The former Pier 1 on Carpenter Road is being split.
Locals and other readers know that the former west side Pier 1 holds three quick service restaurants now. What’s going in here? Who knows? Won’t be a Potbelly or a Blaze, they’re already nearby on Washtenaw. I don’t see a Drive Thru lane or window being added, so quick service fast food is probably out too.
Also, across the street, Yogurt City is gone. A by-the-ounce yogurt chain with some cute in store decorations and a student discount. The inside is being renovated with several small rooms near the front door. Small rooms for bankers is an increasingly popular credit union and bank branch floor plan. PARDA Federal Credit Union (originally founded for employees of Parke-Davis but now open to nearly everybody) has a branch next door.
Further back in the shopping center, Wireless Zone has moved in next to Leo’s Coney and some smoke shop. WZone had been in a building near Carpenter and Packard, between Pizza Hut and Miles of Golf, since before Verizon existed (they were an authorized reseller of CellularOne and AirTouch, the predecessor of Verizon Wireless). This location has the Mint Green iPhone, so you should definitely check it out when you get a chance.
(NOTE: I made up the Mint Green colorway. A2R.S regrets the error.)
(NOTE 2: Yes, A2R.S has some funny ideas about what an error is)
I expect us to get one of those Black Rock things where they grill meat on a stone or some shit. They are all over Canton and livonia so it’s just a matter of time….
The former ChiChi’s/Passport restaurant on State St near the Costco is currently being converted into a Black Rock! You were right, only a matter of time.
Which Britain totally mentioned in the previous entry, as it turns out.