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Top of the Town 2023

The 5 Top Non-Bar Or Restaurant Dates Around Lansing

Mar 23, 2024

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1 Horrocks Farm Market

2023 Winner

7420 West Saginaw Highway
Lansing, MI 48917

Horrocks Farm Market is a family owned and operated local business.

"Love the selection"

"It's Great!!!"

"Horrocks does a great job of making something that's normally considered mundane, special. Get your groceries, eat incredible food, get a special gift, enjoy your time and your company."

"Lots of options for food and snacks and places to lounge with a date."

— Why Locals Say Horrocks Farm Market is a 2023 Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date winner!

2 Wharton Center For Performing Arts

2023 Second Place
- 2023 Second Place Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date

750 East Shaw Lane
East Lansing, MI 48824

Wharton Center offers the best in Broadway, performing arts, theatre, and live events in Michigan. Get your tickets to an amazing show today.

"Atmosphere and quality performers."

"Amazing shows/plays/concerts."

"All the best productions."

— Why Locals Say Wharton Center For Performing Arts is a 2023 Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date winner!

3 Constellation Cat Cafe

2023 Runner Up

3320 East Lake Lansing Road
East Lansing, MI 48823

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Constellation Cat Cafe has lattes, tea, milkshakes, yummy treats, and 6-20 adoptable rescue kitties (in a separate room from the coffee shop). You can spend time in the cat room with a rental. We also host events like trivia, craft sessions, and more.

"Quiet enough to talk; enough cats to watch that you have something to talk about if you get too nervous to talk about yourself"

"Adopting a cat is a good first date."

"Quiet enough to talk to each other! And cats to pick up the conversation when it lags."

"If they don't like cats, why would you date them?"

"Take your date for coffee and cat time!"

— Why Locals Say Constellation Cat Cafe is a 2023 Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date winner!

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4 Old Town Neighborhood

2023 Top 5
- 2023 Top 5 Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date

Lansing, MI

Old Town offers unique experiences through special events, incredible people, eclectic shops and a rich history.

"So many fun places!"

"Perfect place for first dates"

"We've got it all -- from boutiques to Bad Annie's"

"Great stores, river trail, lots to do and great people watching."

— Why Locals Say Old Town Neighborhood is a 2023 Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date winner!

5 Abrams Planetarium

2023 Top 5
- 2023 Top 5 Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date

755 Science Road
East Lansing, MI 48824

The Talbert and Leota Abrams Planetarium, located on the beautiful Michigan State University campus, serves as an astronomy and space science education resource center for central Michigan. The planetarium is an outreach unit of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and as such, we support astronomy teaching on campus as well as offer a variety of planetarium shows to the public--preschool through senior citizens.

"Better than going to the movies!"

"Very cool spot for a date."

"Excellent programming here including the occasional music feature."

— Why Locals Say Abrams Planetarium is a 2023 Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date winner!

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