Fungi farms and pizza-making robots: The top 10 Metro Times headlines

Here's what our readers clicked on this week

By Alex Washington

Oct 14, 2022 at 4:47 pm

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Mushroom magic: Tess Burzynski founded a fungi farm in Detroit.

This week, our most read stories were all cannabis-related, including a new MSNBC documentary about a Flint man who received Michigan's longest non-violent prison sentence after selling marijuana.

Our readers were also interested in local pizza happenings as a new pizza-making robot has landed in metro Detroit, and everyone is still interested in Pink Panties Pizza's weed-infused pies.

All of that and a little more. Here are our top stories of the week:

10. "Detroit to resurrect its long-neglected city airport and lure new businesses to area"

9. "For Sweetest Day, a look at how three Detroit-area couples navigate work, family, and marriage"

8. "A worker-owned thrift store is coming to Hamtramck"

7. "Whitmer gains major police endorsement despite Dixon’s tough-on-crime rhetoric"

6. "Tess Burzynski spreads spores in Detroit at Fungi Freights farms"

5. "Metro Detroit has a pizza-making robot"

4. "Detroit’s first themed Nike Air Jordan release solidifies its place in sneaker culture"

3. "Jim Belushi is launching his ‘Blues Brothers’-themed cannabis brand in Michigan"

2. "Detroit’s Pink Panties Pizza delivers weed-infused pies that will knock you on your ass"

1. "Michigan man at center of MSNBC’s new documentary shows the harm of the war on drugs"

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Alex Washington

Born and raised on Detroit's Westside, Alex Washington is about as Detroit as they come. She judges your coney island order and serves a mean side-eye when anything across Eight Mile is called "Detroit." Her writing has been published in Real Detroit Weekly, The Detroit Free Press, Model D, BLAC magazine, and...