Living in Northville

This weekend in Plymouth: 2025 Fall Festival, Carnival, Pancake Breakfast, Spaghetti Dinner, Chicken Barbeque and More – Sept 5-7th, 2025!

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20120908_103518It’s back!  Football, kids back in school, and the smell of barbeque smoke will soon drift across downtown Plymouth as the annual Fall Festival is nearly here.  September 5-7th, 2025 will be non-stop pancakes and barbecue chicken along with carnival rides for all ages, midway games, car show, concerts, and attractions for everyone.

Downtown streets are closed off and for one weekend, Plymouth is transformed into a local fall fair with all the pre-requisites.  This is of one of our favorites festivals in Plymouth – good fun for the whole family and another great reason to live in the Plymouth area.  For more information, go to: http://www.plymouthfallfestival.com/

2021 Northville Heritage (Victorian) Festival and Parade this Weekend September 17-19th – Parade Starts at 6:30pm Friday!

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It’s Fall which means it’s festival time again – this weekend Downtown Northville is up with the Northville Heritage Festival celebrating the rich history and small town charm of historic Northville. The Parade kicks off at 6:30pm on Friday and it’s the highlight of the Festival and well worth seeing (unless you are in it yourself!).   Activities and events for all ages will be taking place across Northville until Sunday afternoon

For more information about the Northville Heritage Festival and including a schedule of events, click here.

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160 Main Now Open in Downtown Northville!

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northville night-13(Updated 12-17-18).  We had dinner last night at the new 160 Main in downtown Northville.  After admiring the work to the building over the past year, it was great to finally walk through the doors into the 2 story bar area up front.  Past the bar, there’s a dining room on the first floor and another dining area up stairs. We aren’t restaurant critics but really enjoyed the menu selection, food, and service. It’s another great upscale dining option in the City of Northville!

Walking by last night and located beside the Town Square, it looks like work at  160 Main is nearly complete and opening appears set for December 6th! The exterior facade looks great and so does the interior from what we can see.  We are looking forward to trying this restaurant!

My Little Paris Cafe and Bookstore in Downtown Northville

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My Little Paris Cafe and Bookstore in Downtown Northville

Having a bookstore in the city center is something everyone likes.  Then combine it with a cafe that serves crepes and you’ve got the ingredients for a destination!  My Little Paris Cafe and Bistro in downtown Northville is a definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.

Formerly the Next Chapter Bookstore and Bistro at 141 E. Main Street, this gorgeous brick building is in the heart of the historic downtown and makes an ideal place for a comfortable book store and sidewalk cafe.


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The restoration project in 2009

 

Independence Day Parades: Plymouth Starts at 9am, Northville starts at 10am

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For more information about the Plymouth 4th of July Good Morning USA Parade, click here.

For more information about the Northville Independence Day Parade, click below:

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Northville Arts & Acts Festival This Weekend: June 16th to 18th, 2017

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The Northville Art House shines a spotlight on the imagination, art, talent and cultural diversity of artists throughout the region when the annual Arts and Acts Festival returns for the sixth consecutive year June 16-18 in historic downtown Northville. The Festival includes the 29th annual juried fine art show Art in the Sun, featuring over 70 talented artists;  the Sandbox Play Festival produced by Tipping Point Theatre; the Short on Words Literary Contest; musical entertainment featuring some of metro Detroit’s top musicians; Children’s Activities; the Northville Art House Chalk Festival; our new Young Artist Juried Art Fair; and a large variety of festival food and drink.

Friday, June 16:         3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Saturday, June 17:     10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 18:        10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Main and Center Streets, downtown Northville, Michigan

For more information, click here.

 

 

Red Dot Coffee Co. in Downtown Northville Now Open!

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Now open after an extensive renovation at 505 N. Center Street in Northville, the Red Dot Coffee Co. is set to raise the bar on coffee in town.  The building work has been incredible to watch progress.  We can’t wait to see what the interior looks like (and what the coffee tastes like too!). With the recent opening of the Center Street Grille, the Red Dot Coffee Co. promises to be a great destination in the City of Northville.

Center Street Grille in Northville Now Open!

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Now open in Downtown Northville where the old Starting Gate Saloon used to be at 135 N. Center Street, the Center Street Grille (248-924-3135) is the latest offering from the people that brought us the Ironwood Grille and Barrio in Plymouth.  A family-friendly restaurant, the Center Street Grille menu  features pizzas, pastas, burgers, salads, seafood, steak, and sandwiches. Next time you are in town looking for a new casual option, this one could be worth a try. We’ll stop in soon to give it a try ourselves and report back!

 

Northville City and Township Average Sales Prices in 2015

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With November data in and the year drawing to close, it’s time to look back at the pricing trends in the City and Township of Northville over the past year.

City of Northville Average Residential Home Sales Price Last 10 Years

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In the City of Northville, average prices remain strong and comparable to pre-recession highs.  Demand is high, inventory is low, and tear down/new construction activity continues. With new restaurants and shops opening up, building and renovation all around, the downtown area continues to be a very attractive place to live. While prices aren’t rising like they were few years ago, well maintained homes with good locations and reasonable prices can still draw multiple offers and even sell over asking price.

Township of Northville Average Residential Home Sales Price Last 10 Years

Northville Township Average Sales Price for Residential Single Family Homes - Last 10 Years

In the Township of Northville, prices are still strong but the rapid rate of rise in previous years appears to have crested. We’ve seen a lot of relocation activity both in and outbound which drives a big portion of the Northville market.  Relocation buyers from industries such as automotive and healthcare are moving here from across the country or back from overseas. The area has also seen the growth of new businesses especially along Haggerty Road – and they all seem to be busy! As always, homes with the best locations, in move-in ready condition, and with current materials/color choices will command the highest prices.

If you’d like to know how much your home is worth in today’s market, please contact BAKE Real Estate at 734-453-8080 and we’d be happy to come out and give you an expert assessment of the value of your home and how you can navigate the process of transitioning from one home to the next.

Bento 39 in Novi

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Before our careers in real estate, Patrick and I were expatriates living in Hiroshima, Japan for 3 years. That’s even where I gave birth to our son. We loved living there, absorbing a culture that is so foreign, yet technologically advanced. One of my favorite aspects of living there was the food. I love seafood and interesting dishes – Japan has lots of both. The food is overall very healthy. One of the traditional everyday meals in Japan is the Bento Box meal. It is a meal prepared either at home or for takeout that comes in a box with compartments, each holding a different food item, so you get a balanced meal all within the box. The food in a bento is typically minimally processed and items such as rice, pickled vegetables and a protein are standard.

This leads me to Bento 39, a small restaurant in a strip mall on Novi Road in Novi, Michigan. It is called Bento 39 because in Japanese, the numbers 3 and 9 sound like “Thank You” so the owners named it Bento Thank You. Japanese like to take English words and incorporate them into Japanese so this time they are doing the opposite.

Anyway, I was so excited when I found this shop a few months ago. They have a relatively small menu of about 12 bento dishes and every day there is a daily special. Sometimes I can read the special in Japanese if it has enough of the words I still remember…but you can ask them. You can either dine in or take out.

I am so happy I can get a healthy bento box now of traditional Japanese food at Bento 39.

22200 Novi Road, Novi 48375, Telephone: (248) 344-0896.