Unique Places to Eat in Ann Arbor - Must Eat Places - Why Go to Chain Restaurants when You Can Eat at These University of Michigan Landmarks?

Some people love to eat at Chili's, or TGI Friday's, or maybe Applebees.  I don't.  These places offer good food an atmosphere, but they're the exact same whether you're in Ann Arbor, Anchorage, or Anaheim.  Whenever possible, I like to eat at great unique restaurants.  These sorts of restaurants add the charm to make a city great.  It's what differentiates a city or campus from every where else.  Next time you visit Ann Arbor, I highly suggest you avoid the chain restaurants and try these fantastic unique restaurants!

Blimpy Burger/Crazy Jim's

Blimpy makes the best burger I've ever eaten, honestly.  Eating here, you'll probably cut off a year of your life (the burgers are pure grease), but it will be well worth it.  You can get my dad's favorite:  a quadruple burger with cheese and fried egg on it.  Or you can pass on the fried egg and go with mushrooms, onion.  Don't worry, the sometimes rude and sometimes overly friendly cooks will cook everything while you wait.

Backroom Pizza

It's easy to miss now the NYPD has dominated campus, but you should run from the NYPD and hide in the backroom.  At Backroom, you get $1 slices of pizza.  Backroom has pizza that's more authentically New York than NYPD has.  It's that great pizza that tastes cheap, but is just phenomenal.  Backroom doesn't have indoor seating,  so you'll have to sit on the outside benches.  Most food places are busiest during normal business hours, but Backroom hits its peak around 2:05 AM, right after the local bars close.

Red Hot Lovers

Red Hot Lovers is a small place on campus that specializes in burgers hot dogs, and french fries.  I wasn't that impressed with the burgers, but the hot dogs and fries are great.  I recommend the chili cheese dog.  Red Hot Lovers is pretty cheap and casual.

Tios

The best Mexican food in town, hands down.  Servings are huge and the food is wonderful.