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stuff to buy: homefront

Best store for appliances or big electronics:

Best Buy

Bestbuy.com

Second place:
Sears

sears.com

Third place:
ABC Warehouse

abcwarehouse.com

Best home furnishing store:

Art Van Furniture

artvan.com

Second place:
House of Denmark

Houseofdenmark-usa.com

Third place:
Home Store

116 E. 7th St., Royal Oak (248) 591-4663

Best department store:

Marshall Fields

fields.com

Second place:
Parisian

Livonia and Rochester Hills locations

Third place:
Kohl’s

kohls.com

Best garden center:

English Gardens

englishgardens.com

Second place:
Bordine Nursery

bordine.com

Third place:
Plymouth Rock and Supply

40111 Schoolcraft Road, Plymouth

(734) 451-5500

Best little shop of flowers:

Wesley Berry Florist

wesleyberry.net

Second place:
Watkins Flowers

640 N. Pontiac Trail, Walled Lake

(248) 624-4507

Third place:
St. Hedwig Flower & Gift Shop

3301 Junction St., Detroit

(313) 897-4880

Best retail drug store:

CVS

cvs.com

Second place:
Walgreens

walgreens.com

Third place:
Rite Aid

riteaid.com

Best local hardware store:

ACO Hardware

acohardware.com

Second place:
Melvin’s Ace Hardware

690 N. Pontiac Trail, Walled Lake

(248) 624-4583

Third place:
Northside True Value Hardware

2912 S. Wayne Road, Wayne (734) 721-7244

 


Frentz & Sons Hardware

1010 N. Main St., Royal Oak

(248) 544-8111


Best place to buy new tires:

Belle Tire

belletire.com

Second place:
Discount Tire

discounttire.com

Third place:
Goodyear Tire

goodyear.com

Best brake shop:

Belle Tire

belletire.com

Second place:
Tuffy Auto Service Center

tuffy.com

Third place:
ACDelco

acdelco.com

Best car wash:

Jax Kar Wash

jaxkarwash.net

Second place:
Main Street Autowash

Plymouth and Royal Oak

Third place:
TLC Auto Wash

37301 Joy Road, Westland (734) 421-9055

Best place for an oil change:

Jiffy Lube

jiffylube.com

Second place:
Tuffy Auto Service Center

tuffy.com

Third place:
Roadrunner Quick Lube

5995 Williams Lake Road, Waterford

(248) 618-0530

Best place to buy dart boards and like stuff:

All State Billiards & Patio

26159 Novi Road, Novi (248) 465-0155

Second place:
Griffin Darts

80 N. Washington St., Oxford

(248) 628-0909

Third place:
Big Toys

33133 Mound Road, Sterling Heights

(586) 977-7990

Best car rental with cool cars:

Enterprise

enterprise.com

Second place:
Hertz

30507 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak

(248) 435-3178

Third place:
Thrifty Car Rental

thrifty.com

Best pimp-my-ride business:

Mad Professor Customs

31955 Block St., Garden City

(734) 762-0729

Second place:
Motor City Muscle

875 N. Rochester Road, Clawson

(248) 583-9240

Third place:
Belle Tire

belletire.com

Best cell phone carrier:

Sprint

Sprintpcs.com

Second place:
T-Mobile

t-mobile.com

Third place:
Verizon

verizon.com

Best hip-hop retailer:

Mr. Alan’s

mralans.com

Second place:
Incognito

323 S. Main St., Royal Oak (248) 548-2980

Third place:
Hot Topic

Locations throughout Metro Detroit

Best place for office supplies:

Staples

staples.com

Second place:
Office Max

officemax.com

Third place:
Office Depot

officedepot.com

Best auto parts store for the gear-head:

Autozone

autozone.com

Second place:
Rockwood Auto Parts

11694 Armstrong Road, South Rockwood

(734) 379-9651

Third place:
Advance Auto Parts

advanceautoparts.com