Best Businesses

Art Supplies: Michigan Book & Supply

Athletic Shoe Store: Footlocker

Bank/Credit Union: U of M Credit Union

Bicycle Sales: Great Lakes Cycling

Books: Border’s

Bowling Alley: Colonial Lanes

Cab Service: Yellow Cab

Camera/Photo Shop: Ritz

Camping Gear Shop: Bivouac

Car Dealer: Briarwood Ford

Compact Disc: Border’s

Computer Store: (Tie) Computer Showcase and Best Buy

Copy Store: Kinko’s

Customer Service: U of M Credit Union

Dry Cleaner: Clothesline

Florist: Normandie Flowers

Furniture Store: Art Van

Gift Store: Middle Earth

Grocery Store: Meijer

Haircut: Noggins

Hardware Store: Jack’s Hardware

Health Club: One on One Athletic Club

Hotel: Campus Inn

Jewelry Store: Schlanderer’s

Laundromat: Mr. Stadium

Liquor: Campus Corner

Men’s Clothing: (Tie) Bivouac and

Urban Outfitters

Moving Company: (Tie) 2 Men and a Truck and U-Haul

Musical Instrument Store: Herb David Guitar Studio

New Local Business: (Tie) Bubble Island and Sushi.come

Outdoor Apparel: Bivouac

Packaging Store: Mailboxes Etc.

Place to Go for Piercing: Name Brand Tattoos

Place to Pamper Yourself:

Oasis Hot Tub Gardens

Public Golf Course: (Tie) Leslie Park Golf Course and Huron Park Golf Course

Realtor: Edward Surovell

Shoe Store: Mast Shoes

Sporting Goods: Bivouac

Store Display Window: Middle Earth

Tanning Salon: Tanfastic

Test Prep: Kaplan

Textbooks: Ulrich’s

Thrift Clothing: Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop

Travel Agency: STA Travel

Used Compact Discs: Encore Recordings of Ann Arbor

‘U’ Fan Apparel: Steve & Barry’s

Women’s Clothing: Urban Outfitter’s


Best Entertainment

Concert in the Past Year: John Mayer

Dance Spot: Necto

Live Music Club: Blind Pig

Local Band: Bypolar

Local Festival: Art Fair

Movie Theater: Michigan Theater

Radio Station: 89x

Video Store: Blockbuster


Best of Dating

Date Movie: Sweet Home Alabama

Inexpensive Date: The Arb

Pickup Bar: (Tie) Rick’s and Scorekeepers

Pickup Line: “How you doin'”

Place for a First Date: The Arb

Place for a Rendezvous: The Arb

Place to Break Up: The Diag

Place to Meet a New Mate: Class

Public Place for Sex: Graduate Library

Rejection Line: “Ummm … no”

Restaurant for a Date: Gratzi

Unusual Date Idea: Ann Arbor Hands on Museum


Best Restaurants

All You Can Eat: Mongolian BBQ

Bagels: Bruegger’s Bagels

Bar Drinks: Good Time Charley’s

BBQ: Mongolian BBQ

Breakfast: Angelo’s

Brunch: Angelo’s

Burgers: Blimpy Burger

Burrito: Pancheros

Cheap Beer: Scorekeepers

Cheap Eats: Jimmy Johns

Chinese Food: China Gate

Chipatis: Pizza House

Coffee: Starbucks

Cookies: Mrs. Field’s

Deli: Zingerman’s

Dessert: La Dolce Vita

Dinner: Pizza House

Fries: Pizza House

Greasy Spoon: Fleetwood Diner

Greek Food: Parthenon

Happy Hour: Good Time Charley’s

Hot Dog: Red Hot Lovers

Ice cream/yogurt: Stucchi’s

Indian Food: Raja Rani

Korean Food: University Cafe

Late Night Munchies: Pizza House

Lunch: Amer’s

Mexican: Tio’s

Microbrew: Leopold Brothers of Ann Arbor

Mid-eastern Food: Jerusalem Garden

New Restaurant: Cosi

Outdoor Eatery: Dominick’s

Overall Restaurant: Pizza House

Overall Bar: Scorekeepers

Pizza: Pizza House

Place For Folks to Treat:

Chop House

Restaurant for Large Groups: Pizza House

Restaurant Service: Chop House

Romantic Restaurant: Gratzi

Salads: Pizza House

Seafood: Real Seafood Company

Sports Bar: Scorekeepers

Steak: Chop House

Subs: Jimmy John’s

Take-Out: Pizza House

Vegetarian Food: Seva

Wings: Mr. Spots


Best of the ‘U’

Athlete (Female): Elizabeth Boyle

Athlete (Male): Derek Hickey

Bathroom: In Angell Hall

Blow-off Course: Psychology 111

Campus Event: Football Saturday

Campus Tradition: Naked Mile

Computing Center: Fishbowl

Co-op: Michigan

Course: (Tie) Psychology 111and History 271

Dorm Cafeteria: Bursley

Frat to Party With: Phi Kappa Psi

Lecture Hall: 1800 Chem

Library: Graduate Library

Place to Study: Graduate Library

Place to Work Out: CCRB

Professor: Ralph Williams

Residence Hall: South Quad

Sorority to Party With: Tri-Delt

Speaker (past year): Eve Ensler

Sports Team: Football

Sports Tradition: Football Saturday

Student Group: Dance Marathon

Student Job: Library Assistant

Thing About Football Saturday: Tailgating


Best of the rest

Apartments: University Towers

Daily Columnist/Writer: Aubrey Henretty

Excuse for a Late Paper: Computer problems

Excuse for Cutting Class: Sick

Fad: North Face fleece

News Headline: (past year) Finally!

Place to Get a Parking Ticket: Anywhere

Place to People Watch:

The Diag

Place to See and Be Seen:

The Diag

Place to Take a Nap: The Diag

Slang: Hella

Best of the web

Apartment Locator Site: housing.umich.edu

News Site: cnn.com

Online Notes: sparknotes.com

Search Engine: google.com

University Website: umich.edu

Website: espn.com

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