Eastern Market

The Sunday Market features unique items by local entrepreneurs and artisans.

Eastern Market Sunday vendors: ‘We’re going to make it work because we live for this’

Meet some of the women behind the Sunday market who share how they started their business, how they found opportunity during a dark time, and why they’re optimistic about the future.

Detroit chefs opening new restaurant in Eastern Market, planning another in Core City

After building a name for themselves with Voyager in Ferndale and Lovers Only and Iggy's Eggies in Detroit, chefs Jennifer Jackson and Justin Tootla are striking out on their own with two new restaurants in Eastern Market and Core City.

IVY Kitchen + Cocktails owner Nya Marshall to receive a $10,000 matching grant from the program.
4 Detroit small businesses seek COVID-19 relief through MEDC’s crowdfunding, matching grant program

The four Detroit businesses enrolled in the program represent the different types of businesses that make up the Detroit small business community. Furthermore, the majority of them are women-owned and two of the four enrolled are Black-owned.  

Eastern Market Partnership launched a bulk pickup drive-through market on Tuesdays.
Eastern Market vendors — and the market itself — adapt in the wake of COVID-19

With drive-through markets, online ordering, and 2020 Flower Season, Eastern Market vendors and the partnership find ways to adapt amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bea's Detroit Small Business Art Garden on the Dequindre Cut
Bea’s Detroit wants to help small businesses flourish with art garden on Dequindre Cut

Several 3-by-3 canvases featuring local small businesses have popped up in Bea’s Small Business Art Garden next to Bea’s Squeeze lemonade stand, which launched in 2019 on the Dequindre Cut as a pop-up to market Beatrice and Eli Wolnerman’s upcoming coworking space in Eastern Market.

Que Roland
Where coworking meets culture: Seat Detroit aims to build community for entrepreneurs

Seat Detroit aims to offer more than a desk to work and free coffee — founder Que Roland says she's building community in new Eastern Market space.

Keeping Eastern Market's food identity amid a crush of new development is a key challenge for the historic market.
Amid booming development, how will Eastern Market keep its food identity?

As Detroit — and, more specifically, its greater downtown — has seen its biggest wave of development in decades, the question presents itself: How does Eastern Market keep its food identity while still providing relatively affordable points of entry for area entrepreneurs, all the while real estate developers purchase buildings and announce plans for new mixed-use developments?

Sean Patrick of Willis Show Bar
Here’s how Willis Show Bar co-owner Sean Patrick spends a day in Detroit

Detroit still has a long way to go in building a robust nightlife economy, like the scenes in Berlin and New Orleans. But there's still plenty to eat, see, and do, so we asked Detroiters how they spend 24 hours in the city in this new series. First up: Willis Show Bar co-owner Sean Patrick.

Cider in the City
Six things to do in Detroit this fall

It's sweater weather, meaning it's time for cider and doughnuts, trick-or-treating, and more. Check out these Detroit fall traditions.

Fauna Holistic recently opened in Eastern Market.
Massage therapy studio opens in Eastern Market, features service industry specials and more

Geared toward working-class individuals, Fauna Holistic aims "to get away from the expensive, luxury spa stereotype and provide an alternative space for everyone in need of massage services," owner Fiona Maier says.  

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