Articles tagged: Downtown Home and Garden

Downtown Home and Garden looks forward during historical tour

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Posted: Apr 20, 2013

Downtown Home and Garden owner Mark Hodesh is "celebrating the neighborhood." Hodesh, who has owned the more than a century-old building since 1975, wants to share its history and offered tours Saturday morning to do ... Read more »

food & grocery: Ann Arbor Veg Week - Food Floozie blog celebrates by featuring plant-based recipes

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Posted: Apr 17, 2013

Ann Arbor Veg Week begins on Monday — are you ready? Have you signed the pledge to eat meat-free meals next week? Why not? Join me! With the exceptions of sushi, tofu, and locusts (which ... Read more »

Historic buggy finds new home in downtown Ann Arbor

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Posted: Nov 17, 2012

Downtown Home and Garden, located on South Ashley Street in downtown Ann Arbor, received a new tenant of sorts today. On Saturday afternoon, Holly and John Porter transported a 19th century buggy via truck from ... Read more »

recipe: Thanksgiving Warm-Up Roast Turkey Sandwiches

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Posted: Nov 12, 2012

The new Holiday Cookbook answers all of your cooking needs. Strapped for time? Check out the well-tested Super-Simple section. I'm craving roast turkey, particularly roast turkey sandwiches. But not a sandwich made from shrink-wrapped, thinly ... Read more »

update: Crash in front of Downtown Home and Garden caused no damage to businesses

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Posted: Oct 27, 2012

Editor's note: This story has been updated as information has become available. It was the crash heard 'round Bill's Beer Garden on Friday night — but according to part owner Mark Hodesh, "not much actually ... Read more »

Free samples draw a crowd to 2nd annual Mark's Carts cook off

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Posted: Sep 15, 2012

Hannah Rockwell helps Matt Dulin, general manager at the Beet Box, distribute samples at Mark's Carts. The picnic tables were jammed at Mark's Carts on West Washington Street in Ann Arbor at lunchtime on Saturday ... Read more »

Food & Grocery: Second annual Mark's Carts cook-off in Ann Arbor on Saturday

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Posted: Sep 13, 2012

It will be like Top Chef: Food Cart Edition on Saturday at Ann Arbor's Mark's Carts when the cart vendors take part in the second annual Mark's Carts Cook-Off. The public is invited to attend ... Read more »

recipe: Clay Pot Chicken & Rice - cooking method creates full-flavor dishes with a minimum of fuss

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Posted: Feb 23, 2012

The new dinnerFeed web site is a lean,  mean fighting machine! "You call yourself a food writer and have never cooked in clay?" JC was teasing me, but I felt heat rising up my neck, ... Read more »

Gun, compound bows stolen during Webster Township burglary

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Posted: Sep 22, 2011

A handgun, two compound bows and various other items were stolen during a burglary reported Wednesday in Webster Township, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said. Someone broke into a home in the 4000 block of Dexter-Pinckney ... Read more »

recipe: Pork Belly Tacos inspired by Mark's Carts

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Posted: Jun 03, 2011

A single June day compensated me for the months I've spent freezing running from heated house to heated car. For me, nothing is more amusing than roaming the streets of downtown Ann Arbor in quest ... Read more »

Tell me your Top Three: Downtown Home and Garden, The ReUse Center, and Materials Unlimited

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Posted: Oct 26, 2009

My neighbor Barb McRae enjoys gardening and is an avid recycler. When I asked her to share her top 3 places to shop in and around Ann Arbor, she immediately mentioned these favorites: Downtown Home ... Read more »