ANN ARBOR, Mich. Looking to enjoy a drink from your favorite Ann Arbor bar or restaurant at home? Gretchen Whitmer signed a bar and restaurant relief package giving Michigan bars and restaurants the green light to sell cocktails or mixed drinks to-go and via delivery. Through the bill, drinks can also be delivered but identification to verify age must be shown upon delivery. Ann Arbor bars and restaurants wasted no time getting creative and packaging drinks to-go. Many restaurants are also offering beer and wine to-go, along with various types of food.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. On Tuesday, the Ann Arbor City Council approved a resolution that would allow Ann Arbor restaurants and bars in the downtown area to extend their outdoor patios into closed streets. Andrade said the association gathered input from business owners and residents block-by-block when working with the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority on the resolution. Four blocks in the Main Street area will be closed: Main Street between Williams Street and Liberty Street; Main Street from Liberty to Washington Street; Washington Street from Ashley Street to Main Street; and Washington Street from 4th Avenue to 5th Avenue. The resolution was worked on by all four Ann Arbor downtown associations and the DDA. According to Andrade, some streets have been intentionally left open in the downtown area so that restaurants can continue to offer curbside services, which have been vital to many of the downtown restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.