OT - Places to hang out and watch CFB after the PSU game?
I apologize, because I know some on the board hate these kinds of OT posts. But I'm gonna risk the wrath. It's about 4 hours each way to AA from where we live in Cincinnati. For anything other than a noon start, we knock off an hour of the drive by driving down and staying in Maumee, and drive home the next morning. This Saturday, we'd like to hang around AA after the game and watch Alabama-LSU before heading to Maumee. My son is 18, so bars are a no go. Any suggestions on a casual place to go? I think there's a BDubs near Briarwood, but we'd like to stay around campus/downtown if possible. Thanks.
October 30th, 2018 at 2:15 PM ^
There's a BDubs on State Street on campus, though I'm sure it's going to be a mess on a Saturday night.
October 30th, 2018 at 2:29 PM ^
After the Michigan game people will be going in and out and you can easily get a table
October 30th, 2018 at 2:29 PM ^
Naps are great after attending a football game
October 30th, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
Bill naps closed several years ago.
October 30th, 2018 at 8:30 PM ^
I thought Zingermans bought BKs.
October 30th, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
There's a BW3 on campus as well. Pizza House is a nice family friendly restaurant a block off of campus. There's also numerous restaurants in downtown Ann Arbor (Main Street).
October 30th, 2018 at 2:54 PM ^
Yes, I think Pizza House is what you are looking for. Family friendly; lots of TV with a wide array of games shown; they don't tend to chase people off for occupying tables for a long period. Getting one of those tables in the first place might be challenging. But once you've got one, I think you'll be happy with the choice.
October 30th, 2018 at 3:02 PM ^
Yes, just bring lots of money and have a taste for bland, uninspired food.
October 30th, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
Oh man you aren't kidding. Pizza House was so good back in the *cough*90s*cough*. I went there after the Nebraska game and was so disappointed.
But it is a good place for families, for that I can vouch.
October 30th, 2018 at 2:45 PM ^
Walk over to the golf course (AAGO preferably) and have a beer!!! By 9:00 at night, everyone will be good and toasted. There are some "advanced drinkers" over there too. Good times...
October 30th, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
Come to my place in Dexter. Just got a 65 inch 4k TV.
October 30th, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
Fraser's would probably be fine for your kid...it's a neighborhood bar but doesn't get too crazy. Better than BDubs, anyway. As others have mentioned, Pizza House is a good bet for family and plenty of TV's.
October 30th, 2018 at 3:12 PM ^
I'm flying in from Florida for the weekend......and plan on hitting Fraser's after the game. I used to love that place in the early/mid '90s.
October 30th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
That's bad advice. Fraisers is the choice for local drunks who don't watch football.
October 30th, 2018 at 3:16 PM ^
If we win - my livingroom
If we lose - a tree
October 30th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
Deja Vu in Ypsi. Classy joint
October 30th, 2018 at 4:46 PM ^
Don't know about the age thing, but the BDubs by the mall has been kind of boring the last 2 times that I went there and most campus bars aren't too busy after a game, but since it's a Sat night they might be.
I'd try Charlies or the Jug or more of a "restaurant" than bar.
October 30th, 2018 at 4:55 PM ^
Clicked on the thread thinking it lucky that this topic was on the board as I was wondering the same thing. Funny to find my own father posted it.
October 30th, 2018 at 5:45 PM ^
Tell us more. Is he really a cereal killer? If it's anything other than CTC, the answer is an emphatic "no". He's probably a frosted mini wheats kind of guy, isn't he?
October 30th, 2018 at 5:41 PM ^
If we do not tailgate after the game we always go to The Sports Bar Westside. Right off 94 (zeeb rd). Pretty good food and a good Michigan atmosphere.
October 30th, 2018 at 5:44 PM ^
Maybe try pizza Bob's. Get a sister Ann and a milkshake and watch the game there.
October 30th, 2018 at 5:49 PM ^
I don't know how it will be after a game, but Grizzly Peak sounds like it'd work for you, and to a lesser extent Pretzel Bell. Both have better food than BWW, have plenty of TVs, and shouldn't be too crazy. Should be fine for an 18 year old. Grizzly Peak has better food than Pretzel Bell does, in my opinion, but they're both solid, and aren't soulless chains. Both are on the Main Street side of downtown, though.
October 30th, 2018 at 5:52 PM ^
Pretzel bell is good also.
October 30th, 2018 at 5:52 PM ^
My new favorite is the Pretzel Bell. Decent food and a fun atmosphere downstairs if it's not too crowded. They have a little grotto area down there too that I've found strangely unoccupied (b/c it looks like a private room, maybe?) where you can have two TVs right in front of you also. I walked right there after the game I went to last year and there were plenty of tables available.
October 30th, 2018 at 6:33 PM ^
After the SMU game when with non-bar age kids, we hung out on the golf course for an hour or so and then had dinner at Buddy’s Pizza on Ann Arbor Saline near Meijers.
Not being from Detroit, I wasn’t familiar with the chain, but I guess it’s a SE Michigan staple. Our group was pleasantly surprised with the food/value and they had a ton of TVs.
Place appeared to be pretty crowded when we arrived, but were able to get a table with minimal wait.
October 30th, 2018 at 8:35 PM ^
Love Buddy's pizza! It is a Detroit staple, or has been all my life. Always hit one when in the area as I now live in FL.
October 30th, 2018 at 7:24 PM ^
Thanks for coming through with all the great advice. MGoBloggers are the best kind of people.
October 30th, 2018 at 8:09 PM ^
Revel and Roll. It’s a bar/arcade/bowling alley hybrid right by the stadium and they literally have screens that are the size of entire walls with CFB on all of them. The food is good, but the bowling is overpriced.