candgnews.com OCTOBER 29, 2025 Vol. 22, No. 22
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Treat Dreams ready for food hall reimagining in 2026
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Youth librarian Rebecca Stout,librarian Lisabeth Conger and Library Director Matt Church present the new BerkBuster area at the Berkley Public Library. Photo provided by Matt Church
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — A longtime Ferndale business will be turning into a food hall next year. Treat Dreams, located at 22965 Woodward Ave., will be allowing more small food shops to open up under its roof through its transition into a food hall. The idea to make this change to Treat Dreams had been ruminating for the last year, according to Scott Moloney, owner of the ice cream shop for 15 years. The sandwich business that previously operated at the site closed earlier this year, and he was thinking of ideas on how to help pay the building’s rent. Moloney said he was approached by Emily Infinity, a musician and worker in hospitality for close to 20 years, about her kava stand, Cosmic Roots. These conversations led to the transition to a food hall. “I knew I’d do something different,” he said. “That was about four months ago, and the conversation just kept going. And before you know it, we’re adding a couple other
LIBRARY FRESHENS UP MEDIA COLLECTION WITH VIDEO STORE FEEL BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
BERKLEY — The Berkley Public Library is taking a new approach to promoting its catalog by going old school. The library announced it would be reimagining its media room by designing it with a throwback video store feel called “BerkBuster” in hopes that families and residents will visit and check out its physical
media collection and other offerings. Rentals are free for those with a library card. The idea came from librarian Lisabeth Conger, who used to work at a video store back in her home state of Indiana. Conger looked back fondly at seeing families come in and pick their entertainment for the evening together. When she began working at the library, she felt the jobs were kind of similar and wanted to bring that See BERKBUSTER on page 15A
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