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Depot Town

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Restaurant Profile

Aubree's Has Been Holding Down Depot Town Since 1972

At 39 East Cross, a pizza-and-beer joint that outlasted everything around it.

Aubree's Pizzeria & Grill at 39 E Cross St in Ypsilanti has been serving pizza, feta bread, and cold beer in Depot Town since 1972. The feta bread is the sleeper hit.

August 25, 2025 · 4 min read
Restaurant Profile

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
Restaurant Profile

Thompson & Co. Occupies 160 Years of Ypsilanti History. The Food Holds Up Its End.

Southern comfort food in a Civil War-era building that survived arson, abandonment, and an oak tree through the roof.

At 400 N River St in Depot Town, Thompson & Co. serves Southern comfort food inside the restored Thompson Block, a Civil War barracks that nearly burned to nothing in 2009.

March 27, 2025 · 7 min read
Restaurant Profile

Hyperion Coffee Is Ypsilanti's Answer to a Question Ann Arbor Thinks It Already Solved

At 306 N River St in Depot Town, a roaster treats coffee the way a winery treats grapes. RoosRoast should be paying attention.

Hyperion Coffee roasts single-origin, direct-trade beans at 306 N River St in Ypsilanti's Depot Town. A profile of the roaster challenging Ann Arbor's coffee assumptions.

March 24, 2025 · 6 min read
Opinion

Ypsilanti Is Having a Moment. This Time It Might Stick.

Lower rents, creative chefs, and a dining scene that's finally finding its footing.

Lower rents, creative chefs, and a scene that's finally hitting its stride.

February 27, 2025 · 5 min read
Restaurant Profile

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
Closing

What Ypsilanti Lost When Cultivate Coffee Closed

A church-backed coffee shop that became Depot Town's living room. Then the city declined a tent permit, and it was over.

Cultivate Coffee & Tap House closed in February 2022 after the city of Ypsilanti declined to renew its heated outdoor tent permit. The space on North River Street is now Vertex Coffee Roasters.

February 10, 2022 · 5 min read