Reading room: Literati bookstore opened in a handsome downtown space in 2013, filling a void left by Borders, the bookseller chain that started in Ann Arbor and closed its last store there in 2011.

Here are 10 more former Ann Arbor stores and restaurants people still miss today, based on a plethora of reader suggestions.

The brand-new "Tea for Dummies" was written by two tea experts from Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Borders first emerged from obscurity some 50 years ago, when he and his brother took a single book store in his college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and expanded it into a chain of 21 locations.

Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Borders Books was founded in 1971 by University of Michigan graduates Tom and Louis Borders, according to the Los Angeles Times. In 1992, Kmart stepped in and bought ...

Whether the Ann Arbor Library Association in 1838, Borders in 2011 or Aunt Agatha’s in 2018, Ann Arbor has always had and always will continue to have a dedicated relationship with books. Even though ...

Pastiva: "I was a bookseller for many years, first in management positions at Borders for several years, and then as the manager of an independent bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor, Crazy Wisdom ...

ANN ARBOR — Corporate leadership of Borders Inc. took a stab at saving the Ann Arbor-based bookseller about five years ago — on Feb. 16, 2011 — by filing for bankruptcy and aiming toward a ...

Following the departure of Borders, and its giant flagship store at the corner of East Liberty and State streets, Literati has played a significant role in keeping downtown Ann Arbor stocked with ...

Schuler Books, a group of three bookstores in Michigan, is acquiring Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor. The sale will be finalized in mid-August.