Orange wine, smoked old fashioned, freezer martinis, oysters, olives and more were covering bar tops across Motown over the past 12 months or so as Detroit welcomed the debut of many new splashy lounges and neighborhood watering holes.

The Detroit Lions odds increase to make the NFC playoffs increase, if they are able to secure a Week 16 victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Odds increase of Dan Campbell's squad making the playoffs to 55% with a win, and dip to only 19% with a loss.

The Detroit Downtown Development Authority will contribute $5 million toward the $8.5 million cost of the upgrades.

After nearly two decades of moving around Metro Detroit, Kronk Gym has found a new home at the Brewster Recreation Center. It reopened last week.

With Tuesday’s victory over the Islanders, in which Alex DeBrincat scored two power-play goals in the third period and goalie John Gibson finished with 16 saves, the Red Wings moved back into first place in the Atlantic Division ahead of their first of two regular-season meetings with the Mammoth.

The Detroit Lions have a clear No. 1 running back in Jahmyr Gibbs. For veteran David Montgomery, his snap counts and the amount of carries have reduced from last season, while Gibbs has become the focal point of Detroit's rushing attack.

The building closed after an emergency evacuation last week, just days after a bankruptcy judge allowed tenants to stay in their apartments.

"We’ll know a lot more tomorrow. I know by last week, certainly was, ‘OK, that looked pretty good.’ But also knew he wasn’t ready. So, we’re hopeful."

Detroit firefighters were then called just before 3 a.m. to a home in the 19600 block of Charest Street near Outer Drive and Conant Street on the city's east side for a report of a fire, they said. The first fire crew arrived in about six minutes, according to authorities. They arrived and found the house on fire and its occupants and dogs outside.