Where should Spartan fans eat on Saturday?
Lena, located at 226 S. Main St. in downtown Ann Arbor.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
It's been two years since the last time the Spartans played in the Big House, and our restaurant scene has been enhanced during that time. In a post on Freep.com this morning, restaurant critic Sylvia Rector has a rundown of some of the restaurants that have opened since the last times these rivals met in Ann Arbor.
Among the standouts for her are Lena, Frita Batidos, Bill's Beer Garden, Mani Osteria, Chela's and the Raven's Club. You can read the full post here.
Where are you planning to eat before and after the Wolverines beat the Spartans on Saturday?
Jessica Webster leads the Food & Grocery section for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at JessicaWebster@annarbor.com. You also can follow her on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.
Comments
15crown00
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 : 4:26 p.m.
any eatery that takes money or credit cards will be glad to take theirs.
swcornell
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 : 5:27 a.m.
There are two great restaurants in Whitmore Lake, that are full of both U-M and MSU fans who really enjoy the rivalry w/o any real problems. That's the places to be!
American Indian
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 3:25 p.m.
AUT BAR!!!!
Arboriginal
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 2:03 p.m.
Szechuan West!
ribs1
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 2:44 a.m.
Spartans fans should eat at the International Restaurant and Tuba Museum in Okemos. http://www.travelerstuba.com
Arboriginal
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 2:04 p.m.
Sadly it will be closing soon!
Jessica Webster
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 3:44 a.m.
That's a real place? I want to go!!
OLDTIMER3
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 12:24 a.m.
I think a lot of posters are counting their chickens before they are hatched. On both sides.
OLDTIMER3
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 12:21 a.m.
If they are Moose members they could eat at the A2 Moose after the game where they have a sauerkraut and kniffle dinner for $9.00 planned starting at 5:00.
15crown00
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 : 4:27 p.m.
except the game doesn't start till 3
CLX
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 9:26 p.m.
Interesting that people are viciously attacking the Huron and Pioneer kids for their recent tussle yet come here to post childish suggestions mocking MSU. Let's keep in classy, Michigan.
StopCrying
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 2:56 p.m.
High school fist fight vs. heckling between rivalries online. Simmer down now
Halter
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 9:15 p.m.
Where should the Spartans eat?? Are you kidding me?? They should eat somewhere on 96 or 23...Go Blue!
15crown00
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 : 4:29 p.m.
ask the Ann Arbor restaurants if they'll be glad to take Sparty money?
HB11
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 8:23 p.m.
I think they should just stand back, enjoy their win over UM, and watch the Wolverines eat crow.
Some Guy in 734
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 7:49 p.m.
Crow Bar. (On account'a eating crow.)
A2comments
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 7:44 p.m.
A pasture. Where Moo U always grazes...
15crown00
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 : 4:30 p.m.
Classy but what do you expect of a Wolvie.
Skiboski
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 7:16 p.m.
What is the purpose of this article? Ann Arbor has dozens of restaurants that have been serving this community for decades. Instead of promoting them, you want to promote the new guys. I guess there is no more loyalty around here, maybe that is why people don't advertise in your publication which as a result was the end of the Ann Arbor News.
PersonX
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 : 12:40 p.m.
The purpose is to feature good food. I think that it is interesting to see how new restaurants have changed the culinary layout of Ann Arbor - so many of the older places serve sloppy bad food with little imagination. Many on Main have fallen into tired patterns with mass production and little attention to details. Maybe the new kids will inspire them to improve. The problem is that they are driven too much by the bottom line while being squeezed by high rents.
Jessica Webster
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 8:20 p.m.
Hi Skiboski! If you click through to the original Free Press article I'm aggregating here, you will see that Sylvia Rector mentions longtime favorites like Krazy Jim's, Gratzi, Tios and Cottage Inn. The point of her article is to point out the restaurants that have opened since the last time Michigan State's football team played in Ann Arbor. Thanks!
Angry Moderate
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 8:19 p.m.
Maybe MSU fans are already aware of the restaurants that were open last time they were here 2 years ago.
WeiPing Teoh
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 6:49 p.m.
They can eat dust at the Big House...
Thomas
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 6:31 p.m.
Can one "eat" beer???
Jessica Webster
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 : 3:42 a.m.
Well Guinness is a meal in a glass...
StopCrying
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 6:22 p.m.
Where they always eat..Mcdonalds
pvitaly
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 6:16 p.m.
Heh, what a strange article.
David Bardallis
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 3:57 p.m.
Where should Spartan fans eat on Saturday? East Lansing.
15crown00
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 : 4:30 p.m.
Hospitality dude