Stivers - Chelsea

First timers on a bucket list after purple rose. stopped in and went to the bar area. sat in front on speaker with music loud. went to the dining area and sat for a few minutes. a lady was putting up a white board with nightly specials. and noticed us sitting there. we will be with you in a few minute.?she grab another sign to add the specials sat down and proceeded to start marking the new sign. no offer of water or drinks and we left and went to Ann Arbor to enjoy a very wonderful meal. pretty sure the owner would not like to hear.

Breakfast as delicious and the service was great too! Can't wait to go back again. The prices were decent too.

29 years ago I started working in Chelsea. The guys I worked with went to Stivers every Friday for the fried perch plate. I did that for 18 years until I retired. For the last 11 years my wife and I get back maybe monthly. Yeah it 's that good. But not anymore. We stopped in last night. While the french fry 's were their usual hot and crispy state, the fried perch were thin, tough and chewy a real substandard piece of fish. I asked the waitress what changed it wasn 't what I had been getting for the last 29 years. She explained that the new owners now contract with one purveyor rather than several. Yeah, it saves them on food costs. It also means they don 't want to pay what it costs for great perch the same as I 've had for the past 29 years and probably longer. What a shame. They had the number 1 fish fry in my ratings anywhere. They 've now gone to 'don 't bother '. Yup that bad. Lousy perch after no breadsticks and butter another Stivers tradition gone. What a shame. Buy a business that has been doing great for decades and change the things that made it great for years. I usually ordered fountain drinks but had to order canned ones at Stivers. Ok, that 's how it was. Didn 't drink the water because they have a horrible tasting well and I have well water myself. Without considering what would be served, canned beverages were dropped and a fountain system put in. Great change if the beverages weren 't made with foul tasting well water. I 'm done with Stivers. They can save all they want on food costs I 'll spend my elsewhere. I also started messaging my former coworkers letting them know it 's not the Stivers we knew anymore.

The food was very good, especially the soup. The server was very friendly. Restaurant is just off I94.

Would recommend breakfast here or maybe lunch? Dinner is not optimal pretty much bar food but their breakfasts are delicious and they do a good job. Great service fresh ingredients. We've gone back for breakfast a few times especially if you don't want to wait in line somewhere else I just want that quick Cognac Island style breakfast.