visit their free business listing and leave a review. You can also add reviews for the hundreds of other businesses in Patch Places. Do you own a business in Grosse Pointe? Learn how to claim your Patch business listing here. Come back next week for another Readers' Choice poll.
Following a media preview party at Prop Arts Studio in Detroit, more than 30 perch for the Grosse Pointe Get Hooked campaign were picked up by or delivered to artists.
The artists selected to decorate the perch that will dot the streets of the Grosse Pointes later this summer will begin the creative process after taking possession of the roughly four-foot fish this week. Many of the artists picked up their fish Thursday following a media preview event also attended by the sponsors and the local artists selected. The remainder of the fish are being delivered to the artists today, Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jennifer Boettcher said. Similar to the frogs featured in the Pointes several years ago, the perch are being used in a campaign to promote the Grosse Pointes for shopping, supporting local businesses and as a fun feature to draw people to explore the area while visiting each of…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Officials are preparing for opening day of the ninth annual West Park Farmer's Market that lines Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe Park. Opening day is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
West Park Farmers Market Manager Jennifer Meldrum will be cleaning up Kercheval Avenue in the next few days, planting flowers and readying the stretch of Grosse Pointe Park that will be transformed Saturday for start of the ninth annual season. The market will feature some new vendors this year as well as those Grosse Pointers have come to love and to look for on Saturday mornings, Meldrum said. Among the items one can find at the market are: locally grown vegetables and fruits, flowers, baked goods, jewelry, gardening and wooden wares, candles, birdhouses and wildlife goods, oils and vinegars and more. This is the first season Meldrum has had to create a waiting list for one specific kind of vendor: jewelry, she said, explaining she's had…
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Kercheval Ave & Lakepointe St, Grosse Pointe, MI
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-82.94135
Kercheval Ave & Maryland St, Grosse Pointe, MI
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Kercheval Ave & Beaconsfield Ave, Grosse Pointe, MI
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What do plant-loving moms really want for Mother's Day? Patio flowers with exotic fragrances, trendy vertical gardens, a 'greens' garden, and ... a great big pile of mulch with all hands on deck.
If you’re one of the countless people who buy flowers for Mom on Mother’s Day, good for you … and great for Mom! There’s nothing like a big bouquet to brighten the day. Area gardening experts suggest taking Mom’s love of flowers a few steps further by picking up a plant for her that she can enjoy, perhaps as a centerpiece on Mother’s Day but then on her patio or deck as an added adornment this summer. And while plants in pots are great, so are blooms that brim from the new vertical, wall trays. Consider giving Mom gardening tools or even a big pile of mulch. Seriously, some mothers have reported that one of their best gifts ever was a pile of mulch and some extra hands for spreading it! Here, some plant- and garden-enthusiast gift ideas …
El's Boutique began as a small section of Village Toy two years ago. It did so well, the owner has expanded it and it now fills about half of the store.
After 25 years in the toy business, Grosse Pointer Ellen Durand has expanded the merchandise offerings at Village Toy to include accessories, jewelry and other trendy items popular with tweens. Durand began offering tween products about two years ago in a small section of Village Toy. That portion of the business grew to the point that Durand expanded the tween's division of Village Toy, named El's Boutique, earlier this year. El's now fills about half of the store and it features a wide-variety of accessories, from bedroom furniture appealing to tweens, desk and locker accessories, jewelry, crafts, sparkly nail polish and more. Many of the items are targeted for the tween girl, but much of the merchandise is appropriate for ages 10 …
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Village Toy Company
17112 Kercheval Ave, Grosse Pointe, MI
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5:32 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Blufin is by far the best sushi in gp the service was great and very informative our rolls were awesome, the Blufin and summertime rolls are my favorite even the owner was nice, and they have great deals for happy hour too I would definitly recommend Blufin sushi more ›