A2: Food

Mark’s Carts, a new collection of food cart vendors in a plaza next to Downtown Home & Garden, is featured in a Detroit Free Press article. From the report: ”Think of Mark’s Carts in downtown Ann Arbor as a blend of international smorgasbord and American picnic – a place where you can taste everything from Asian steamed buns and breakfast burritos to vegan stew and Spanish paella. Opened last month by businessman Mark Hodesh, the paved, open-air lot on West Washington is southeast Michigan’s first food cart courtyard – home to seven independently owned carts serving hot food seven days a week. A cart center is ‘a fabulous incubator for small business,’ Hodesh said. ‘I think it would be a tremendous … boon to Detroit.’” Current zoning in Detroit prevents this kind of operation. [Source]