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Ypsilanti’s Basil Babe turns out a bangin’ massaman curry

The mother-daughter team behind this new spot mixes a traditional approach with modern updates on Thai recipes

By Tom Perkins

Mar 23, 2023

As we ate at Thai restaurant Basil Babe, a friend commented that its massaman curry is the best version of the dish he has come across in the Ypsi-Ann Arbor area, and perhaps anywhere. I'll go even higher in my praise — this is one of the better dishes I’ve dug into for a review this year...

Ypsilanti’s Basil Babe turns out a bangin’ massaman curry

Judge approves $600 million settlement over Flint water crisis

It’s the largest settlement in Michigan history

By Steve Neavling

Judge approves $600 million settlement over Flint water crisis

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By Lee DeVito

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By Steve Neavling

The interior of a Quality Roots dispensary.

At Dearborn’s old-school Roman Village restaurant, I bonded with my Italian girlfriend’s dad

By Robert Stempkowski

Roman Village’s minestrone. By the way, have you heard the one about the old guy who wandered into a red-light district and saw some storefront signage that read, “Super Sex”? When asked what he was looking for, announced, “If those are my choices, I’ll have the Soup!”

The Fillmore Detroit is holding a job fair

By Lee DeVito

A bartender at the Fillmore Detroit.

Right to Work repeal will make Michigan a leading state for workers’ rights again, unions say

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance

A solidarity rally in Lansing in February 2011.

Ann Arbor’s FoolMoon announces out-of-this-world details for 13th annual festival of lights

By Lee DeVito

Ann Arbor’s FoolMoon announces out-of-this-world details for 13th annual festival of lights

New Detroit music: 10 artists to watch in 2023

By Metro Times Staff

(Clockwise from upper left) Aint Afraid, Jack Droze & Lilahk, Brooklyn Queen, Kaci the Model, Checker, and Rose St. Germaine are some of our Detroit artists to watch in 2023.

Brooklyn Queen talks Dr. Phil, new music, and transitioning from child star to teenage diva

By Kahn Santori Davison

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Detroit artist Stoop Lee is here to build up his peers with cool hip-hop, indie, and electro-pop

By Jeff Milo

Stoop Lee.

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Yemen Cafe
8740 Joseph Campau Ave., Hamtramck; 313-871-4349; yemencaferestaurant.com
This no-frills, halal eatery has sandwiches under $5 and $1 cups of soup.

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