Ann Arbor Restaurant Week is the big one to start the year, with 40+ restaurants offering prix fixe lunch from $15 and dinner from $28. This one’s been around long enough that people plan for it.

New for 2026: Zingerman’s Roadhouse is doing a brunch pop-up at Greyline while their main spot is under construction, and TAQ just reopened in a new location in time for the event.

If you’ve been meaning to check out Ann Arbor’s food scene but felt overwhelmed by the options, this is your week.

Lansing Olive Burger Week is the most Michigan thing on this list.

If you’re not familiar, the olive burger is a 517-area point of pride (ground beef patty with a olive and mayo sauce, just trust us), and during this week restaurants across the region put their own spin on it.

It’s weird, it’s regional, and it’s exactly the kind of thing that makes our state awesome.

Traverse City Restaurant Week overlaps with Kalamazoo Restaurant week, , which means you’re in range of good grub if your up north or down state this week.

Traverse City draws 50+ restaurants with menus at $25, $35, and $45 price points. They do a digital passport thing where check-ins enter you into gift card drawings, which turns it into a bit of a game.

And this year, Kalamazoo has thrown in a cocktail competition where bartenders compete for your vote. Downtown is walkable enough that you can hit a few spots in one night and judge for yourself. (Kalamazoo also did a summer restaurant week in 2025 – we’ll see if they do that again for 2026!)

Fenton/Linden Restaurant Week has quietly grown into a solid event with approximately 20 restaurants participating across Fenton, Linden, and Fenton Township participating.

It’s a community-driven thing backed by both DDAs and the chamber. Expect local specials and, new this year, a bookmark passport to track your visits.

Downtown Marquette (Mar 8-14) is the only restaurant week in the Upper Peninsula, and they take it seriously.

Last year saw sixteen restaurants participate, from Cajun Creole at Lagniappe to local whitefish at Portside Inn to a retro gaming pub called Four Swords. It’s a good excuse to head on up and over, and maybe even extend that ski trip.

Up North, you’ll find Petoskey, a town that likes restaurant week enough to do it twice: once in spring, once in fall. Expect three-course meals at fixed prices, with some spots throwing in two-for-one deals.

It’s a great way for the town to ramp up for tourist season and wind down again once the leaves have fallen.

Michigan Street Poutine Week is not technically a restaurant week, but it’s too good to leave off this list.

Expect 10-15 restaurants along Grand Rapids’ Michigan Street corridor compete to make the best poutine. They get creative – 2025 saw Korean BBQ poutine, beef bourguignon poutine, a “Triple Pickle Poutine” with fried pickles and pickle ranch.

You grab a passport, collect stamps from at least four spots, vote for your favorite, and get a free t-shirt. The final weekend they run a trolley called the Gravy Train.

It’s an awesome, weird local food event that makes you proud to live here. And it happens to overlap with ArtPrize!

Grand Rapids Restaurant Week (Nov 6-14) is the state’s largest, and it’s not particularly close.

This event has been going on for over 15 years and it shows, drawing 70+ restaurants with 80 different menus.

There’s a reason people plan trips around this one. They’ve built in nice extras over the years: a digital pass for voting in a People’s Choice Award and check-ins that earn prizes (including limited-edition aprons that people actually want).

It’s well-run, there’s a ton of variety, and the $25/$35/$45 price tiers mean you can go casual or splurge depending on the night.