After nearly eight months of running her own business, Vicki Snapp Barndollar is closing the door on her Deli on the Avenue.

Deli owner Vicki Barndollar, left, and her niece, Heather VanOast, began serving sandwiches in December.

Rather than try to sell her business (she did consider it), for personal reasons Barndollar says she is simply going to sell the equipment in her deli, 949 Military, and move on to the next chapter in her life.

We wrote about her Deli on the Avenue when it opened in December and again in May when city officials approved the deli’s request for outdoor seating.  Barndollar said closing was a tough decision to make but a necessary one at this point in her life.

“It saddens me to say that I have had to close it due to personal reasons,” said Barndollar, a 1978 Fordson High School grad. “I do want to thank everyone who came in and supported us. We had so many regular faces each and everyday. They had honestly become our friends. It was a hard battle to get where we had become but it was so worth every minute of it.

“I think it would be wonderful if someone could do the same type of thing that I did, but right now for me the timing was just off.”

Down the road might there be a Deli on The Avenue Two? “Who knows,” Barndollar says.

Best of luck . . .

(Source: Glass Academy press release)

A spectacular glassblowing beer tasting event on August 5th from 4-10pm; brought to you by Edible WOW of food samples, 5 Michigan breweries, and hand crafted glass tumblers coupled with live glassblowing. For more info, click HERE.

$45 Ticket Includes:

1 – Hand Blown Beer Tumbler

2 – Complimentary Drink tickets

Food Samples by edibleWOW sponsors

$200 VIP Ticket Includes: All of the above PLUS

Private Dining Area

Air Conditioning

An Extravagant Drinking Vessel, & more

Participating Michigan Breweries:

Arbor Brewing Co. – Ann Arbor

Motor City Brewing Works – Detroit

Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. – Warren

Arbor Brewing Co. Corner Brewery – Ypsilanti

Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Rochester Hills

**Tickets must be purchased in advance, no tickets sold at the door. Must be 21 years of age to purchase, ID will be checked at the door.

Date: August 5th, 2010

Time: 4pm to 10pm

Location: 25331 Trowbridge, Dearborn 48124

It appears the last auction for the Dearborn Atrium, formerly Adams Jr. High School, didn’t fetch an amount that was likeable to its owners. Read earlier story, HERE.

Sold in 2005 for $19 million, the Dearborn Atrium bidding begins at $390,000.

The Dearborn Atrium is again being offered through an online auction with REDC Commercial and CB Richard Ellis. Like the first auction, the starting bid is $390,000. You can submit a bid by clicking HERE.

There will be two open houses at renovated school on Friday, July 16 and July 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The auction itself will begin July 27 and is scheduled to end on July 29, 2010 at 1:05 p.m. (EST).

For those interested in scheduling a walk through the property, you can contact Christopher Conwell at 248-351-2049 or christopher.conwell@cbre.com