Ann Arbor cleaned up in
Ann Arbor cleaned up in the Freep’s Best of Detroit awards. Well, in the “Home” section anyway. Taking top honors in the “Kitchen Store” category is Kitchenport, which is “the only local store that carries Look Cookware, a well-respected brand from Iceland.” And the “Best Place to Buy Kitchen and Garden Accessories You Didn’t Know You Needed” is Downtown Home and Garden, whose offerings include “wonderful planters, seeds, bulbs, birdfood and a surprising collection of kitchen items, including bowls, utensils and brooms handmade by students at Berea College in Kentucky.” Ann Arbor also boasts Detroit’s “Best Comfortable Clothes.” Copper garden frogs, nonreactive saucepans, flowy linen separates - everything a college student could want - can be found right here in Tree Town.
Also making the list is the Blind Pig - it’s the “Best Ann Arbor Music Bar,” the only area-restricted category on the “Bars and Clubs” list.