Ann Arbor restauranteur Jon Carlson is opening a new spot in downtown A2 called The Ranch, a honky-tonk bar.
The first floor fits about 75 people and also contains large photographs of country singers Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, as well as a large steer head. There will be live music on the first floor.
Upstairs, old Western photographs line the bar’s red and off-white walls.
Downstairs in the basement, a large lit-up sign that reads “Ranch” and stone walls greet incoming visitors. A DJ area and additional horse-saddle seats will also live in the basement, which can fit about 100 people.
You can even order a 10-gallon “hat bowl,” which can serve two-to-four people each.
Carlson grew up on Traverse City’s Old Mission Peninsula, graduated from UofM in 1993 and soon after started Grizzly Peak Brewery.
The Ranch
122 W. Washington St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Homepage
https://www.theranchhonkytonk.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theranchhonkytonk/