One awesome thing in the Netherlands is the Brown Cafe. Essentially a cafe that serves beer and bar food.
Find them inside a neighborhood, on a low traffic street so it's quiet, for easy conversations. They have limited menus and drink selections. Prices are low, service is very slow, and staff morale seems high. If it's busy you walk down the street to the next one.
We could do these here but our single family zoning doesn't allow them. We should fix that.
York is probably the closest thing we have here to a Brown Cafe. It's very popular because the courtyard is away from traffic noise, and it's a good place to spend time with friends.
The new place in Lowertown might get some of the same vibes, though traffic noise from Plymouth will always be an issue.
If I were King of Ann Arbor I'd allow these anywhere. Requirements would be: zero off street parking, must have a shaded patio, must not be directly on a main road.
Erich Z