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When Detroiter and former NFL cornerback Ron Bartell opened Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles on the Avenue of Fashion in 2015, the immediate and lasting response was overwhelming — a constant line of patrons perpetually snaking out the door long before the pandemic made such a sight commonplace. So when the city announced a long and intensive streetscaping project of Livernois Avenue that would disrupt business for most of 2019, Bartell and his team decided to close the busy restaurant to renovate its kitchen, retrain staff and reinvest in the business. The process took seven long months, finall...

February 23, 2021 Chef Maxcel Hardy cooks up Caribbean fusion dishes at Coop, one of the original food stalls at Detroit Shipping Co. Last March, Detroit-area restaurants went dark. Quite literally, any local eatery that couldn’t quickly muster up takeout and delivery services, turned out the lights and closed its doors while the powers that be determined best practices for operating a hospitality business during a global health crisis. Such was the case for Detroit Shipping Co., the Cass Corridor food hall and beer garden erected out of shipping containers. On March 16, 2020, the company a...

Where to find Detroit artist Charles McGee’s bold works of art in Michigan Next Charles McGee, a groundbreaking Black Detroit artist, died this week at age 96, but he lives on in the vibrant sculptures, murals, and other works that can be found throughout the city. You can read more about McGee’s life and work here.  Posted Home » Arts and Culture » Where to find Detroit artist Charles McGee’s bold works of art in Michigan Support Local Journalism At a time when local-based reporting is critical, support from our readers is essential to our future. If you're able to, please support

A larger-than-life Louis Armstrong portrait greets visitors opposite the front door. Nine more scenes are below. (Photos from Realcomp) "This house is too big for one guy alone," Detroit restaurateur Ron Bartell tells the Free Press about his five-bedroom Palmer Woods home. His family lives in California, so the former NFL player out his second home on the market three weeks ago for $1.1 million. He'll look for a smaller Detroit base in Midtown, real estate freelancer Judy Rose writes at the Freep in her weekly "House Envy" feature. Bartell's home office has halmets from his jobs with the...

A larger-than-life Louis Armstrong portrait greets visitors opposite the front door. Nine more scenes are below. (Photos from Realcomp) "This house is too big for one guy alone," Detroit restaurateur Ron Bartell tells the Free Press about his five-bedroom Palmer Woods home. His family lives in California, so the former NFL player out his second home on the market three weeks ago for $1.1 million. He'll look for a smaller Detroit base in Midtown, real estate freelancer Judy Rose writes at the Freep in her weekly "House Envy" feature. Bartell's home office has halmets from his jobs with the...