News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
Flat Rock Opened Two New Businesses in July. Bare Aesthetics has been a dream coming true for Chelsea Haupricht.
To learn more about her story Click Here.
The second business is For the Love Bakeshop & Café. It is a vibrant new bakery café is at the corner of Telegraph Rd and East Huron River Dr, next door to Bare Aesthetics. They are the latest on a growing list of eateries and small businesses revitalizing the downtown Flat Rock community.
For more information about For The Love Click Here.
For the Love Bakeshop & Café is located at 28773 Telegraph Rd in the former Premion building, newly rehabbed and home to several new and exciting Flat Rock businesses.
This Flat Rock Bakeshop & Café Plans To Nourish And Sustain the Downriver Community.
For the Love Bakeshop & Café, is a vibrant new bakery café is now at the corner of Telegraph Rd and East Huron River Dr, is the latest on a growing list of eateries and small businesses revitalizing the downtown Flat Rock community. The shop is driven by a sense of purpose around fresh, local, real food. For the Love offers an inviting space accommodating a wide variety of dining preferences from grab and go, to a place to meet up with friends and socialize, and even offers a private dining section for parties, meetings and events.
For the Love will host a fun-filled Grand Opening weekend July 17th – 19th with giveaways, fun events, a local market and more. Space is limited due to current COVID-19 regulations and guests will be served first come, first served.
The creators of For the Love hope to do more than just serve great food. From its beginnings, the shop has been designed to nourish the community in both body and spirit every hour that they are open. From staff whose mandate is to treat all neighbors with familiarity and love, to the authentic and natural food that is served, just as they would serve to their own families. Additionally, The For the Love of Neighbor program was an integral part of developing the eatery and offers a generous opportunity for guests to pay it forward when they can. Neighbors can support their fellow community members in need, by purchasing a Breakfast Break or Lunch with Love Benefit that a guest can use to pay for their meal whether they simply forgot their wallet or truly don’t know where their next meal will come from. The business will even share in the cost by offering a discount for any neighbors who choose to share the love.
“It’s definitely something that’s close to home,” says Nichole Kahl, For the Love’s General Manager, “It’s a great feeling paying your bills on time, but sometimes your food runs out before your next check and that’s ok, it happens. Our FTLON benefit is there to help those who are in need, in any way!”
For the Love uses Ingredients that are local whenever possible and always the highest quality. The fare is multicultural, based on the creators’ life experiences around the world. The menu includes a variety of breakfast, lunch and bakery items, handcrafted fresh daily. Gourmet sandwiches, refreshing salads and bowls, indulgent bakery goods including cakes, brownies, pastry, cookies and more are just some of what you will find on the counter and in the pastry case. An elevated coffee program includes coffee from several metro Detroit roasters, including the nearby, Monroe-based Frenchtown Roasters. For events and meetings, For the Love offers a full catering menu, which can be served in-house, picked up or delivered to your office or home.
Menu favorites include the, always popular, Vanilla Bean Cake, Salted Dulce de Leche Cheesecake and Double Cocoa Brownies that your mouth just will not believe. For breakfast, there is an unforgettable variety of bread and muffins in flavors like Morning Glory Banana and Lemon Thyme, as well as savory favorites like Bacon and Egg Brioche Buns and Kale Cheddar Sausage & Egg Muffins. The lunch menu boasts a variety of individual pizzas, scratch-made soups and sandwiches, baked treats like beef bourguignon pot pie, hot bowls such as spicy chickpea with grits and more.
About For the Love Bakeshop & Café
For the Love Bakeshop & Café is located at 28773 Telegraph Rd. The shop will open for carryout and delivery plus limited seating and events in July from 8 am – 6 pm. Keep up on progress and announcements at www.forthelovecafe.com and on social media on Facebook and Instagram as @forthelovecafe.
Contact For the Love at 734.210.0290 or
Email at info@forthelovecafe.com.
Story written by Michele Bezue
You can win a gift card in the Support Local Flat Rock Program, created by the Flat Rock Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and supported by Flat Rock Our Hometown. This is an incentive program is for customers of Flat Rock businesses. You can win one of 10 $25 gift cards every week during the months of June and July.
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
When you make a purchase at one of the Downtown Flat Rock stores of $10 or more, you will be eligible to enter the drawing by printing your name and phone number on the back of your receipt. Your receipt will become the drawing ticket. You can then place your receipt into the drawing pail near the register or give them to the cashier who will enter your receipt into the drawing.
If a Flat Rock business is not listed or isn’t participating, you can still enter the drawing by dropping your receipt with your name and phone number at the Biggby Coffee on Telegraph Road in Flat Rock.
You have to purchase your item the week of the drawing and all receipts will be destroyed after the drawing. The drawing is open to anyone 18 and older. You can only win one prize per month.
Eleven winners will be announced every Friday (the 11th prize will be a car wash from Cobra One in Flat Rock) and posted on the Flat Rock DDA and Flat Rock Our Hometown Facebook pages.
Winners can pick up their gift cards at Flat Rock City Hall during normal business hours. A MASK IS REQUIRED TO ENTER CITY HALL
Winners must pick up their prize within a week of the drawing. Those not picked up will be re-entered into the contest.
(Any business within the City Limits of Flat Rock and registered with the city of Flat Rock can collect receipts from customers to submit into the contest. If you are interested please contact Diane at Biggby Coffee.)
Participating Flat Rock Businesses
You can find the list of Current Shop Local – Shop Flat Rock Promotion Winners and other stats on the DDA facebook page.
Notice; Due to COVID-19 and state regulations, some businesses may be closed until restrictions are lifted.
Norm Haase construction is a Flat Rock Business that is here to help you during this Stay Safe Stay Home time.
Norm says;
We wanted to reach out and let you know that we’re thinking about you and your family. We hope you’re staying healthy and safe in this time! Please reply back and let us know how you’re doing.
Our business is marked as essential and we’ve still been working on design and project development work for remodeling projects and (safely!) completing work for clients.
Here’s how we can help you with your home at this time:
– Design and Project Development Work continues and we are taking on new design and project development projects
– We’re now offering a virtual meeting option for remodeling consultations
– Today’s technology allows us to easily share images, drawings and material selections remotely and to conduct productive, purposeful meetings with the help of online meeting platforms
– We are encouraging homeowners to work on the project design and planning for their kitchen, bathroom, or whole house remodel now so that we’re able to move forward with your project in a timely manner – we are seeing some delays with some of our material supplies – so the sooner we get things selected/finalized, the better.
Reach out if we can be of service!
Be safe and thanks for staying connected – we appreciate you!
Norm Haase
Norm can be reached at 855-667-6400
Flat Rock Animal Clinic
Flat Rock Animal Clinic was opened ten years ago by Dr. Shanavas Moideen.
Dr. Moideen has been a veterinarian for twenty years. He started out in the Detroit area, working for the Detroit Area Humane Society.
Dr. Moideen was inspired to open a clinic in Flat Rock, as there are not many Veterinary clinics in the area. Ten years later, he is happy he did. He spoke fondly of the community, stating his clients are such nice people.
Along with Dr. Moideen, there are three clinic assistants: Jennifer, Brandi and Stephanie. They too spoke of how nice the community was. Moreover, they really think highly of the Doctor, speaking specifically to how he has helped many animals. Recently, a cat was brought in for tear in his armpit; he has been working on the wound since November. Dr. Moideen has been housing the cat six days a week so it can fully heal, all free of charge. They spoke how the Doctor and office try to support the community as well. Dr. Moideen does all the veterinary serves for Flat Rock Animal Shelter. The clinic buys most of the product they can locally.
The Flat Rock Animal Shelter truly is a unique place. It is a full hospital, conducting all surgeries in house, as well as digital x-rays and dental cleaning.
Dr. Moideen and his staff are incredibly friendly and love animals. The staff even bring their animals to work! The Flat Rock Animal Clinic is truly a Flat Rock gem and serves as a one of the most inviting and caring animal clinics.
Flat Rock animal Clinic is located at 27116 Telegraph Rd, Flat Rock, MI 48134
Phone Number 734-782-7200
Click Here for their website.
Hours:
Monday 8:30am- 5:00pm
Tuesday 8:30am-7:00pm
Wednesday 8:30am-1:00pm
Thursday 8:30am-7:00pm
Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am-2:00pm
Sunday Closed
Feature story written by Shayla Viterllo-Hopper
Flat Rock Our Hometown
