The Glass House

Dining at Palmer Commons

by Sally Mitani

posted 12/11/2008

The Glass House Cafe, which opened in September, sits in a beautiful location—in Palmer Commons, part of the university’s life sciences complex on the inside curve of the Huron-Washtenaw junction. The cafe occupies one of the middle floors—the floor called “Plaza” that you tend to end up on if you’re wandering haphazardly in the area—but God help you if someone gave you directions. Decorated with spare, polished steel and frosted glass, and warmed by a light-golden wall that looks as if it’s crinkled fabric but is actually wood, the dining

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