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Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter teams up for 'Kerry Bonds' combo meal at Savvy Sliders
Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter has teamed up with a local fast-food chain know for its sliders launching a limited time only combo meal. Fans of Carpenter will have an opportunity Monday, June 23, to get a first taste of a new meal at fast-food chain Savvy Sliders created in collaboration with the outfielder. Advertisement Carpenter partnered with the metro-Detroit-based slider chain which is known for its slider lineup of beef and chicken finger, crinkle cut fries and hand-spun shakes. Metro Detroit-based Savvy Sliders teamed up with Detroit Tiger Kerry Carpenter, creating the "Kerry Bonds" combo meal. 'It means the world to partner with such an exciting local brand. I've appreciated crafting this meal with the Savvy Sliders team and for the community to enjoy,' Carpenter said in a news release. MORE: Tigers fans' beefs with Pirates have me wondering: Can't we act like adults? Detroit Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter receives congratulations from first baseman Spencer Torkelson after scoring in the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Comerica Park on June 8, 2025 in Detroit. In a collaboration with Carpenter, Savvy Sliders created the 'Kerry Bonds' (Carpenter's nickname) meal. The meal's name is a 'playful nod to Carpenter's growing reputation as a home run threat,' according to a news release. He hit three home runs in a game for the Tigers on June 2. Advertisement 'Kerry Carpenter represents everything we love about Detroit—grit, growth, and greatness,' Sammy Asker and the Savvy Sliders family said in a news release. 'The 'Kerry Bonds' Meal is a celebration of local pride and powerhouse flavor. We can't wait for fans to try it.' This combo meal will be available at Michigan locations starting on July 1 and for a limited time this summer. Carpenter's 'Kerry Bonds' meal includes two signature Savvy Sliders topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and the chain's signature sauce, seasoned crinkle-cut fries, and a choice of a drink or hand-spun chocolate custard shake — said to be Carpenter's favorites. While the meal combo is not available until July 1, Carpenter kicks off the partnership with a special appearance. Advertisement Carpenter, 27 and in his fourth season with the Tigers, is set to appear from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the Savvy Sliders location at 31301 Harper Ave., in St. Clair Shores. Fans will be able to meet Carpenter and purchase the exclusive 'Kerry Bonds' meal, available that day 'Kerry Bonds' is $11.99 for the meal with the drink option or $14.99 with the hand-spun custard chocolate Detroit-based Savvy Sliders is a fast-growing chain with locations in or being developed throughout Michigan, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas. Carpenter is slumping on the field since June 10, hitting .061 (2-for-33) with zero walks and 11 strikeouts in 11 games. For the season, he's batting .246 with 13 homers in 73 games. Stay tuned for the best Tigers coverage all year long at and sign up for our Tigers newsletter. Follow the Detroit Free Press on Instagram (@detroitfreepress), TikTok (@detroitfreepress), YouTube (@DetroitFreePress), X (@freep), and LinkedIn, and like us on Facebook (@detroitfreepress). Advertisement Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Tigers' Kerry Carpenter partners with local slider chain for meal
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27-03-2025
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Pulitzer Prize panel at Michigan Central Station explores importance of criticism in news
Detroit Free Press restaurant and dining critic Lyndsay C. Green was in New York when she learned she was a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist. 'I shrieked and dropped my phone,' she recalled. 'I just couldn't even believe it!' Lyndsay shared her experience, and expertise, with an audience at Detroit's Michigan Central Station Wednesday evening during a Pulitzer on the Road panel discussion on the state of cultural criticism. Moderated by Columbia Journalism School dean and 2018 Pulitzer finalist Jelani Cobb, the panel also featured Pulitzer winners Justin Chang, film critic for The New Yorker, and New York Times cultural critic Wesley Morris. Chang and Morris both related stories of calling their mothers after learning of their wins, but Green wistfully noted that she was unable to call hers. She did, however, come to realize the singularity of her achievement. 'Food (writing) is not typically recognized,' she said. 'I did a little research, and I believe I'm only the third to be a finalist. And the other two were the same person, (Los Angeles Times food critic) Jonathan Gold. Even for that alone – for me to be sort of next to Jonathan Gold – that's mind blowing. He's a giant.' 'Immediately that same day, after that announcement, I got emails from book agents. I was contacted by someone who was doing casting for Food Network. It was an immediate response, an immediate sort of success that you're just not prepared for, because you just don't even think that something like this is possible. And then, you sit at the computer and say, 'Okay, now I'm going to write this newsletter about another Savvy Sliders opening.' From a Detroit audience, of course, that line drew a hearty laugh. The buoyant, spirited discussion about all things critical kept the crowd of about 100 enthralled for just over an hour. Early on, Cobb shared an anecdote about a lesson his father taught him as a child that's served him well for decades as a critic. 'My father, for whatever reason, bought a bike,' Cobb explained. 'He was never going to ride it; was not a bike-riding type of person. And I was probably nine years old, and his bike sat in the garage for so long, I was certain that my father had forgotten about it. I thought it would be a brilliant idea, with my nine-year-old mind, to disassemble the bike. So I got his tools, and I before I knew it … this bike was just a pile of different parts. And, weirdly enough, I was proud of myself. '… Until my father saw it. It turns out he was still very invested in this bike, even though he wasn't going to ride it. But, he said something very profound to me – probably unintentionally. He said, 'Now, put it back together.'' Cobb found that it was much more difficult to put the bike together than to take it apart. He said this taught him humility. 'Even bad art generally takes a lot of effort, or a really bad meal,' he said. 'This person still put a lot of effort into creating it.' Green said she finds culture plays into the work. 'I haven't written that many negative reviews,' she said, 'but the pieces I have written, I think what I factor into the equation is how the restaurant or the chef and food plays into the context of the city. Sometimes, in the restaurants that I have reviewed, they don't care about the food. That hard work, that grit, that care, that passion, doesn't exist. And it really is a place that feels like … a money grab, and it feels like the care is not there, and that tends to show up in the food. 'It makes it easier to write a review that is critical of a place and doesn't feel like you're punching down. It just feels like you are responding to the lack of care that they've put into the business, into the experience, into the food … it really just trickles down. With culture and the context of the city, sometimes those two don't function together, you know? And we see that a lot in Detroit, a city that's developing. There are a lot of outsiders coming in, and they have these great ideas … but if it doesn't fit the city, then I think it (merits) some criticism.' At this point, Chang shared a story about starting off as a bit of a firebrand critic and mellowing over time. 'The other day,' he said, 'my editor at The New Yorker actually said to me, 'You know, you don't really hate many things.' And it was a little disappointing to hear. 'Am I going soft?' I got to be more and more selective, and I just naturally found I'd rather accentuate the positive. I'd rather write about the things I love or like, even if they're not perfect or great; it's just a better use of my time.' Still, Green acknowledged self-doubt and room for growth in her role in Detroit and at the Free Press, despite a background that includes time with Hour Detroit, Teen Vogue, People, Ebony and founding Beauty Atlas magazine. 'I feel very new to this,' she said of restaurant criticism. 'One thing that I'm actually still working on is taking a hard stance. Like Justin, I see the silver lining in a lot, too. And I think sometimes it might be my downfall as a critic, because I'm not saying, 'This was really bad,' or, 'This was really good.' I'm kind of like, 'Well, there were some bad things and there were some good things,' and I think our role as a critic is to take a hard line and let the reader know.' During a Q&A portion, an audience member asked how the panelists manage to remain neutral when faced with a food, actor or director they consistently dislike. 'I don't really have an aversion to anything,' Green responded. 'I'll eat anything, whenever. I think I actually appreciate when I see, for example, a Caesar salad on every menu. Sometimes, I appreciate that because it gives me an opportunity to really compare them and be able to say which is the best or which is the worst. 'Some things I don't enjoy are when I see silly garnishes. That kind of bothers me, because it's like, 'What does this orchid add? Nobody's eating it. This isn't a tiki bar.' Stuff like that.' Chang said critics must always be willing to be surprised. 'When you are surprised by someone or something, or especially a director you're not a fan of, it's kind of the best feeling.' Another audience member pointed out that cultural critics in mainstream news are an increasingly disappearing breed, and asked what is lost when informed critics begin to disappear. Morris said one of the great losses is that when there is no one to hold a mirror up to art and society, art becomes mediocre. 'We no longer make movies that work,' he said. 'We have become anti-historical, anti-archival, anti-introspective … You can see it happening in the government. They're just erasing people for all kinds of stupid reasons – but they're old reasons, and they're very American reasons. You lose people who are engaged with the practice of the proliferation of popular art forms. 'Local criticism, being practiced on the work being made in a particular place in the country, is so important. There is a dearth of criticism being practiced at every tier of every art form … in every municipality and town. Like, official – not Tiktok or X – I mean, a person who is tasked with being responsible for covering a scene who knows all the players, who knows the story of the art form or foodway. It's archive work, it's history, and it's the present that is going to ruin our ability to understand the past if we don't maintain it.' More: Free Press photojournalists nab top honors with Detroit Lions, gunshot survivor coverage Green called criticism a necessary exchange. 'I think humans need each other,' she said. 'You need to hear my voice, I need to hear your voice, we need to have that dialogue. And I think that criticism is one of the only platforms to do that.' Green said that a New York Times reporter recently referred to her as 'the only Black critic, or maybe even one of the first Black restaurant critics, at a major newspaper in the country.' 'If that's the case,' she said, 'then that means that up until now – or had I not existed – we would never have had the opportunity to hear from a Black woman on where we should eat or what is good in the dining space and what is not so great. And I think that would really be a shame. I think that we as readers and just people, we deserve and we should be given the opportunity to defer to a Black woman's experience, her perspective, her taste, her preferences.' The audience roared with cheers and applause. 'And not just even a Black woman,' she continued, 'but a Muslim woman, a Black man – I don't think that position has existed, either. I think that we as a people need to defer to people with different experiences, and we can only do that if people like me and people like us, this whole panel, exist in the roles that we exist in.' Free Press subscriber Deborah Thompson was in the front row during the evening's presentation, and called the discussion 'exactly what we need.' 'I'm glad we have an arts and culture critic that is local,' she said, 'that we're not just getting some Gannett or whatever kind of reporting coming into our newspapers. I think it's crucial, and this really showed how important it is to have that local critic. This kind of intellectual stimulation … I loved it.' Hasan Elahi, dean of Wayne State University's College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, was also in attendance, and praised the tone of the evening's discussion. 'It's really incredible to get an opportunity to see folks at this level in our community,' he said, 'and also having Lyndsay here among them. We're really so proud of what Lyndsay has done; Lyndsay's also one of our alums from Wayne State. It's a great way to see how Detroit is represented through Lyndsay and with these majorly, majorly accomplished folks alongside her.' Free Press editor and vice president Nicole Avery Nichols also spoke about the sustained importance of criticism, especially at the local level. 'Criticism, as a category, is prized at the Free Press,' she said. 'The Free Press has managed to retain the voice of the critic. What gets us excited about criticism goes far beyond the hot take or the digital rant. Through this writing and cultural review, we strive to offer insights into the times in which we're living. We seek to entertain and to spark conversation and to hold curious things up to the light. We're grateful to Pulitzer on the Road, Michigan Central and the Knight Foundation for hosting this really important conversation at such a critical time.' Contact Free Press arts and culture reporter Duante Beddingfield at dbeddingfield@ This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Pulitzer panel at Michigan Central explores importance of criticism
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28-01-2025
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Michigan-based chain Savvy Sliders to celebrate grand opening of Plymouth location
Metro Detroit fast-food chain Savvy Sliders is having a grand opening for its newest location on Wednesday, with giveaways and special offers. Doors will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Savvy Sliders, 560 Ann Arbor Road in Plymouth. The first 25 people in line receive a $25 Savvy Sliders gift card. Savvy swag, free while supplies last, will also be handed out. Exclusive offers, available in store from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wednesday, include $1 sliders. You can choose from the Original Savvy, classic prime beef, fried chicken, Boomin' chicken, spicy falafel, English cod and its signature steakhouse. The $1 slider offer is not valid for online orders. Savvy Sliders will also offer a free, three-piece order of its hand-breaded chicken fingers with a $10 purchase. More: Ann Arbor's Miss Kim restaurant featured at Delta's DTW Sky Club More: American Coney Island owner outraged over neighboring Lafayette's rat problem An official ribbon-cutting ceremony takes place at 4 p.m. with the owners and local dignitaries. Based in Farmington Hills, Savvy Sliders began in 2018 with its first location in Commerce Township. Savvy Sliders makes its beef sliders to order, the chain says, using fresh, never frozen Angus beef. Its menu also features hand-spun shakes, chicken tenders and onion rings. The fast-growing chain now includes 35 locations throughout Michigan plus others in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas. In late December, Savvy Sliders announced it was acquiring 84 BurgerFi restaurants, which will continue to operates as BurgerFi across 15 states. Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. Subscribe to the Free Press. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Savvy Sliders to celebrate grand opening in Plymouth
