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Tower Inn Closes on West Huron After Decades

The campus-area bar at 701 W Huron served cheap pitchers and no pretense for longer than most of its customers were alive.

Tower Inn closed in December after decades on West Huron Street, another campus-area institution lost to a changing Ann Arbor.

December 15, 2025 · 3 min read
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B2A2: Sidetrack's Signature Burger

Entry five heads to Ypsilanti. A crooked building in Depot Town where GQ once told you to eat.

The fifth entry in our Best Burger in Ann Arbor series crosses into Ypsilanti. Sidetrack Bar & Grill's wagyu signature burger at 56 E Cross St is the pub burger the series was missing.

May 29, 2025 · 5 min read
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Sidetrack Has Been Anchoring Depot Town Since Before You Were Born

An 1850s building, a 1929 train wreck, and a burger that GQ told you to eat. The full story of Ypsilanti's most durable bar.

Sidetrack Bar & Grill has been feeding Depot Town from an 1850s building that a train once hit. The burger made GQ's must-eat list. The patio might be the best in Washtenaw County.

November 25, 2024 · 6 min read