Old West Side Restaurants and Groceries

There aren’t too many food establishments within the Old West Side, but the ones there are are classics, while adjoining the neighborhood on the east is the Main Street district, packed with Ann Arbor’s most exciting restaurants and bars! Here are food establishments within the OWS as well as grocery options within walking distance.

Restaurants and Groceries within the Old West Side

A brick storefront with large front windows, a glass door, and steps leading up to it. There is a sign with a butterfly logo above the entrance and some outdoor seating.

The Jefferson Market

Enjoy meals, including its popular brunch, indoors or out, in the ambiance of an original neighborhood market in the heart of the OWS historic district.

A small bakery named Wakenau Dairy with blue awnings and neon signs advertising shakes and that they are open. There is a person sitting at a picnic table outside, wearing headphones and looking at their phone. The building has a stone exterior and there are trees and street signs nearby.

Washtenaw Dairy

An OWS tradition, an ice cream shop with fresh donuts, dairy products, and other grocery staples.

Farm stand at Argus Farm Stop with pumpkins, yellow, purple, and green plants, and a building with a yellow sign reading "Argus Farm Stop".

Argus Farm Stop

A farmer’s market/grocery store in a repurposed gas station, offers locally-sourced produce, meat, bread, and more, along with a sit-down indoor-outdoor greenhouse cafe.

Murray Avenue Food Trucks

Enjoy a rotating selection of food trucks Tuesdays, 5:00-7:30 PM on Murray Avenue (between Washington and Liberty). Click above or contact Rebekah Modrak at rmodrak@umich.edu to learn more and get on their email list.

Groceries within Walking Distance of the Old West Side

Refrigerated meat display case with various packaged cuts of beef in a grocery store, with a window in the background showing trees outside.

Knight’s Market

Just 0.2 miles north of the OWS at 420 Miller Ave., a complete neighborhood market known for its fresh meats.

Exterior view of a building with a sign for People's Food Co-op & Cafe Verde, featuring trees and a bicycle rack outside.

People’s Food Co-op

Located in the Kerrytown neighborhood about 0.4 miles northeast of the OWS at 216 N. Fourth Ave., a full-service co-op and cafe. Membership is available.

A city street scene with a building featuring a clock tower and a large emblem, with shops and pedestrians in front under a clear blue sky.

Kerrytown

The Kerrytown neighborhood is also home to Kerrytown Market & Shops (with a grocery and specialty food shops), the famous Zingerman’s Delicattesen, and the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market.