Does Michigan Have a Hall of Fame restaurant?
I just wanted to know if the University of Michigan has a hall of fame restaurant or cafe? I hate to use OSU is an example but they use to have Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe here in Columbus but now it's gone and demolished, but I was just wondering if Michigan has any of those places down on campus?
What kind of idiot would suggest name tags??
it would be cool to do a planet hollywood/hockeytown cafe resturant but michigan.
I agree. If done right, a place like this could really be a hit. If it was founded by a former star player, that would give it a better chance of success. Who doesn't want to go to Woodson's after a game?
exactly, what I was thinking, Woodson's Maize and Blue Cafe or something like that. Mike Hart would be a cool owner too, but he is my choice for future head coach.
I'd go to "Woodson's". I would not go to "Woodson's Maize and Blue Cafe".
Not a bad idea, per se, but a simplistic one that TONS of athletes have tried over the years? Yes. Very much so.
It would be a better idea than say, throwing a bunch of money into a trucking company that goes bankrupt though (Chris Kaman, I'm looking at you).
Maize and Blue Deli makes several HOF worthy sandwiches
Their autograph wall is pretty much a Hall of Fame anyway.
If a restaurant or bar is going to have an athlete owner, it would probably be better if it wasn't a superstar athlete just sticking his name on the sign but instead a former player who is doing it out of a sincere interest in running a restaurant and living in the community.
This probably isn't the best example, but would you rather go to "Tom Brady's All-Star Café" or "Driesbach's M Pub"?
...Tom Brady's All-Star Cafe features guest appearances by:
For many years Ann Arbor had a restaurant named the Pretzel Bell located on the site of what is now the Champion House. It had loads of great sports memorabilia covering the walls. It was a true tribute to Wolverine sports history. No professional sports or celebrity bullshit. Good food and drink. Can't believe it's gone.
Regular restaurant, but the best submarine sandwiches I've ever had !
I don't see the need. Columbus is a different place... it's a big city where the Buckeyes are treated like an NFL team. Ann Arbor is a college town... virtually everything in the city is a shrine to the university.
If a former player or coach opened such a place, it might be cool. I wonder if it wouldn't work better in suburban Detroit than downtown AA, though. If I recall, the Buckeye Cafe was in the burbs.
duh.
The walls are filled with team memorabelia and photos. And the sandwiches are all M sports based:
- J. Navarre’s Grilled Chicken Caesar Sandwich
- Red’s Grilled Chicken Sandwich
- Tony Gibson’s Cajun Chicken Sandwich
- Hobson’s Stacked Ham
- Milan’s French Dip
- Bruce Tall’s Super Hoagie
- Humel’s Tuna Salad Sandwich
- Chris Singletary’s Chicken Salad Sandwich
- J. Wangler’s Pulled Pork Sandwich
- Chris Perry’s Pulled Chicken Sandwich
- Perry’s Georgia Reuben
- Werner’s Club
- Cookie’s Greek Gyros
- T.J.’s Grilled Cheese Sandwich
- Niko’s Pesto Chicken.
- Laura’s BLT
- Scott Schafer’s Italian Club
Savoy's Jumbo Beef Frank