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News

Zingerman's Roadhouse Reopens After Six-Week Renovation

New floors, better acoustics, and the same Buttermilk Fried Chicken. The 23-year-old institution on Jackson Avenue is back.

The Roadhouse is back after a six-week renovation with new floors, better acoustics, and the same fried chicken.

December 4, 2025 · 3 min read
Restaurant Profile

The Roadhouse Is the Loud One, and That's the Point

Twenty-three years in, Zingerman's full-service restaurant on Jackson Avenue is still the most democratic table in Ann Arbor. Fried chicken, pit barbecue, mac and cheese made with Martelli pasta, and a room that seats hundreds.

Zingerman's Roadhouse has been serving fried chicken, pit barbecue, and Martelli mac and cheese at 2501 Jackson Ave for 23 years. It's the big, loud, full-service arm of the Zingerman's community, and it earns every decibel.

October 16, 2025 · 9 min read
Opinion

The Zingerman's Effect: How One Deli Shaped an Entire City's Food Culture

In the mid-1990s, Ari Weinzweig and Paul Saginaw made a decision that changed Ann Arbor. They chose to stay.

In the mid-1990s, Zingerman's chose to stay local instead of franchising. That decision shaped everything.

August 7, 2025 · 7 min read
Restaurant Profile

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.

October 21, 2024 · 10 min read