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▲Its annual "Best of Detroit" survey awards local businesses. The categories include "Public Square" (city life); "Spend the Night" (nightlife and bars); "Nutritional Value" (restaurants and food); and "Real Deal" (retail and other stores).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metrotimes.com/bod/2012|title=Best of Detroit 2012|work=Metro Times}}</ref>

▲Syndicated alternative comics run by the ''Metro Times'' have in the past included ''[[Perry Bible Fellowship]]'', ''[[This Modern World]]'', ''[[Eric Millikin|Eric Monster Millikin]]'' and ''[[Red Meat]]''. The ''Metro Times'' also prints Dan Savage's ''[[Savage Love]]'' sex advice column (which replaced Isadora Alman's ''Ask Isadora'' sex advice column) and Cal Garrison's ''Horoscopes'' (which replaced [[Rob Brezsny|Rob Brezsny's]] ''Free Will Astrology''). Starting with the January 19–25 issue, the ''Metro Times'' had its own exclusive crossword, crafted by Brooklyn-based cruciverbalist Ben Tausig, who appears in the documentary ''[[Wordplay (film)|Wordplay]]''. The crossword was cut in May 2008, to save space.

▲In December 2012, Metro Times Editor W. Kim Heron announced his departure. Heron had previously been the paper's managing editor. In March 2013, after three months during which Michael Jackman was interim editor, the publisher named Bryan Gottlieb as Editor-in-Chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/metro-times-announces-new-editor-in-chief/Article?oid=6956484|title=Metro Times Announces New Editor-in-Chief|date=6 March 2013|publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]]}}</ref>

▲The ''Metro Times'' was an official sponsor of the now-defunct [[Detroit Festival of the Arts]] and had one of the stages named after it.

▲The headquarters are located in [[Midtown Detroit|Midtown]] [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]].<ref>"[https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/StaffDirectory/Page Contact MT]." Metro Times. Retrieved on July 26, 2018. "Address - 30 E. Canfield St., Detroit, MI, 48201"</ref> It was previously headquartered in the [[Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building]] in [[Downtown Detroit|Downtown]] [[Detroit]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110319212631/http://www2.metrotimes.com/about/faqs.asp FAQs]." ''Metro Times''. March 19, 2011. Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "Metro Times 733 St. Antoine Detroit, MI 48226"</ref> The ''Metro Times'' moved to the Cornice and Slate building in the 1990s and a wraparound expansion was installed there to give the newspaper additional room.<ref name="modelD">[http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/topten.aspx ''Look Up: Top 10 Downtown Buildings,''] ([https://archive.is/20140102010608/http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/topten.aspx Archive]) AIA Detroit, ModelD, November 8, 2005.</ref> In 2013 [[Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan|Blue Cross Blue Shield]] purchased the Cornice and Slate building, forcing the ''Metro Times'' to move to a leased space in [[Ferndale, Michigan|Ferndale]].<ref>McGraw, Bill. "[http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/6549/adieu_downtown_metro_times_moving_to_ferndale_after_33_years_in_detroit Adieu, Downtown: Metro Times Moving To Ferndale After 33 Years In Detroit]." ([https://archive.is/20140102013611/http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/6549/adieu_downtown_metro_times_moving_to_ferndale_after_33_years_in_detroit%23.UsTCgn3LfK5 Archive]) ''Deadline Detroit Media''. Deadline Detroit, Inc. September 26, 2013. Retrieved on January 1, 2014.</ref><ref>"[http://metrotimes.com/ Home]." ''Metro Times''. Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "1200 Woodward Heights Blvd Ferndale, MI 48220"</ref> In 2018, Metro Times returned to Detroit, moving into the Arnold E. Frank Building in Midtown.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2017/10/23/metro-times-is-returning-to-detroit-with-new-midtown-office|title=Metro Times is returning to Detroit with new Midtown office|last=DeVito|first=Lee|work=Detroit Metro Times|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en}}</ref>