York Food & Drink

Who is in the picture?  Tommy York, one tough dude and owner of York.  He has re-made York Food + Drink several time and has created something very special.  Great fun! Food truck all over the place. Drinks and real quality food coming from the York kitchen.

 

To link to York to purchase a gift card, click here:

https://www.toasttab.com/yorka2/giftcards

 

CRAFT COMFORT FOOD + DRINK

A LOCAL STORY WITH
DEEP ROOTS

 

SERVING ANN ARBOR SINCE THE 1950S

Spend an afternoon at Ann Arbor’s best-in-class source for estate-bottled wines, handmade cheeses, perfectly crafted espresso drinks, homemade soups & European-inspired sandwiches. Now serving wine by the glass, bottled beer, and craft cocktails.
 
 

York Food & Drink is owned and operated by Tommy York, a longtime resident of Ann Arbor. The shop specializes in food and drink produced by artisans- the people who make the wine are usually growing their own fruit. The people who make the cheese are typically making it from the milk of their own herds.


Our staff are friendly and well-informed, and they work hard to help you enjoy these age-old traditions. Our shop has often (too many times to count, really) been voted 'Best Wine Shop' in the Ann Arbor area, and we thank all of our loyal customers for their support.

BUYING LOCAL

Buying from locally-owned, independent shops is good for the community. There are great benefits in terms of the economic health of the Ann Arbor area, employment opportunities for local residents, breadth of selection for shoppers, and quality of the customers' service experiences. 

When you choose to spend a dollar at a locally-owned, independent shop, two to three times as much of that dollar is recirculated in the local economy-- local merchants and their employees shop at local stores. In contrast, corporate chain stores send their profits back to the head office and to shareholders with almost no benefit returning to the local community. About the only thing that stays is the wages, which are usually less than one would need to survive in our town. 

No one local merchant can stock everything that a huge-format chain store can stock; but collectively, your local independent merchants offer a much greater diversity of product selection than any chain store, as each merchant responds to a unique niche within the community. 

When local residents opt to shop at chain stores, local stores go out of business. With less competition, chain stores can raise prices, slash selections, and depress wages even further. These long term costs far outweigh the short term benefits of shopping at a chain store, and no one benefits but the chain's shareholders and executives. 

Beyond the economic costs, what is the aesthetic impact of having every small town and city across the US homogenized by the relentless forward march of cookie-cutter stores? When you're in Ann Arbor, don't you want to know that you're in Ann Arbor? 
Thanks for shopping locally, and please let us know how we can serve you better.