We ate there two weeks ago, and were very pleased with our experience. I would recommend Ottava over Republic which we ate at the week prior. My favorite Italian is still Mani in Ann Arbor.

Casey's - Love the burger
Cardamom - favorite Indian
Mani Osteria - Best restaurant in AA
Lorio's - Ice Cream
Roos Roast - Great Coffee
Monahan's - fish market -lunch - great chowders, and sandwiches.

Cream/milk have nothing to do with how "smooth and creamy" the ice cream seems. They mostly provide richness and to a lesser degree density and aide in stabilization. The quality of machine they use, how fast they can deep freeze the base, type of sugar and if stabilizers are utilized are all factors in the "smooth and creamy" mouth feel of the ice cream.

He was all over AA most of last week.

Been very pleased with every loaf I have bought at Boule in Plymouth. I like the epi baguette best because you get more crusty crust. I love the cherry walnut toasted with butter and the harvest grain that I think they only sell on Saturdays. I've never found a scone that I've enjoyed very much, so I can't comment on them. The croissants are poor - I ate a Balthazar croissant everyday for 6 months when I interned there during cooking school - it's hard to compare.

I grew up in N. Merrick - this post is so accurate - 100% true. The last few times I have been home - I've always had dinner at La Strada. Great food and great pizza.

I've always been surprised by the love for Petit Prince. I find Cannelle Patisserie to be far superior.

Totally disagree. Been taking my 3 and 4 year old to the hands on museum since we moved here - 3 years ago. Lots of activities for even the smallest kids. You could easily spend a whole afternoon in the toddler/preschool room.

I had heard that the Natural history museum was being moved to a new science building and that a lot of the exhibits have already been moved to storage/new building. Is this true?.

My favorite restaurant in Ann Arbor.

The parking lot has been pretty full the past three days. Looks like lots of activity going on inside.

Scheduled to open in October. Can't believe it has taken over 2 years for that place to open. It's going to be a beautiful store. It's north of 5 - so it's in Northville.

The best meal I have had this year so far was a Roast.

I ate at Blue Tractor in Ann Arbor last weekend and enjoyed it. Smoke flavor could of been a little stronger, but all the meats were tender and juicy. About a 25 minute ride from Novi.

I didn't think Ginopolis was anything special or worth a second visit.

I've gotten brioche burger buns at Whole Foods during the summer - other times of year I have not seen them there. Zingerman's had challah hamburger rolls yesterday. I don't consider challah to be an equal substitute for brioche in regards to hamburger buns - but I'm a burger nerd....

If you are interested in Forest Grill - I would go in the next few weeks. David is leaving soon -The current menu has some of his "greatest hits" on it and they may disappear once a new chef has taken over the kitchen.

What are people ordering at Neehee's? It's good, but I've never understood the over the top raves about the place online.

I'd love to hear more about the pizza oven. Keep us updated on how the pizzas turn out.

There is a guy at the Northville farmer's market on Thursdays

The best meal I have had in the last year was at Mani Osteria in AA. The second best meal was probably at The Root. I had my birthday meal a few weeks back at The Grange - I was disappointed.

Does anyone know what happened at Neehee's in Canton? I drove by last night and it was boarded up - There was a sign, but I couldn't read it from the road.

I wasn't as thrilled with my second visit yesterday. The pulled pork had litte smoke flavor, no bark, was wet and stringy with no chunks of pork - a very soft mushy texture. The sides (American potato salad and cuke salad) both needed salt and lacked flavor.

Not on your list, but I had an outstanding meal at Mani Osteria last Saturday. One of the better meals that I have had in Michigan during the last year that I have lived here. Only low points of the meal were crispy pork belly that wasn't crispy (still good - though) and a very weak dessert menu. Logan has been on my list to visit for a long time.

The pizza is very good - ask them to cook it well done - an extra 20 seconds or so. They seem to have gone away from the original wine bar concept and are focusing more on the pizzas. They changed the wine program last fall - they no longer offer homemade wine or tasting flights. It's a basic wine list - leaning heavily Italian - the staff isn't very knowledgable about the wines and wine service is non existant.

Did this place open for a short period and close? The open soon signs have been up for months, and recently they changed the sign to - open real soon.

Busch's has them.