University of Michigan · Ann Arbor
Where to shop in Ann Arbor
7 places, verified against each business’s own website in September 2026, grouped by the part of town you will actually be standing in.
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Main Street and downtown
Literati Bookstore
An independent bookshop downtown with a busy events calendar. A good hour between commitments, and a better gift stop than anything on the highway out of town.
Rock Paper Scissors
Cards, stationery, gifts and Michigan-branded odds and ends downtown. The practical stop when you need a birthday card or something small for a care package.
Vault of Midnight
A bookshop downtown, the flagship of a small Michigan chain, with new releases, subscriptions and a book of the month. An easy gift stop.
Cherry Republic
A Michigan cherry shop downtown with tastings and samples. The simplest place to pick up something recognisably from Michigan to take home.
West Side Book Shop
A second-hand and antiquarian bookshop downtown. We could not verify a current website for this shop, so it is worth calling ahead before making a trip.
Argus Farm Stop
A seven-day grocery stocked with Michigan produce, meat and more, with a cafe attached. Useful for leaving your student a fridge that is not all instant noodles.
The State Street corridor
Dawn Treader Book Shop
Rare and second-hand books, maps and prints near campus, across a wide range of subjects. The shop ships worldwide, which helps if you are flying home.
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- Nickels Arcade at night, Ann Arbor. Photo by Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized by UniversityParent.
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