Gail & Paul's Ann Arbor Guidebook
Bookstores
🚶♀️🚴Walking/Biking. Great Independent bookstore! Knowledgeable staff, coffee shop on second level. You’ll love it!
35 locals recommend
Literati Bookstore
124 E Washington St🚶♀️🚴Walking/Biking. Great Independent bookstore! Knowledgeable staff, coffee shop on second level. You’ll love it!
🚶♀️🚴 Walking/Biking. This is a very fun and eclectic bookstore. They host a variety of classes and there is a tea room on the second floor.
14 locals recommend
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom
114 S Main St🚶♀️🚴 Walking/Biking. This is a very fun and eclectic bookstore. They host a variety of classes and there is a tea room on the second floor.
Nicola's Books
2513 Jackson AveKerrytown Market & Shops
🚶♀️Walking. Local shopping and dining opportunities!
🚶♀️Wednesdays and Saturdays. 7 am. to 3 p.m. Artisan Market on Sunday.
77 locals recommend
Ann Arbor Farmers Market
316N N 4th Ave🚶♀️Wednesdays and Saturdays. 7 am. to 3 p.m. Artisan Market on Sunday.
🚶♀️Home goods store. So cute and lots of fun “Ann Arbor” and “Michigan” themed items.
8 locals recommend
FOUND
415 N 5th Ave🚶♀️Home goods store. So cute and lots of fun “Ann Arbor” and “Michigan” themed items.
Fustini's Oils & Vinegars
407 N 5th Ave🚶♀️Great inventory of oils and vinegars. Also offer classes.
Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea Kerrytown
407 N 5th Ave🚶♀️Friendly staff, great coffee and treats.
The Sunday Artisan Market
315 Detroit StHealth & Wellness
Ann Arbor YMCA
400 W Washington St🚶♀️Great facility. Day passes available for non-members.
Hands down one of the best dispensaries in A2, and located just two blocks from the apartment.
Bloom City Club Medical/Recreational Marijuana Provisioning Center Ann Arbor
423 Miller AveHands down one of the best dispensaries in A2, and located just two blocks from the apartment.
Musical Entertainment
The Ark
316 S Main St🚶♀️🚴Well-known, intimate music venue.
Kerrytown Concert House
415 N 4th Ave🚶♀️Cozy, unique venue for the performing arts.
🚶♀️🚴This is a new event space in Ann Arbor and it’s getting great reviews!
11 locals recommend
Blue LLama Jazz Club
314 S Main St🚶♀️🚴This is a new event space in Ann Arbor and it’s getting great reviews!
Food scene
Angelo's
1100 Catherine St🚴 🚙 Excellent breakfast and lunch. Located next to the Medical Center.
🚶♀️🚴We really like their menu and if you enjoy sour beers, you’ll like their beer as well.
69 locals recommend
Jolly Pumpkin Café & Brewery
311 S Main St🚶♀️🚴We really like their menu and if you enjoy sour beers, you’ll like their beer as well.
Zingerman's Delicatessen
422 Detroit St🚶♀️Located in Kerrytown. Best deli in the world!
🚶♀️Located in Kerrytown. Excellent Korean food. This was originally a food cart prior to this bricks and mortar space.
8 locals recommend
Miss Kim
415 N 5th Ave🚶♀️Located in Kerrytown. Excellent Korean food. This was originally a food cart prior to this bricks and mortar space.
🚶♀️Located in Kerrytown. Same owners as The Lunch Room. Excellent vegan menu.
13 locals recommend
Detroit Street Filling Station
300 Detroit St🚶♀️Located in Kerrytown. Same owners as The Lunch Room. Excellent vegan menu.
🚶♀️Vegan menu. Amanda, the owner, is a former Registered Dietician. The food is always fresh and good.
Vedge Cafe
205 N Main St🚶♀️Vegan menu. Amanda, the owner, is a former Registered Dietician. The food is always fresh and good.
🚶♀️🚴We love this small plates restaurant. Fun environment, great food. On Open Table.
59 locals recommend
Aventura
216 E Washington St🚶♀️🚴We love this small plates restaurant. Fun environment, great food. On Open Table.
🚶♀️🚴The original is in Detroit and this place opened a couple of years ago in A2. We especially like Avalon for breakfast.
20 locals recommend
Avalon Cafe and Kitchen Ann Arbor
120 E Liberty St🚶♀️🚴The original is in Detroit and this place opened a couple of years ago in A2. We especially like Avalon for breakfast.
Café Zola
112 W Washington St🚶♀️🚴Lovely, especially for an upscale breakfast.
Slurping Turtle
608 E Liberty Steat
403 North 5th AvenueFrita Batidos
117 W Washington StEnjoying Nature
🚶♀️🚴 🚙 Running/walking trails; canoeing/kayaking/SUP’s rental.
70 locals recommend
Argo Park Canoe & Kayak Livery
1055 Longshore Dr🚶♀️🚴 🚙 Running/walking trails; canoeing/kayaking/SUP’s rental.
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1800 N Dixboro Rd🚙 It’s lovely!
University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum
1610 Washington HeightsJust lovely!
Argo Park Canoe & Kayak Livery
1055 Longshore DrWater Hill Neighborhood
🚶♀️The eclectic neighborhood where our Guest House is located. Lots of Ann Arbor small business owners live here, along with families, Residents at the hospital, and grad students. Definitely allow some time to take a walk!
🚶♀️In the neighborhood at the corner of Spring and Miller. Yummy! Hours:
Tuesday — Friday
7:30am — 9pm
Saturday
8am — 9pm
Sunday
10am — 9pm
Closed Mondays
Big City Small World Bakery
500 Miller Ave🚶♀️In the neighborhood at the corner of Spring and Miller. Yummy! Hours:
Tuesday — Friday
7:30am — 9pm
Saturday
8am — 9pm
Sunday
10am — 9pm
Closed Mondays