OT - Fanciest Dinner in A2
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West End is really great.. quaint.
Logans not bad either... dbags will downvote
Pacific Rim or Knight's Steakhouse (the one on Dexter Road, I like it more than the one on Liberty).
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Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
I hear people have been having quite the good time at Red Robin and Cracker Barrel.
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I actually went to the Earle a couple weeks ago. Food was good, but the atmosphere was a little more dull than we were expecting. Maybe it's better during the school year, or we just went on a slow night, but the place was more than half empty and they just stuck us in a back corner. I'd say pass on them. Avoid Gratzi, too. The decor inside is great, but the food is just really average.
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I worked there a long time and basically they get the first pick of all the prime rib. It basically makes their shit untouchable. I remember when the chef was explaining to me that it really comes back to the contract they have for the beef...
i need to go back and grab a meal some time...
jdon
Go back, and you'll be delighted/upset/bemused that you were 100% correct on who would be there as a lifer. At least that was the case when I dropped by for breakfast a few years ago.
I guess Ken is still running the place, yes? Any idea what happened to his sister Linda? She was quite the party animal in her youth.
If he didn't mention in the OP, I would have said there too. I love me some Gandy.
If you take the Gandy Dancer out of the train station it's just meh.
I worked there in the early 90s putting myself through school.
My wife and I have always been fans of The Earle when it came to a reasonably fancy dinner, and if you don't mind spending a little bit, you wont' be disappointed in my opinion. The menu does change from time to time, but we were there a few weeks ago and the beef dijonnaise was spectacular. You can check it out online beforehand, but it's not a bad setting at all.
Yes, they have live jazz but I'm not sure it's every night so you better check.
I think the Earle is more romantic than the others & it has a more interesting menu than most of them.
A little secret about the Real C is they have, or used to have anyway, a very good filet mignon, and of course those addictive dinner rolls.
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fanciest meal I ever had in ann arbor was gandy dancer when I graduated
I forgot all about all the awesome restaurants in Ann Arbor!
In addition to everything else, if your wife like's chocolate, there is also that chocolateer on Washington St. next to Ann Arbor Brewing. (Ann Arbor Brewing sucks btw so don't go there).
Surprised nobody has mentioned Amadeus. Took GF there for V-Day a few years back and it made me look rather good. Then again, we broke up that summer, so...
Seriously, though, Amadeus is a quaint, intimate and very nice place. Gratzi and Chop House are a little more upscale, but I think Amadeus is just as nice, but a bit more charm and smaller check.
This might also be worth a look: http://mgoblog.com/content/guide-ann-arbor-eating-drinking
Surprised BTB and Mr Spots got the requisite mentions but not Weber's.
I'll join in with everyone and say Chop House is probably what the OP is looking for, but one of the best steaks I've ever had was at Weber's.
Edit: Missed GoBlueRandy's post above. My bad.
Consider visiting S3 Safe Sex Store together whilst in A^2. They appear to have chocolates inter alia. I wouldn't know firsthand since I am a yurt-dweller living on the steppes and mostly visit Crazy Jim's or Brown Jug when in town.
That would spell the night "fancy" in part because you could literally tickle her ... nevermind.
Surprised to have not seen Palio mentioned yet. I don't really have much else to add as so much has been covered already. Although I will say Carson's has become a favorite for my wife and me, but they are quite far from downtown AA and there's really not much to do on that side of town.