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Eastern Market
all dolled-up with plastic. Unusual and unique shops are scattered everywhere. There are smells and sounds, music even.
“A lot of people may find it hard to believe
but this may be the safest place in the city,” said Christine Kinsman, a Farmington Hills resident and Eastern Market aficionado.
Alive with a diverse crowd of people from
Often imitated, never duplicat- ed, the Eastern Market offers a welcome respite from the bland flavor-of-the-day fare served up at big box retailers all dolled-up with plastic.
the suburban chic to hip urban dwellers, the market draws on experience of its multicultured ven- dors and patrons, offering families a firsthand opportu- nity to expose their children to the rich variety of flavors, customs and tra- ditions that make Detroit home to the working-class assembly of the United Nations.
With a wide
array of natural and organic foods for everyone, from the shopper filling their pantries with
grocery staples at everyday value prices to the gourmet cook preparing a full meal at home, Eastern Market is a one-stop shopping destina- tion.
Vegans will delight in the market’s vegetar-
ian-oriented shopping featuring produce from baby bok choy and — hold your heart — squash blossoms not found in regular grocery stores because they spoil so fast.
Merchants carry everything from the ordi-
nary to the exotic. No need to look any further for asafetida and curry leaves for your Indian cooking aspirations.
“The market also sells all manner of spe- cialty animal items for those who wish to harm
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their karma more efficiently,” Kinsman re- torts.
Indeed, its butcher shops carry everything
a meat lover could want from aprons, to grind- ersto all-in-one kits to make sausage or jerky. Fresh cuts of beef, poultry, rabbits, pork and lamb are featured in a variety of old worlde shops staffed by butchers whose meat- buying tips are as smart as they are amusing.
Historic Eastern Market: History of Detroit’s Reflecting
their many years behind the counter, they patiently answer such customers’ questions as: What is flank steak? Can I baste with beer? Are bigger (chicken) breasts better?
The Detroit Farmer’s Market began at Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit, east of Woodward, in 1841. When it moved to its present location in 1891, it was renamed Eastern Market. Farmers have hauled tons of fresh produce to De- troit’s Eastern Market, located between Gratiot on the south, Mack Avenue on the north, St. Aubin on the east and the I-75 freeway service drive on the west, for decades. To learn more visit
www.detroiteastern-
market.com
Be prepared for an experience. “A butcher is like a priest,” according to one
market butcher . “We represent blood, life and carnality. We understand about the flesh, about sin, about good food and beautiful women.”
You’ll have to visit to see how this story
ends. If children are present, be prepared for the PG version.
Check out the vintage shops surrounding
the market sheds. Walk into R. Hirt. Jr., Co., Detroit’s original
general store, featuring a labyrinth of aisles over-spilling with imported items from the UK, Scotland and all around Europe, and delight in old world goodness. The place has old wooden floors and perme- ates its pungent space with an aroma of scintillating sausage and the choicest cheese or- dered by the cut. Owner David DeVries encourages tasting, of- fering up samples of even his most obscure cheese to those that ask, nicely.
Other specialty shops, bak-
eries, meat shops, restaurants, jazz cafés, old-time saloons, produce firms, gourmet shops, cold-storage warehouses, and much more cover the Eastern Market’s three square miles. Visit them and walk away with a real experience — and some pocket change.
The things we do for
A strong and diverse community creates a bond between us all. It fosters friendship, kindness, and well-being. No one better understands this than we do. That’s why we’re proud to celebrate the lives and achievements of African-Americans who have helped make this country what it is today. Like you, we know what it takes to reach your dreams, and we’ll do our best to help you achieve them.
Congratulations to The Michigan Chronicle, celebrating 75 years of excellence in the city of Detroit.
Henry the Hatter
last year to save on overhead costs.
Komrofsky hired Gustave Fifth Third Bank, Member FDIC.
Newman as a stock and deliv- ery boy in 1904. By 1919, the two were partners. Newman continued to run the store after Komrofsky’s death in 1941, but put the business up for sale by the end of the decade so he could retire. New Yorker Seymour Wasserman, who had purchased his first hat store in 1939 in New York, and Murray Appleby, a travel- ing hat salesman, bought the store in 1948. Wasserman subsequently bought out his partner a few years later.
Paul Wasserman, son of
Seymour Wasserman (who died in 1998), joined the busi- ness in 1973. The Traveling Hat Salesmen Association of America has named both Sey- mour and Paul Wasserman as Hat Retailer of the Year, in 1977 and 2000 respectively.
One claim to fame for
Henry the Hatter came when President Eisenhower wore a homburg from the store at his inauguration. The store’s web- site doesn’t state which, but according to the website www.
inaugural.senate.gov, Eisen- hower wore a homburg at his second inaugural in 1957.
From page C-1 Why did men stop wear-
ing hats? According to Was- serman, the fault lies not with President Kennedy (who didn’t wear a hat at his inau- guration), but in our cars. On the company’s website, Was- serman pointed out that in the 1960s more people drove to their destinations, so fewer were waiting outside for public transportation.
Henry the Hatter has been
recognized by the Historical Society of Michigan as a Mich- igan Centennial Business.
Call (313) 962-0970 for more information.
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