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Hours Resv 734-222-1111Mon - Wed 11 AM - 11 PM Thu - Sat 11 AM - Midnight Sun - 11:00 AM - 10 PM |
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3776 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 |
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(AnnArbor.com, 6/1/11) Ann Arbor's Passport Restaurant and Lounge, in former Chi-Chi's space, adds to lunch offerings and free live entertainment: (Topics: Business Review, Food & Drink) By Angela Smith, Freelance reporter.
You might call it the Chi-Chi's curse.
Chi-Chi’s, a Mexican restaurant once located at 3776 South State St. in Ann Arbor, closed in 2004 when the chain folded. Cherry Blossom Restaurant moved into the space in 2006, but it too went under, in 2008. The imposing right-angled building sat vacant again until October of 2010 when Passport Restaurant and Lounge opened. Since then, Passport has become a place where you can find free live entertainment, well-priced lunches and a packed parking lot — even on weeknights.
Has Passport broken the Chi-Chi’s curse? Owner Jenny Wu stands in front of one of Passport Restaurant and Lounge's Japanese tatami rooms. “I hope so,” says owner Jenny Wu. “We’re getting on the right track.”
If anyone would know how to break the streak of bad luck, she would. Wu worked in the building as a college student when it was owned by Chi-Chi’s. A Pioneer High School alumna, and a University of Michigan Business School grad, she moved here from Shanghai when she was young... (more) |
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Learn Social Dancing, meet new friends and dance, dance, dance!Passport Restaurant and Lounge is now offering Social Dancing Lessons on Saturdays. Learn the Salsa, East Coast Swing, Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Hustle, Merengue, Night Club Two Step and West Coast Swing. Lessons are from 7-8pm Saturdays with social dancing to follow until closing.Participants will need to RSVP, cost is $10 per lesson. Walk-ins are welcome on a first come and first serve basis. |
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Teach Social DancingBallroom Dance * Rhythm Dance * Social DancePassport Restaurant & Lounge would like to invite all dance instructors to Ann Arbor’s newest fusion lounge.Dancing Lessons available both weekdays and weekends.Please call Jenny at 734 678 6733 for details. |
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restaurant review, By Freelance Entertainment Writer Julie Halpert;
AnnArbor.com, 12/2/10
Passport Restaurant and Lounge offers world-class global tastes close to home
Topics: Ann Arbor South, Entertainment, Food & Drink
There is nothing inviting about the exterior of Passport Restaurant and Lounge, with its rectangular, commercial-looking exterior, set back in an area surrounded by mostly fast food restaurants, near the Ann Arbor Airport. But what awaits you inside is different. It has a warm feel, with bamboo wood throughout, a floral carpet with a royal blue background, and a huge array of tables and spacious booths in a large dining room... (more)
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No need to pack a bag or spend hours on a transcontinental flight. Your PASSPORT to the world is right here in Ann Arbor… (more)
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A Chi-Chi's vet comes home; Passport's culinary cosmopolitanism,by Sally Mitani
Arbor Web - Ann Arbor Online, 11/24/10
The Passport Restaurant & Lounge on South State was most recently a Japanese restaurant called the Cherry Blossom. Many Ann Arborites remember its original incarnation better. Certainly owner Jenny Wu does. Sitting in the large bar--the "Lounge" of the title, with Frank Sinatra wafting from the speakers--Wu says: "I worked here in college when it was Chi-Chi's... (more) |
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Watch Our TV Commercials: Dining; Lounge; Live Music; Lunch/Happy Hour |
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Owners of Lucky Kitchen Chinese restaurants in Ann Arbor open Passport Restaurant & Lounge. by Janet Miller, AnnArbor.com
When customers come into the new Passport Restaurant and Lounge on South State Street, kitchen and operations manager CJ Johnson wants them to think they’ve been on a trip around the world, with stops in Asia, Italy, France and the American southwest.
Calling it an international fusion restaurant, Passport, with 350 seats, had a soft opening Saturday with family and friends and opened to the general public Sunday. (More)
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