Bars and nightclubs
Blind Pig
A popular local nightclub and concert venue since 1971, featuring local talent and occasionally larger acts. The 8 Ball Saloon, located beneath the club, is open daily from 3PM, with pool tournaments Su-Tu and a darts tournament on Monday.
Goodnite Gracie
A jazz and martini bar featuring local musicians, DJs, open mike entertainment and party events.
Necto
Ann Arbor's hottest nightclub with DJs and live music, and nightly drink specials.
Aut Bar
Ann Arbor's main LGBT bar, with a cafe serving largely Mexican food, including burgers, burritos and sandwiches.
Cavern Club, Gotham City and Millennium Club
Three clubs with one combined cover charge. Cavern Club features live music; the other two play techno, house, and hip-hop.
Studio 4
A sophisticated nightclub featuring house DJs, a lounge, and a dance floor with the best sound and light system in town. Their lax ID policy has made them a household name with Ann Arbor's underage crowd.
Coffee, tea and chocolate
Biggby Coffee
Chain coffeeshop offering specialty cookies and pastries, fruit cups, yogurt parfaits, bagel sandwiches, salads and wraps.
Zingerman's Next Door
Coffees, teas, ice cream, chocolates and pastries from Zingerman's Bakehouse.
Sweetwaters Coffee and Tea
Coffees, teas, frozen drinks, hot chocolate, Italian sodas and juices, as well as soups, sandwiches, parfaits, quiche, pastries, sweets and desserts. Their ginger lemon tea is a popular choice. Also located at 123 W Washington Street, +1 734 769-2331, M-F 7AM-midnight and Sa-Su 7:30AM-midnight.
Starbucks
Coffees, teas and frappuccinos. Other locations include 300 S Main St +1 734 222â9046 and 1241 S University St +1 734 994â5437; hours may vary.
Comet Coffee
Highest-quality coffees from around the world, from a variety of specialty coffee roasters, prepared by expertly-trained baristas. Not one to miss for coffee lovers.
Café Ambrosia
Local coffeeshop offering coffee, tea, juice and locally made pastries. Plus, vegan cookies!
Espresso Royale
Chain coffeeshop offering coffees, teas and baked goods. Other locations in Ann Arbor include 214 S Main St +1 734 668â1838 and 1101 S University St +1 734 327â0740; hours may vary.
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room
Local tearoom offering organic fair-trade locally-roasted coffee, chai, a wide variety of teas black, green, white, red and herbal, and entrées from Seva. Offers periodic reading series and special events.
Mighty Good Coffee Roasting Co. Cafe
A petite annex of the Mighty Good Roasting Co. that serves freshly roasted coffee. Comfortably seats about 15 people.
Schakolad Chocolate Factory
Organic fair-trade coffees, teas, chai, and European-style hot chocolate. The store also offers fresh, handmade European style chocolates and chocolate novelties.
Chocolate House
Hot chocolate drinks, coffee drinks, fruit smoothies and ice cream, along with chocolate truffles, chocolate-covered nuts and fruits. Blended iced coffee drinks in summer are superb.
Café Verde
Organic fair trade coffee, juice blends, chai, maté, hot cocoa and hot or iced tea; homemade cookies, cakes and pastries, and locally made sweets. The adjacent café offers soups, salads, hot entrees by the pound, sandwiches and grilled panini.
TeaHaus
Over 160 classic black and green, oolong, white, rooibush, herbal, ayurveda, fruit, aroma and seasonal teas sold loose, as well as tea accessories. Tea tastings offered periodically.
Mighty Good Coffee Roasting Co.
Specialty coffee roasting business with a singular focus on quality and freshness. Open during roasting on M and Th 1PM-3:30PM. Tours welcome by appointment. Home delivery provided in Ann Arbor at no extra charge.
Pubs
Conor O'Neill's
Serving wine, beer, Irish coffee and other hot drinks. The menu is a mixture of pub food burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads and traditional Irish favorites mussels, shepherd's pie, boxty, fish and chips, and more. The strawberry and rhubarb crumble is delicious.
Arbor Brewing Company
Known to the pub faithful as ABC, this establishment has outdoor seating in the warmer months and a fabulous block party Oktoberfest celebration in the fall. ABC has good food especially the nachos and a good variety of unique brews. They also offer a selection of Belgian-style ales brewed onsite. ABC offers monthly beer tastings $40, with a schedule posted on their website.
Ashley's Restaurant & Pub
A busy establishment with good food and an excellent assortment of beers over 60 on tap. Ashley's is always a good time and worth the wait on the weekends. Sandwiches, wraps, pub pizzas and entrées.
Babs' Underground Lounge
A popular, low-key, secluded underground drinking establishment known for its cocktails.
Brown Jug
A popular hangout since 1938, the Brown Jug offers appetizers, salads, soups, sandwiches, burgers, chicken and fish dinners, and pizza. Beware however that a lot of the food is previously frozen.
Casa Dominick's
A popular hangout south of campus next to the Business School and Law School, with lots of outdoor seating on the two porches or in the rear garden. Mostly Italian food, with pizza, pasta, subs and salads. The sangria, served in Mason jars, is very popular. Service can be hit-or-miss.
Casey's Tavern
Tavern near the Amtrak station. Soups, salads, snacks, burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, and entrées, with beers for $3.25-$4.95. Very helpful wait staff who will gladly steer you away from items they don't recommend.
The Arena
Sports bar featuring pub appetizers, soups, salads, steaks, chicken, fish, pasta, sandwiches and desserts.
Good Time Charley's
A popular undergraduate hangout with a menu featuring breadsticks, pub food, salads, pizza, sandwiches and burgers. Popular for their bombs, Long Island iced teas and specialty drinks.
Scorekeepers
Sports bar serving burgers, chicken and sandwiches.
Old Town Tavern
Appetizers, soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches, Southwestern entrées, rotating weekend entrées, and a broad selection of mixed drinks. Popular but non-rowdy watering hole for townies.
Half Moon Cafe
Salads, sandwiches, burgers, fajitas and specialty margaritas. 11 billiard tables.
Melange Bistro
Asian-French fusion cuisine in a subterranean bistro and wine bar, with a separate sushi menu and an extensive wine and martini selection. Live music or DJs in the lounge W-Sa 10PM-2AM. On Mondays they host a movie night featuring salad, entrée and dessert, followed by a screening of a classic or contemporary film. Try the Pasta Va-Va.
Grizzly Peak Brewing Company
Features a number of their own brews. In addition to its brews, Grizzly Peak has excellent food and friendly wait staff. In the fall, Grizzly Peak and other area breweries host an Oktoberfest block party, and last year celebrated the season with drink specials and an Oktoberfest beer glass. American cuisine featuring pizza, burgers, ribs, fresh fish, pasta, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. The cheddar ale soup is not to be missed!
Vinology Wine Bar and Restaurant
Seasonally-rotating menu with inventive small plates, specialty artisan cheeses, traditional entrées with a twist, and housemade desserts. Extensive wine list and full bar.