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Hello Loyal Angelo’s Customers!
As many of you know, Angelo’s is closing after nearly 70 years serving the people and visitors of Ann Arbor. The University of Michigan is expanding and will be utilizing our location for their future medical campus.
Scores of customers have come up to us and explained how Angelo’s has been a fixture in their families lives, going back two generations!
While we are sorry to be closing, we are blessed by the many years and memories of serving Ann Arbor families and students. Please share your memories by uploading any photo’s and comments below – we would love to see the stories that made Angelo’s a fixture for almost a century.
I’m so blessed to have known the Vangelatos family for so many years. Thank you always being there for us all. You have a way of making everyone feel so special. Its no different for the thousands of customers who come through your doors weekly. There are no words to express how much you all are loved. My favorite memories in the restaurant have been the few occasions when I got to fill in as a hostess a few times when you had a last minute need (and I lived in the area. Having the opportunity to get the full experience as both a customer and part of the Angelo’s team gave me a unique perspective and appreciation for how much goes into keeping things humming in this business. It also led to be able to talk with customers and hear their own stories of favorites on the menu….mine include the French toast (can’t resist the raisin bread), Angelo’s Rueben and Beef dip. Always a tough decision and consistency amazing! The other thing I love is going in and seeing those among the Angelo’s team, a few that I’ve known since I was a kid. My own extended family has even enjoyed being a part of the Angelo’s family at some point through the years.
The other piece that needs to be called out is your tremendous philanthropic contributions to the various charitable causes in the community. Thank you! You were always willing to support charitable causes and among them are some closest to my heart (and still do)! Xo Donna Darrow
Always loved spending gameday mornings and any breakfast in downtown Ann Arbor at Angelo’s! The bread is something I will remember forever. There was nothing like it! Thank you for the memories of the place, the food, and most of all the people that brought it to what it was!
I have so many memories of Angelo’s. My last day of being on call as an intern June 24 1993, all of us overnight interns met in the hospital courtyard and went to Angelo’s for breakfast to celebrate finishing the hardest year of our lives (so far). Years later my office was (and still is) right across the street and my colleagues & I would go get Breakfast for Lunch to celebrate, commiserate, alleviate or otherwise satiate. Whether it was carry out from “On the Side” or sitting down at the counter, Angelo’s is the menu I have eaten from for nearly 34 years of my life at UM. I thank you for your presence in my life and my friends’
Growing up, my mom would always take me to Angelo’s. We have literally never ordered anything else but tuna melts with extra pickles. I used to measure my height on this mosaic of an egg: from the yolk, to the lighter shade, to the white, to FINALLY the wooden part…and then after many more years finally seeing above the counter. I asked Jack, who has worked behind this counter for decades, if I could take a picture with the egg because I used to come here so often as a kid with my mom. He said he remembered my mom, and asked if I wanted him to bring me a hard boiled egg…? I was like, no the mosaic 😭 and then he told me how the guy who built the building also made this mosaic. Bye egg I will miss you. Thank you Angelos, I am now 30(!) and it has been a joy to grow up eating here.
I’ve lived and worked in Ann Arbor since 1977. Since I worked at the hospital, Angelo’s has been a tradition for decades. I used to love the stuffed hamburgers ( no longer on the menu) and buying a loaf of raisen bread was almost a monthly thing. Right after Harbaugh came back to AA, I was having brunch with my son here, and the coach walked in. He was very gracious to everyone who approached him and it made my son’s day ( or year… )
Happy retirement, Angelo’s! You will be missed.
BEST memories eating here Friday mornings after sleeps
Worked and studied at Victor Vaughn across the street. On special Friday’s ( I was a poor student) I would treat myself to a chicken or tuna salad sandwich. So happy to be back in AA for one more special Friday at Angelo”s.
It’s the first restaurant my family ate at in Ann Arbor after moving there in 1975. I was 5 but remember it because it was such a treat. Thank you!
So just left from what I think will be my last visit to Angelos. When I was in school could always count on Angelo’s to be a warm welcoming place for homesick kids to get some great home cooking. Best fried French toast in the history of mankind!
Angelo’s breakfasts were a staple of our Michigan experience as students, parents, and alumni. Standing in line for breakfast was also
an important part of our experience. Lots of sleepy philosophical discussions happened here. We will miss it sorely! End of an era. Thanks for the memories!
We have been coming to Angelo’s for 40 years. First as a new couple, then married with kids. Sunday mornings were always better at Angelo’s! We love riding our bikes into town with a reward of your raisin toast. Thanks for the awesome food, service and memories. Enjoy your retirement, you earned it!
On July 11, 2014 my now-husband asked me to be his girlfriend at Angelo’s. We have celebrated here more times than I can count. The food, people, and environment of Angelo’s will be sorely missed. Thank you to the Vangelatos family for playing a role in our love story and the story of Ann Arbor for the past 67 years!
I’ve loved Angelo’s for 33 years… From my first time there on a swimming recruiting trip in 1990, to football games visits throughout the years, to 2023. My family and I will so miss this ritual of our visits to Ann Arbor. I fell in love with the bread bc it is the closest that I can get to my grandmas homemade bread. I am so hoping to get the recipe and try to bake it myself bc I won’t be able to stuff my suitcase with a loaf or two now! Thanks for the great food and memories. – Tim
We are visiting Angelos’s today because 10 years ago we went on our first date here. It’s where our live began and now we have been married 8 years!
I have so many wonderful memories eating at Angelo’s with my family growing up. My dad love eating here. He has been gone 15 years so it brings tears to my eyes thinking about the wonderful food and memories that we had there.
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Full order of deep fried French toast, raisin, with a glass of whole milk. My after practice breakfast as a rower in the late 90’s – direct from practice on weekends, wet clothes at times too. ALL of my teammates knew my order, were dumbfounded I always consumed it in one sitting and to this day, they all still ask me if I go when I’m in town and are still daring enough to order it. Admittedly, I’m not burning as many calories so now it’s a half order, but the glass of milk is still a part of it.
Thank you for being part of such a wonderful time in my life and continued to be when I visited. I’m typing this sitting here in November likely about to eat my last serving of your amazing and my absolute favorite – deep fried French toast.
Cheers to you and your family and enjoy what comes next.
As a student in the ’70’s, I rented an apartment from Angelo in a house on Hill, just off Packard. Not only did the apartment come fully equipped with kitchen utensils, but every month when my roommate or I went to the restaurant to pay the rent, Angelo or Pat (Mrs. Angelo) would give us a free loaf of that famous bread.
As if that weren’t enough, 2 years later my now-wife & I had our first date at Angelo’s. Just celebrated our 43rd Anniversary. Hoping to get there next Wednesday for our final brunch at Angelo’s.
I am here today with my daughter, who is now a freshman. It’s about 30 years since I went here and I’m so glad to be here with her and also so sad to hear that you are closing. At least we will have one more great memory.
Thanks for all the amazing brunches!!
It was 1975; I was finishing up my graduate work and on the job market. I was invited for a visit to Michigan; how could I not take advantage of an invitation from the #2 department in the world? The first event of my visit was a breakfast with the legendary Bill McKeachie at Angelo’s. A thrilling experience, and my first taste of a spinach-feta omelet. Sold. Been here even since, many breakfasts and lunches later. Going to miss a landmark.
After my first ever all-nighter as a U-M Freshman (in 1980) I walked over to Angelo’s for breakfast at about 6am. It was still dark out. I sat at the counter with a bunch of Ann Arbor local types, Mrs. Angelo (that’s what we called her, we didn’t know her real name) was behind the counter, and Mr. Angelo was in the kitchen. I was exhausted. She said ‘what’ll you have honey’ or something like that, and I felt right at home. We were regulars back then and it felt like home. We’ve kept coming back over the years and will miss the place very much.
Between undergrad, graduate school, and medical school, I spent 12 years living in Ann Arbor from 1985 to 1997. And my meals at Angelo’s were some of the best and most memorable meals of my life. In med school, we would often go there either before class, or more often, after class (especially after exams) to enjoy a delicious and very filling breakfast or lunch. The French toast (white, raisin, deep fried or not… all wonderful) and Eggs Benedict were always my favorites, but the hardest decision was always: sweet or savory? Since my friends and I could never decide, we would often order both and just pass the plates around and eat it family style! Then, of course, if it was a little later in the morning or early afternoon, I loved the sandwiches too! Reubens, hot roast turkey or roast beef, California Club….my mouth is watering just thinking about it!!
Medical school was difficult and even painful at times, but somehow, a meal at Angleo’s after even the worst gross anatomy exam, made everything feel like it was going to be okay. It was the ultimate creature comfort, just across the street from the medical school lecture halls and library.
Thank you, Steve, and the entire Vangelatos family, for making my years in Ann Arbor so much more enjoyable than they would have been otherwise. I now live in Birmingham, MI (about a 45 minute drive to Ann Arbor) and my wife, daughter and I are about to drive to Ann Arbor for one last Angelo’s brunch. Thank you again!!!
Wife and I met here as students in 1986. Had the good fortune of sending both kids 30 years later. Angelo’s is the first place we go when we get here and the last before we leave. Such a huge part of our lives and memories. We will miss you guys immeasurably!
Freshman year I had a class across the street once a week -there was no time to go back to Markley for lunch before next class so each week read the Michigan Daily eating the tasty French toast. Of course when I had kids have had many visits to Angelos. Thanks for the wonderful food and memories.
When I was in labor on June 5, 2005 the hospital was full and I wasn’t far enough along at 4cm so they suggested I go for a walk, get something to eat and come back when my contractions were closer. We went to Angelo’s and I ordered the biggest breakfast on the menu. I was having intense contractions as soon as we got to the restaurant and I really didn’t think I’d make it through the meal. My husband ended up eating my meal as well as his own since I could only manage a few bites even though they were the best bites of french toast and eggs ever! We quickly paid and headed back to the hospital where 7 hours later my son was born! I hope to bring my son to Angelo’s one more time before you close in a few weeks!
Many times back in the day we would plan a special treat to all go to lunch and run over from the hospital; having covered all the bases thinking we had 45 min to relax. Yes – a pager would go off and one of us would have to run the 8 minutes back without eating. The kindness of “Angelos” to let us use their phone to respond we were on the way ~ was as wonderful as the food they served. So many comforting memories ~ all the Best in retirement! Well deserved!
Angelo’s holds such a special place in my heart. When I was an undergrad student at U of M, my dad, who worked in the Simpson building, would pick me up every Sunday from Mosher-Jordan and we would come to Angelo’s for breakfast. These were the times that our relationship grew deeper though our conversations over deep fried raisin French toast. I got more 1-on-1 time with my dad. In 2019, my dad passed away. I think about him every day. Please know that Angelo’s is a part of those fond memories of with him and I will cherish this place forever.
I had the fun opportunity to live above Angelo’s for a year! The apartment was full of character. But the best part was the wonderful smell of baking bread every morning!
From 1979 through 1984, post Friday night debauchery required Saturday morning trips to Angelo’s to detox. So sad that you were closing… But so happy to have the memories!
First time visit was in 1974 for Little Sister’s Weekend when my sister lived in MoJo. I have been enjoying your raisin french toast through all the years since, but especially when I became a student here in the 1980s. Thank you for the memories and forever Go Blue!
Mon, Soup to go.
Tue, Soup to go.
Wed, Soup to go.
Thu, Soup to go.
Fri, Soup to go.
Sat, Chili to go.
Sun, Chili to go.
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What a dream I had!
Many thanks!
As a 12 year old kid about to get braces, I was nervous. Eating wouldn’t be the same for over a year! My parents asked me what my last meal should be before they went on.
My top choice? Angelo’s, for the win. 25 years later, smile’s still looking great and I still remember that French toast!
Thanks for so many amazing memories for me and the whole family!
We live in Connecticut, but have made breakfast at Angelo’s a mandatory component of every trip we’ve made to visit our son and his family in Ann Arbor — trips we’ve been making since 2008. While there were so many things for which we could sing praises — from the bread to the art on the walls to the service staff — I’m reserving the greatest acclaim for the Hollandaise Sauce. Every order of Eggs Benny, of which there were many, would be accompanied by an extra side of Hollandaise in which to drown the potatoes or hash or sausages. In fact, I think it would be a shame to let that creamy concoction fade into oblivion once Angelo’s closes its doors. I would be honored to carry on the legacy if you’ll just send me the recipe!!
My first memory at Angelo’s was in the 60’s when I was a pre-schooler with my cousins who lived in AA . Became a student in the 70’s. Then my daughter became a Wolverine in the late aughts. Her grad day at the Big House was cold and rainy (what else??) so we split early to grab a seat at Angelo’s– and of course, raisin french toast. She lives in NYC now and is still looking for their Angelo’s… Thank you for the memories, Steve and fam, and godspeed.
My wife and I lived in Ann Arbor for about 15 years (1976 to 1980). I went to Angelo’s for breakfast most weekends. Till this day the best breakfasts that I have ever had. Several times that we came back to AA, Angelo’s was still phenomenal!! I do remember that we were invited to a wedding at a Greek Church in AA. My grandparents were from Greece. The owner and his wife were phenomenal!
George Notopoulos
Keswick, Virginia
We started eating at Angelo’s as undergrads in the late nineties when I lived on Ann Street. We moved away, got married, had a kid, moved back to AA, and had two more kids. Angelo’s has been a constant. Corned beef hash, eggs over medium and raisin toast forever!
So many wonderful memories over the past 35 years! From my first raisin toast (with cinnamon sugar!) as a medical student, weekend mornings with our then toddler son who loved the baskets of random toys, to weekday morning visits since retirement. My fondest memory is when I was going through chemotherapy and had very little appetite, but had a craving for Angelo’s corned beef hash. When we ordered, we were told they had run out, but Vickie miraculously appeared with one last serving. Yum. Still our favorite. We’ll miss you!
Please consider selling your raisin bread recipe to a local baker to be sold as “Angelo’s Raisin Bread.”
You could arrange to receive a % of profits to use as you wish for yourselves, Mott Hospital kids, et al.
You could arrange to rescind the arrangement if quality falls.
I think many of us decades long customers would love to see this part of the Angelo’s tradition live on.
We have great memories, including meeting people while waiting in line.
The wait was worth it.
Friend visits to AA always included a stop at Angelo’s.
Congratulations and best wishes.
Please consider the eternal raisin bread possibility.
sincerely
mdip
I appreciated not only the wonderful food but also the warm hospitality. You greeted everyone who walked through your front door as though they were a member of your family. Everyone was special; every request was fulfilled. You delivered decades of consistently high quality food and service with a few jokes and a smile. All coming from your heart.
I appreciated not only the wonderful food but also the warm hospitality. You greeted everyone who walked through your front door as though they were a member of your family. Everyone was special; every request fulfilled. You delivered decades of consistently high quality food and service with a few jokes and a smile. All coming from your heart.
The highlight of my many years working for University of Michigan from 1994 to 2008, was my daily breakfast at Angelos! Loved the owners and staff and food! For me Angelos was the best stress relief ever! Oh and that raisin toast and coffee.
Wonderful memories as the best meal deal in Ann Arbor!!
I have enjoyed bringing friends, visitors, and students there for 42 years.
Those great loaves of Angelo’s raisin bread will be especially missed by me and by staff for whom we brought loaves to work to enjoy together.
“Angelo’s bread in the break room” will be heard no longer unless someone finds a way to purchase the recipe.
There is also something to be said for letting the taste, texture, and aroma live on in our memories.
Best wishes to the family, staff, and the legion of Angelo’s lovers around the world who will remember THIS “Michigan Difference” for many years.
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I can’t say enough how much this restaurant meant to me. Sad to see it go, but thanks for all the memories and delicious food!
Oh Angelo’s!
Sigh.
Where to begin? You had my heart from my first bite of the homemade French toast (seldom the deep fried- too much). My life has been changed for the better by the Smoked Angelo Reuben… with sweet potato fries, once they were added to the menu. The Should-I-order-breakfast-or-lunch question is real.
But though the food is next level, it’s not just the food.
This is as iconic a spot for my family as it is for the town of Ann Arbor.
I met countless friends and mentors at Angelo’s throughout my college years in the 19990s. Many life shaping conversations took place in one of your booths. My sister and I had a standing weekly breakfast date which I invariably had to call and wake her up for. It was worth it.
In the fall of 1997, my husband asked my parents for their blessing to marry me- again in one of your booths.
Over the ensuing years, we have celebrated many birthday breakfasts at Angelo’s. Of course we indoctrinated our kids early on and they were huge fans of the toy basket. We consoled ourselves with your soul nourishing food after hard hospital visits. You have always been there for us, lifting our spirits.
Thanks for the lattes, thanks for the memories, you are irreplaceable.
Angelo’s is an Ann Arbor landmark, but has been our weekend institution. The food is awesome, but it is the Angelo family (Vicki, Jenna, Sam, Jim, Nicole, etc) that turned David and I into regulars. Their smiles and genuine kindness made us feel like family. We will truly miss everyone, our weekly breakfasts there… and of course Sam and his clipboard. We wish all the very best…
Oh Angelo’s!
Sigh.
Where to begin? You had my heart from my first bite of the homemade French toast (seldom the deep fried- too much). My life has been changed for the better by the Smoked Angelo Reuben… with sweet potato fries once they were added to the menu. The Should-I-order-breakfast-or-lunch question is real.
But though the food is next level, it’s not just the food.
This is as iconic a spot for my family as it is for the town of Ann Arbor.
I met countless friends and mentors at Angelo’s throughout my college years in the 19990s. Many life shaping conversations took place in one of your booths. My sister and I had a standing weekly breakfast date which I invariably had to call and wake her up for. It was worth it.
In the fall of 1997, my now husband asked my parents for their blessing to marry me- again in one of your booths.
Over the ensuing years, we have celebrated many birthday breakfasts at Angelo’s. Of course we indoctrinated our kids early on and they were huge fans of the toy basket. We consoled ourselves with your soul nourishing food after hard hospital visits. You have always been there for us, lifting our spirits.
Thanks for the lattes, thanks for the memories, you are irreplaceable.
So glad I got to share an important college memory with my kids. We love Angelo’s. Many blessings to all of you who made this place special through the years. Thank You. We will miss this place.
My mother and I have many memories of great meals at Angelo’s. Someone should make a cookbook available! We are very sorry to see this wonderful place close. We thank you for your awesome food and service. We also thank you for the free meal provided to us when orange juice was spilled on my mother during our final visit on December 22, 2023. The staff was apologetic and very nice while cleaning up the area. Our meal was still delicious as it always has been. Good luck to all of you as you go forward in your new endeavors.
“Angelos, Oh Angelos! How will we survive without thee?” For almost 70 years, an Ann Arbor tradition is built on good food, good friends, and good times. Rest assured I placed an extra order of Raisin French Toast to store in my freezer. Cherish the wonderful outgoing words on their web site http://www.angelosannarbor.com