Food, coffee & shops / Midtown
Hugh
Closed – archive entry · 2022
Midtown housewares, barware and gift shop with a mid-century 'Mad Men' look, listed as LGBTQ-owned; it ran on Cass Avenue from 2012 to 2022.
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Hugh was a Midtown shop for housewares, barware and gifts, all tied together by a mid-century, 'Mad Men'-style look. It began as a pop-up in 2009, won the Hatch Detroit retail prize and opened its Cass Avenue store in 2012. In 2021 Pride Source listed it among Michigan's LGBTQ-owned businesses. The shop closed in 2022.
- Mid-century 'Mad Men'-style housewares and barware
- Hatch Detroit retail prize winner
- On Cass Avenue from 2012 to 2022
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