By Ian Perrotta There’s a new restaurant in Hamtramck, and its name couldn’t be more appropriate. Bonoful – which means a bouquet of flowers in Bengali – is an artfully arranged eatery bursting with flavor. After a year-and-a-half of planning and remodeling, the establishment opened its doors at the beginning of the month. Featuring a [...]
There’s a (moon out tonight) whoa-oh-oh ooo. Let’s go strollin’. There’s a (girl in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooo. Whose heart I’ve stolen. There’s a moon out tonight, (Whoa-oh-oh ooo.) Let’s go strollin’ through the park. (Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.) The Capris: “There’s a Moon Out Tonight” By Charles Sercombe Well star gazers, time to look into the cosmos [...]
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck city officials say they have no other options left to save the city money. They are now looking into the cost-savings of outsourcing police, fire and all other city services to Wayne County, Highland Park or Detroit. City Manager Bill Cooper was also instructed by the council to consider whether the [...]
By Ian Perrotta On a recent Saturday night, Kelly’s Bar was taken over by George – George Clinton, that is. Well, he didn’t really take it over, but even without his trademark dreadlocks his presence was obvious among the usual suspects that make up the Saturday night blues crowd. Clinton was at the bar attending [...]
By Walter Wasacz In Model D this week, we ran a story written by Steve Panton, a Hamtramck resident who operates the 2739 Edwin art space. Sometime last year, I mentioned to Steve that I had developed a modest set of what I call “the Hamtramck rules” for walking to destinations within the city. If [...]
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the council directed the city manager to look into the feasibility of outsourcing all city services. On the surface, that sounds like a radical move. But maybe it is a wise thing to look into. Perhaps we do need to take this exercise just to settle the matter. Of course, [...]
By Ian Perrotta There are plenty of places to get a good drink in Hamtramck, and if you’re anything like this Toaster, you’ve definitely been to Celina’s Sports Bar. Located at Jos. Campau and Pulaski, Celina’s turned into a sports bar after the building’s former business, The Attic, closed its doors in the latter/early part [...]
Soup kitchen opens its doors to the community By Charles Sercombe Every second Saturday of the month, the good folks at Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church open their doors to the needy. It’s soup kitchen day, and on a recent Saturday they were serving up a heaping bowl of turkey soup, salad, hot dogs, [...]
By Charles Sercombe When it comes to the patrons of the Shadow Bar who get into fights and shootings, City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan has this solution for police officers called to respond: “Let them die. Let them die.” That’s what Hassan said in a recording made by police officers responding to a home break-in that [...]
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s School Board has elected to go into a new direction. The board has changed leaders by deciding not to elect Titus Walters as president of the board. Instead, longtime boardmember Bettie Zwolak will now serve in that position. Walters was the board’s first African-American to serve as president. He held that [...]
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