Let me recommend: Bill’s Hot Dog Stand in Ypsilanti.
It’s a drive-in. Open your window and eat in the parking lot. Get their dogs with everything on it + a mug of root beer. If you don’t eat dogs, at least get the root beer!!! I don’t even like root beer that much, but I now dream about the root beer from Bill’s.
Absolute reasonable prices, too: got 4 dogs & 2 mugs of root beer for around 10$ total!
What’s your recommendation for unexpectedly good food in Michigan?
Rice Paddy - little hole-in-the-wall Thai take out restaurant in Marquette (upper peninsula). Best Thai food I’ve had to-date.
Grain of salt: this was over a decade ago, so no idea if they’re run by the same people / to the same quality today. Or if that building is even still standing.
/shrug