Name: Maniacal Mead Tasting Room
Address: 1497 Ecorse Rd, Ypsilanti, MI, 48198

Maniacal Mead Co. is serving up quality mead with different sweetness levels and flavors.

Maniacal’s mission is to open everyone’s mind and palate to the real potential of “the drink of the gods”. Taste the flavors of fermented wild apple, cherry, pineapple, blueberry, ginger, vanilla and many more.

Maniacal Mead Tasting Room

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Ice Cream Time is an Ypsilanti ice cream shop providing several flavors of soft serve ice cream, shakes, malts, frappuccinos, smoothies, banana splits, and even doggie treats! Find the perfect ice cream treat for everone here.

Ice Cream Time

This 4-acre park has two youth ball fields which are located next to two additional ball fields owned by the Ypsilanti National Little League. In addition, the park has playground equipment, parking lot, shelter and a concession stand with restrooms that are open when leagues games are being played.

Harris Park

Bill’s Hot Dog Stand has been feeding Ypsilanti locals for more the 50 years. There is no menu – only hot dogs, chili dogs, and loose burgers. Oh. And the BEST homemade root beer that has ever graced your lips! You can order it as a side beverage, as a float, or by the gallon. (Pro Tip: Get the gallon.) The homemade chili is savory, sweet, and unique. The onions are grilled to perfection. Hot dogs are to be ordered in pairs, as eating only one is simply not an option.

Bill's Hot Dog Stand

Aside from having the most adorable building in the city, Roy’s Squeeze Inn was voted one of the top three places to get a burger in Ypsilanti. They are juicy, come with delicious toppings, and have a signature seasoning salt in every bite. You can order wedges or fries to accompany your top-notch burger, while you sit at the old counter and chat with their friendly staff. Roy's Squeeze Inn is an American restaurant serving delicious burgers, BBQ sandwiches, fries and more! Everything is made fresh to order - be sure to pony up at this horseshoe diner counter and enjoy a tasty meal.

Roy's Squeeze Inn

We the People Opportunity Farm was built on this principle, believing that the formerly incarcerated men and women of Washtenaw County deserve an opportunity to be restored and reintegrated into the community.

On the farm, participants cultivate more than crops—they grow confidence and hope for the future. The produce they grow is shared with local families, creating a ripple effect of positivity and support. By connecting individuals with the land and with each other, we foster a cycle of healing and community impact that benefits everyone involved.

What started as a vision has grown into a thriving movement of empowerment and change. We The People Opportunity Farm is more than a place to work—it’s a place to grow, heal, and thrive.

The organic produce that they harvest from the farm is distributed to the community at no cost and sold to local restaurants that support their work and enjoy cooking with their food.

We The People Opportunity Farm

Family-owned restaurant, serving up authentic Mexican food including tacos, tortas, quesadillas, tamales, burritos and more. Open for lunch and dinner. Offers pickup, and local delivery through doordash.

La Marqueza Taqueria

Boasts "the only burgers in town." Happy hour offers $1 drafts and $5 pitchers of select beers

Full House Restaurant

B-Cubed Bakery is a neighborhood bakery in the Gault Village neighborhood of Ypsilanti. Their focus is on serving their community through great baked goods. This includes not only their customer base, but also working directly with local farmers. They also place an emphasis on fresh milled whole grains (milled on site on their New American Stone Mill) and rebuilding the local grain economy by working with regional and preferably local grain farmers. The bakery was started by Ben, a former software engineer turned baker (and back and forth a couple of times). Ben always loved bread but began to think in 2017 that it was something he might enjoy doing it professionally as well. Between jobs Ben took a two year sabbatical, first enrolling at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute in Traverse City Michigan. During his time in school he worked at a small brick oven bakery staffing the pastry half of the operation. After school Ben spent a year working the night bread shift at Zingerman’s Bakehouse; making great friends and learning a huge amount around baking at higher volumes while still creating real bread. He also gained critical practice, shaping and baking thousands of loaves, as well as a truly terrifying number of bagels. After Zingerman’s Ben started B-Cubed Bakery. A cottage business selling at the Depot Town Farmers Market in Ypsilanti Michigan for the 2022 season. In October of 2024 after a few years at the markets B-Cubed Bakery opened a retail location in the Gault Village neighborhood of Ypsilanti.

B-Cubed Bakery

The Regal Beagle is an all-inclusive community road house, dive bar and music venue.

Cold drinks and great food. The Regal Beagle is a welcoming punk hangout with karaoke, live performances, arcade games, and pool tables.

Regal Beagle

Located on the north shore of Ford Lake, this 11.2 acre park is noted for its two award winning shelters (available for rent) and a fishing pier. The park also has trails, mature trees, play equipment, play field and restrooms. This park is staffed and gated during the park season.

To access the Border-to-Border Trail (B2B), head east along Grove Road (at the park entrance) to get to North Hydro Park.

Loon Feather Point Park

American Grille is a diner serving up great breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Locals rave about their biscuits and gravy, home fries, omelettes, and accommodating staff!

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