Comments on: In Dearborn, Homegrown Businesses May Work Best

By: Dearborn2010

Dearborn2010 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:43:14 +0000

I heard they are opening sometime around early to mid April..People have been working inside

By: dearborn 48128

dearborn 48128 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:56:17 +0000

I haven’t seen anyone working on this place since the signs went up? Anyone know anything about the timeline?

By: Donna Hay

Donna Hay — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:41:59 +0000

I heard that Adventure Bikes on Monroe will be closing at the end of the month. What a shame.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:12:10 +0000

Here’s the deal: If you’re going to post things like “fly-by-night wannabe chic bars” and “you have lost many, many longtime Dearbornites for lack of shopping” expect a reality check.

Seriously, what is “fly-by night”?
By nature, bars and restaurants have a shelf-life of three to five years. Afterwhich, they get renovated, completely overhauled or close. The bar/restaurant that is open, in one location, for longer that 5 years is an exception to the rule.

“Wannabe”? You either have a license to serve or you don’t.

What do consider “longtime”? I’ve lived here for 16 years and my God I’ve never heard so much useless complaining in my life. I guess I wouldn’t be a good candidate for anything here since I wasn’t “born and raised” in our venerable city.

Can’t you possibly see what’s happening here?? The market is defining what is going to work in these spaces! Not City Council, not the commercial Real Estate Barons, not the business owners…..THE MARKET!

These establishments like The Well, Howell’s, Buddy’s, Kiernan’s, Crave, The Post, Maestro’s Bistro 222, Buffalo Wild Wings, Double Olive, et al, occupy space, bring in some people, employ a few people, put a few bucks in the City tax coffers and try to make our little West Dearborn area attractive to people under the age of 55.

I’ll put it bluntly: If you don’t like consuming alcohol or if it offends you, don’t go to a bar.

On a much different note, we need more people with ‘skin in the game’ like the owners of the future Moose’s Martini Pub. Here’s hoping they will be making hundreds of gallons of martinis for us to put the future CSO projects to good use.

Oh, and to the WDDDA and Chamber of Commerce (I know for a fact you ‘in-the-know types’ read this and even blather here) GET OUT THE WORD TO THE REST OF METRO DETROIT THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO TO ROYAL OAK, NORTHVILLE OR BIRMINGHAM FOR A GOOD COCKTAIL, A FINE RESTAURANT OR EVENING ENTERTAINMENT! TV and radio ads are real cheap in 1st quarter so get to work.

Love, sunshine and rainbows.

By: hopeful

hopeful — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:23:47 +0000

Mr. Deep,
It would be great if you offered a “question section” on your awesome web site. But since you don’t, I’m going to ask a question in this area….It is somewhat relevant…pertains to business in the west end….I often notice that when I drive down Newman (the street between the condos and businesses) that there is still light on inside the old LaShish. Does anyone know why? I doubt the old owner is paying that electric bill since he’s either in jail or hiding or whatever…is the city of Dearborn tax payers paying that bill? I hope not! Why are the lights even on? There aren’t on in the vacant Little Cafe or other old businesses…

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:32:30 +0000

Homegrown talent and ownership is just what is needed in west Dearborn. Those folks who both live and create a business in Dearborn will have the most at stake and the most to gain. Conversely, they’ll have the most to lose as well. I am willing to venture that those will the most to lose will do their absolute best not to allow that to happen not only to their livelihood but to the community as well. I will have to stop by and check it out and wish you the best.

By: Loor Productions

Loor Productions — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:53:08 +0000

looking forward to the Grand Opening!!!..

By: Dave Bowman

Dave Bowman — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:19:44 +0000

Great news. Keep filling up those vacancies!

By: becki kain

becki kain — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:07:34 +0000

good luck and we look forward to coming in. will you have food or just drinks?

By: oldalldayschoolmom

oldalldayschoolmom — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:59:08 +0000

Hopefully they will serve a chocolate martini–as the best one in town used to be at the late Ciao. I think the recipe in included Godiva white chocolate liquer, along with Hershey’s syrup (believe it or not).