3 ways to do Thanksgiving on a budget as a University of Michigan student

ANN ARBOR, MI – Are you a College of Michigan scholar staying in Ann Arbor for Thanksgiving? Pockets somewhat tight?

Sure, Ann Arbor might be an costly place for meals. Shopping for sufficient provides for a whole Turkey Day meal might be fairly intimidating on a scholar funds.

Nonetheless, there are alternatives for the Thanksgiving vacation that do not need to interrupt the financial institution. Eating places and markets close to Central Campus have some choices starting from low cost or free meals, inexpensive hunks of meat and various method to get that turkey repair.

Listed here are three examples.

Mosher Jordan Eating Corridor

A whole bunch of worldwide college students and others staying residence can at all times get a cooked meal on a budget from UM Eating.

The annual Thanksgiving meal is served at Mosher-Jordan Residence Corridor’s cafeteria on 200 Observatory St. The complete menu, discovered here, has the basic roast turkey breast, garlic mashed potatoes, stuffing with gravy and cranberry sauce. There are additionally gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan choices past the normal choices, in addition to pumpkin, Dutch apple and pecan pies..

The dinner will go from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 24. These and not using a meal plan might buy an all-you-can-eat dinner with Blue Bucks for $12.79 or a bank card for $15.51 (plus any relevant taxes).

College buses can take and pickup college students to and from Mosher-Jordan Corridor, higher generally known as MoJo. The transportation schedule might be discovered here.

Learn extra: Gobble, gobble! Here’s the Thanksgiving menu for University of Michigan students staying in dorms

Unique Cottage Inn

The pizza restaurant at 512 E. William St. has offered free meals to these in want for greater than 50 years.

The Thanksgiving day meal, which focuses on “the GIVING” of the vacation in keeping with the restaurant, goes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 24.

Anybody trying to assist present Thanksgiving meals for these in want might donate to the Unique Cottage Inn Venmo account @cottageinn. All proceeds will go to the price of meals, or extra funds will likely be donated to the Meals Gatherers meals financial institution.

Produce Station

Whereas a little bit of a stroll from Central Campus, Produce Station at 1629 S. State St. has a menu you possibly can combine and match for affordability.

Roasted turkey breasts can be found for $14 a pound with a really helpful serving measurement of a half-pound per individual. For some vegetarian choices, you will get a dish of butternut squash ravioli or a smoked tempeh cassoulet (stew) for $15 per individual.

Aspect dishes resembling butternut squash, charred kale, mashed yukon gold potatoes, ginger whipped candy potatoes, bread stuffing and candy corn pudding every go for $9 to $10 per pound. A pint of orange cranberry sauce prices $6.

If you’re in a celebration of six to eight folks, you possibly can divide the “Conventional Thanksgiving Feast” package deal for $185, or $23 to $30 per individual relying on the scale of the occasion. The package deal consists of 4 kilos of cooked turkey in slices with a pint of gravy, three kilos every of bread stuffing, mashed potatoes and mushrooms and inexperienced beans, 1 bowl of walnut and cranberry salad and eight do-it-yourself rolls.

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