Bill's Beer Garden To Remain In Business

Morning, Ann Arbor! And a formal welcome back students! Glad to have ya back

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🍻 Beer Garden Lives On: Despite Downtown Home & Garden announcing their closing at the end of the year, their sister business, Bill’s Beer Garden, will remain open. While the two businesses share a landlord, they operate as independent businesses. Bill’s will continue to be open from mid-March to mid-November.

🫖 From Tea To Coffee: After 5 years in business, Tea Ninja (535 E. Liberty) announced their closing last week. The bubble tea shop was purchased by Caffeena Coffee House, a Yemeni coffee shop with a location in North Carolina and another on the way in New York. No announcements have been made about when the tea shop will reopen as a coffee shop.

☕️ Bayt Al Mocha: In more Yemeni coffee news, Bayt Almocha, a Yemeni coffeehouse, opened at 109 Catherine Street in Kerrytown. Bayt Almocha offers traditional Yemeni drinks alongside American-style favorites, plus pastries and breakfast sandwiches. Hours run Mon–Sat 7 a.m.–9 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.–9 p.m.

TODAY’S SPONSOR: UMS

🎵 UMS: For our 2025/26 season, UMS brings the world's most innovative music, theater, and dance to Ann Arbor. From groundbreaking new works to timeless masterpieces and bold collaborations, this is a season of artistic milestones. We invite you to experience the extraordinary, step into a new world of creativity, and make time to be present.

⛸️ Reimagining Liberty Plaza: The Library Green Conservancy, the group behind the 2018 proposal to convert the city-owned Library Lane parking lot into a park (which was repealed earlier this month with the passing of Proposals A and B), have their sights set on a new “Center of the City” park - Liberty Plaza. Last week, the group shared the blueprints of a reimagined Liberty Plaza with a real lawn and a seasonal ice rink. City Administrator Milton Dohoney said, “On its face, the group presents an interesting idea. The administration would need time to review the assumptions they’ve made, as a step in determining how feasible the idea would be to implement.”

Crocs x Lions: The NFL’s first-ever Crocs collection just dropped, and Detroit was one of 14 teams to make the cut. The Lions-themed crocs cost $84.99 for adults, $29.99 for kids, and $24.99 for infants. But more importantly, Lions Jibbitz are only $4.99.

🎸 Thursday’s Sonic Lunch Concert (the last of the year): JR JR

• Style: Indie pop

• Popularity: 169,000 monthly Spotify listeners

• Top Song: “Gone” with 64 million streams

• Links to Listen: Spotify or Apple Music

• Concert Details: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm on the corner of Liberty and Division in downtown Ann Arbor

🏈 Michigan Football Tracker: Week 1 of 13

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• Currant Rank: #14 in the country

• This Saturday: Michigan plays a 7:30 PM home game against New Mexico. The Wolverines are 36.5-point favorites.

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That's all for now! Have a great week in Tree Town!

- Andrew

P. P. S. - Freshman QB Bryce Underwood gifted the entire football team custom Michigan-themed Beats by Dre headphones

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