Perfect Weekend Trip to UM

A breakfast at Angelo's A sandwich at Zingerman's or Amer's A beer at Ashley's or Ann Arbor Brewing Co. Connor O'Neal's is a good bar for a non-undergrad A post bar slice of pizza at Back Room (behind the Brown Jug, another AA classic but a bit of a dive the last time I was ) I've never been too fond of the bars on S. Univ., but that is just my opinion. As far as parties and tailgates, I'm way too far removed to tell you where to go / who to tailgate with (other than bring your our tailgate and setting up shop on the golf course off of State Street).

Unless you're an MC5 or Stooges fan. Dude, you gotta eat at Zingerman's and Blimpy Burger. Do yourself a favor and order a quad at Blimpy and the Georgia Rueben at Zingerman's. You will not be let down in anyway.

Wings at Mr. Spots and beer at Grizzly Peak (RIP Leopalds)

But Leopold's beer sucked. It was a nice enough bar, but seriously, their beer was not good. Especially with Arbor also in town to compare. Blimpy Burger is an Ann Arbor institution. Zingerman's is well known even outside of Ann Arbor as a great deli. Ashley's is a good beer bar. I liked Babs' but I have no idea how that place is now, they've even moved since I was there. Dominicks is another Ann Arbor classic.

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Call me crazy, but I loved Leopalds, and felt that only one of their beers was butterscotchy. As far as Ashley's, it's delicious but I hate spending 5+ dollars on a bottle of beer. Any of the microbrews in town are a good call.

I went back to North Campus in 1999 (I graduated in 1994) and the place was completely different. Bell tower, media center, new buildings everywhere. The one thing I didn't go to check out was the pond in front of the Music school. Many a night was spent sweeping the snow off of the pond for some pick-up hockey. Some other places that may be worth a spin: Pizza Bob's (great shakes) Blimpee's (As everyone mentioned, but be prepared for soup nazi style service that pre-dates Seinfeld by probably a decade) And I'll throw an odd one out. If you are in need of a hair cut, go to Coach and Four. Jerry (the old guy) is a bit of an AA legend. Bo was his client for years, Bill Martn is a current client supposedly, the rumor mill there is very good, the haircuts are good (better than I can find in my suburban Chicago town), and every Saturday morning, Jerry offered up a beer with the hair cut.

take a trip to north campus to the FXB. There's a wave field there that's great for a picnic or playing frisbee. Best parties are random frat parties if you're into that sort of thing. Most are on Hill street or there's about. I also recommend mr. spots, but that was more of a 'hot wings and redwings' tradition. There's a huge park (gallup park?) on the east side of town by AAHuron a bit of a drive to get there, but good for rollerblading, or you can rent a canoe. If you're into sunsets there's some hill's north of Plymouth road that offer a nice view of the city at night. Definitely check out 'the rock' if you've never seen it, in front of the ADP house (at least when I went there) on the corner of Hill and Washtenaw. Do all the univeristy sight seeing, bell tower, fishbowl, the dorm blocks around MOJO and the hospital, the dental building, and all of north campus. Check out the spinning cube near the student union. There's the campus Museum. Also a planetarium, but don't expect much from that. If you're in the mood for shopping, Briarwood mall is to the south. Movie theaters are all over, but you might want to go to one of the small one's near main. Go to the diag and just check out all the feaks. Get a hotdog from one of the many street vendors. Also, you can probably get into the stadium on friday or sunday and play around, or sneak in at night, get a girl and try to join the 50yard club. There's always the arboretum if you're into nature. you could take a tour of the nuclear plant, if that's still operational. or there's the deja vu in ypsi. if you get bored.

if you stop by the union or the registrar's office you can pick up a brochure for a self-guided walking tour. nickel's arcade is a nice little spot. also recommend the law quad. You could play a game to see how many places you can get into without an M-card. Libraries and dorms are probably the most interesting. Just wait for someone to come out. You should also partake of the many late night pizza options. Bells, Uno's, NYPD, etc. etc.

OS, My comment was more about the change on North Campus, not as a stop for a non-engineering grad on a game weekend tour. Stopping by there for me every five years is adequate to see what has changed. If I hadn't spent three years of my life camped out there, I would have very little interest in visiting.

318, Not only is backroom a decent slice, it is also a life saving device. I can't remember home many nights were spent at Rick's getting way too drunk way until 2am only to realize that I was about to freeze my ass off walking home. two slices of backroom can get you any where on campus without freezing. a nice benefit...

I thought that one was only allowed to go to Fleetwood following a show at the Pig?? It seems those were the only nights/mornings that I wound up at Fleetwood. There is something very good about an omelet and hash browns to kill a would-be hangover...