Kerrytown
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Comet Coffee Is the Smallest Great Coffee Shop in Ann Arbor
In Nickels Arcade, a sliver of a room with a few seats and an espresso machine proves that less is more, as long as the cortado is right.
Comet Coffee in Nickels Arcade serves precise espresso drinks in a room barely bigger than a hallway. The cortado is the best in Ann Arbor, and the size is the point.
Monahan's Has Been Selling Fish in Kerrytown for 46 Years. Mike Monahan Is Still Behind the Counter.
The co-founder of Ann Arbor's most enduring seafood market hasn't missed many days since 1979.
Forty-six years in Kerrytown. Mike Monahan is still behind the counter.
Little Kim Eight Months In
Ji Hye Kim's fast-casual vegetarian Korean cafe in Kerrytown has found its rhythm. Here's what the menu looks like now.
Little Kim at 207 N Fifth Ave has been open since July 2025. Ji Hye Kim's all-vegetarian Korean cafe and mini-mart has settled into its identity, and the build-your-own bowls are the reason to go.
No Thai! Is Not Kidding Around
On North Fourth Avenue, a counter-service Thai kitchen has been quietly winning the noodle argument for years.
No Thai! at 226 N Fourth Ave serves some of the best pad see ew and khao soi in Ann Arbor. The prices are low, the wok is hot, and the name is the only joke in the building.
Ji Hye Kim Opens Little Kim in Kerrytown With All-Vegetarian Asian Food and a Mini-Mart
The James Beard-nominated chef's third concept brings build-your-own bowls and an Asian grocery counter to North Fifth Avenue.
Ji Hye Kim's third concept: all-vegetarian bowls, kimbap, and an Asian mini-mart in Kerrytown.
Zingerman's Deli Is the Most Important Restaurant in Ann Arbor. It Might Also Be the Most Misunderstood.
Forty-four years after opening in a 900-square-foot grocery building on Detroit Street, the Deli remains the anchor of everything Zingerman's became. But it's not a museum piece. It's a working deli that still makes tens of thousands of Reubens a year.
Zingerman's Delicatessen at 422 Detroit St is the founding business of the Zingerman's Community of Businesses, opened March 15, 1982. Forty-four years later, it remains the anchor, and the best argument for what happens when a deli refuses to cut corners.