ANN ARBOR, MI -- Your chance to snag a deal on a meal in Ann Arbor is coming up.
Several restaurants are participating in Ann Arbor Restaurant Week from Feb. 21-26. And this year’s version of the popular annual event offers some new options in family to-go meals and cooking demonstrations.
Restaurant Week organizers have announced the 2021 participating restaurants and their menus, which will offer two- or three-course meals.
Prices are changing this year, and the full list of participants will be updated as the event nears. Be sure to check the Ann Arbor Restaurant Week website for updates on pricing and menus.
How it works
Choose whether you are dining in, carrying out or taking a class, then select a restaurant.
This is a popular week for customers to try various restaurants and seats fill up quickly, especially with the state-ordered limited indoor dining restrictions due to COVID-19. Be sure to reserve ahead of time.
Customers can choose from lunch, dinner, meals for two or vegan and vegetarian selections.
What’s included
Restaurant Week’s specials do not typically include beverages or gratuity, unless otherwise noted.
If you’re not interested in the specials, restaurants will continue to offer their full menus.
A few places are offering classes to learn how to make fried chicken, pot pie and cocktails. You can order a kit, watch a video or sign up for a class here.
Restaurants also are offering a variety of meals, which can serve two to four people. Browse through the to-go section here.
Where to park
Street parking is free after 6 p.m. and all public parking is free on Sundays. The Downtown Development Authority also provides a map of public parking locations and information on fees.
Where to eat
Organizers are continuing to update the website with participating restaurants, but here is a look at what was offered last January and what may be offered this year. Keep checking the menus online for updates.
The Blue Nile feast includes chicken-based doro wat and doro alecha as well as beef-based zizil wat alongside savory vegetables on a platter with rolled injera bread at Blue Nile in Ann Arbor on Jan. 9, 2019.
Salmon with local potato gnocchi, tomato, spinach and garlic cream, left, lobster gnocchi, center, featuring Maine lobster, local potato gnocchi, sweet corn, wild mushroom and black truffle butter and pollo Milanese, right, featuring pan-fried parmesan breaded chicken, arugula, heirloom cherry tomatoes and garlic mashed potatoes at Gratzi in Ann Arbor on Jan. 9, 2019.
Red curry ramen featuring mushroom medley, fried eggplant, sugar snap peas, potato kabocha chips, carrots, bok choy, scallions, coconut lemongrass cream and chili oil at Slurping Turtle, 608 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Nov. 19 2020.Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com
The ultimate seafood mixed trio, including Sixty South salmon, crab cake, coconut shrimp, coconut ginger rice and fresh vegetables at Gandy Dancer Monday, May 13 2019.Jacob Hamilton