PURE DETROIT
The Howling Diablos long has been the embodiment of Detroit cool. And it’s finally documented on this fine-tuned, funked-up studio debut on a local label. (It follows last year’s more loosely hung Howling Diablos Live on Kid Rock’s Top Dog.) The roster of guest players here also remains inside city limits: Vinnie Dombrowski (Sponge) on…
Zingerman’s Next Door
As fine a deli as anyone could wish for, and more than just a haven for triple-decker sandwiches and dill pickles. In addition to its array of imaginative sandwiches, soups and salads, it stocks top-of-the-line products, from tea, coffee and mustard to cheese, jam and olives, from small, proprietor-run companies literally across the globe. Breads…
Blue Nile
Diners share a communal platter at traditional Ethiopian tables and chairs just 18 inches off the floor. The spongy bread called injera is plate, utensils and part of the meal all in one. A variety of meat and/or vegetable stews, some spicy, some bland, are heaped atop the bread. Pieces of bread are simply torn…
Ill-suited art
Artists fear that a court case could be the end of the rock poster as we know it….
