Places to visit at Campus? (Prospective Student)
January 11th, 2018 at 7:29 AM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 8:09 AM ^
Endorsed by Tom Brady. It's that fucking good.
January 11th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
There is no way Alex Guerrero will allow TB12 to eat Spot's as long as he's still playing football.
January 11th, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^
For Brady to boot that quack doctor and his magic pajamas to the curb.
January 11th, 2018 at 10:33 AM ^
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January 11th, 2018 at 1:15 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 1:35 PM ^
Spots is overrated. They take forever to make your sandwich and the food is average. Belly Deli is where it's at.
January 11th, 2018 at 7:35 AM ^
The Mathematics Department is in the West Engineering building on Central Campus, adjacent to the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. The College of Engineering is on North Campus.
January 11th, 2018 at 7:42 AM ^
South U (the main drag) is getting a makeover.
January 11th, 2018 at 8:09 AM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 10:25 AM ^
It will probably look really poopy in the winter. I took some foreign visitors in early April and it looked poopy then.
January 11th, 2018 at 11:37 AM ^
Wait, did math move? It's in East Hall, which is across the arcade/walkway from West Engineering
January 11th, 2018 at 2:18 PM ^
Sigh.
January 11th, 2018 at 7:40 AM ^
Restaurants: Cantina, Zingermann's, Maize and Blue Deli, Mr. Spots, Blimpy Burger, Angelo's for breakfast, Pizza House/Cottage Inn for pizza. All good student spots. Other than that, Blue Tractor is good for BBQ, Fleetwood Diner on Main St is some more great breakfast, and Frita Batido's.
Other good spots to go see are the law quad, the law library, the diag, the dude (especially if you're planning on applying for math/engineering), the Grad Library, and I'd take a walk around the Big House and Crisler down on South Campus if you get a chance.
January 11th, 2018 at 7:54 AM ^
I hope you know that you are ruining this young man's life with your garbage, non-sandwich food takes.
January 11th, 2018 at 8:06 AM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 9:40 AM ^
To each their own, pal. Some of these spots are definitely better than others, for sure. But all of these places are still great student spots whether you think they are or not. I'm still going to love BTB even when I'm old and can barely hold my bladder anymore. And if you're going to shit on places like Angelo's or Frita Batido's, boy I don't know what to tell you....
I'm not going to recommend too much on Main St. because unless you're a grad student or a professional working in town, you're realistically not going to head down that way all that much. When I was in undergrad I went down that way maybe 10 times total. And of those 10 times, 8-9 of them were when my parents were in town.
Another recommendation to our young friend here: if you find yourself wandering around campus at 2am for whatever reason (as you likely will many a time should you come to Michigan), head on over to Back Room Pizza. As long as you have at least $1.25 in your pocket you'll go home happy.
January 11th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
My issue with the non-sandwich places you listed is that they are good, but not the best place of their category in Ann Arbor (except for Blue Tractor, that is actually not good). So no, I am not shitting on Angelo's or Frita's, but neither would be my first choice for breakfast or a burger, respectively.
January 11th, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
I guess I was just going with what the best student options would be. Obviously there are far better restaurants in Ann Arbor, but undergrad students aren't often going to make their way down to Jolly Pumpkin, Arbor Brewing, or Aventura, which are some of my personal favorite spots in town. You'll go to those maybe starting around your senior year. Mayyybe.
January 11th, 2018 at 11:13 AM ^
Yeah, and I didn't mean to sound boujie. My favorite burger is Redhawk and my favorite breakfast spot in Ann Arbor is Northside Grill (Broken Egg 2nd), which are still pretty accessible for students, Redhawk especially.
January 11th, 2018 at 6:25 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:41 AM ^
I guess I was just going with what the best student options would be. Obviously there are far better restaurants in Ann Arbor, but undergrad students aren't often going to make their way down to Jolly Pumpkin, Arbor Brewing, or Aventura, which are some of my personal favorite spots in town. You'll go to those maybe starting around your senior year. Mayyybe.If you want to pull off some great first dates, you'll definitely head that way before senior year.
January 11th, 2018 at 12:59 PM ^
Fair enough. Taking a first date to Cantina probably isn't the best idea, but maybe some girls are turned on by having their first date entail $1 well drinks on Tuesday night. But agreed, if you want to have a good first date with the right girl, you'll want to venture west of State Street at some point.
Anywhere like Aventura, Pacific Rim, Jolly Pumpkin, or Grizzly Peak are great places for first dates.
January 11th, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^
Couldn't agree more on Blue Tractor. What a disappointment. I did like their beer, though.
January 11th, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
Michigan (the university town and the state) has a lot of great things, food-wise, but it does not have good BBQ.
January 11th, 2018 at 2:29 PM ^
Satchels is decent.
January 11th, 2018 at 8:32 AM ^
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January 11th, 2018 at 9:12 AM ^
But you're not wrong.
January 11th, 2018 at 9:15 AM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
Not saying your wrong... but over winter break I spent $15 on a sandwich only to get food poisoning and spend the night throwing up. That aside, the prices are too high for a take-out deli sandwich.
January 11th, 2018 at 7:06 PM ^
Hmm interesting. If that happened to me, I'd end up hating that place too
January 11th, 2018 at 10:09 AM ^
100% accurate.
January 11th, 2018 at 10:39 AM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:20 AM ^
Your incorrect opinion is duly noted.
January 11th, 2018 at 2:37 PM ^
and $10 for tiny bottles of sauces when you pay your workers $20 an hour
January 11th, 2018 at 9:40 AM ^
and closer to campus. But it's nowhere near as good.
January 11th, 2018 at 9:26 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 9:30 AM ^
Absolutely. I'd rather have Zingermann's over Maize and Blue any day of the week and twice on Sunday. But I never thought Maize and Blue deli was bad. It's just a good option if you can't make your way over to Kerrytown and are craving some kind of sandwich.
January 11th, 2018 at 9:45 AM ^
Maize and Blue is not even the same category as Zingerman's. Good relatively cheap college food, but Zingerman's is in a class by itself.
January 11th, 2018 at 9:30 AM ^
Lol, cantina?
January 11th, 2018 at 10:48 AM ^
Abso-friggin-lutely Cantina. Or BTB, or whatever you want to call it. 10X better than the awful crap they serve down the street at Panchero's. Also, let's remember that this is an incoming student we're talking about here. This isn't about where you'd want to take your parents for dinner, or where you'd take a date. BTB is a good, cheap place for students.
January 11th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
I graduated in '96 and Angelo's was THE place for breakfast when Mom and Dad came to visit. So good, great service, and a really unique vibe - a classic diner, but with really good food and a dash of eclectic Ann Arbor.
I've been there three times in the last 2 years during visits to UM Hospital and was really bummed at how terrible it has become. I kept going back out of nostalgia and the hope that I just caught them on a bad day. No such luckl. Bitchy waitstaff, mediocre food, crappy service, and kind of dingy and run-down despite the high prices. It's clear they are just banking on their reputation to get schmucks like me to keep goin back.
My oldest son has been accepted to UM for next fall so I need some recommendations on the next great breakfast place in Ann Arbor, since this time around I'll be the Dad taking my son to breakfast. :-). Any MGoAdvice is welcome!
January 11th, 2018 at 9:54 AM ^
Best breakfast.
January 11th, 2018 at 10:45 AM ^
Yessir
January 11th, 2018 at 12:08 PM ^
Northside Grill is fantastic, as noted above. Avalon is a relatively new spot but also solid.
If you don't mind going to North Campus, Songbird Cafe is really good.
January 11th, 2018 at 7:53 AM ^
Triangle Fraternity for the hottest party every weekend, my guy
January 11th, 2018 at 7:58 AM ^