Pontiac Date Night
8 stops · about 4 hours · Updated October 5, 2026
Build a date night in Pontiac, MI around Jamaican dinner, a neighborhood-bar cocktail, and Mexican pastries. Flavors of Jamaica serves jerk chicken, oxtails, and curry goat alongside vegan and vegetarian choices including jerk and curried jackfruit. The family-owned restaurant pairs a casual, cozy, quiet setting with counter service and stays open until 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
For cocktails, Gridiron Bar & Grill brings a historical neighborhood-bar setting, sports viewing, and bar games. Antojitos Lupita offers another casual bar stop with food, alcohol, and fast service. For a later music-and-dancing plan, ELEKTRICITY opens at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with electronic music, live performances, and a large dance floor in a neon-lit industrial space.
Make the sweet stop fit the clock: Sheila's Bakery serves Latin pastries, tres leches cakes, and fresh-mango mangonadas and closes at 9 p.m. daily. Leone's Frosty Treat offers ice cream to go until 7 p.m.; bring cash. The two Walton Boulevard diners belong earlier in the day: Blue Star Family Coney Island closes at 3 p.m., while Stuffed Bun closes at 1:30 p.m. weekdays and 2:30 p.m. weekends. Their comfort food and cozy settings give an early-start date its own opening.
Dinner
evening
Stop 1
Blue Star Family Coney Island
4.5(523)Pontiac
Blue Star Family Coney Island earns an early-date stop with comfort food, small plates, and table service in a casual, cozy, quiet setting.
Stop 2
Flavors of Jamaica
4.5(470)Pontiac
Flavors of Jamaica pairs jerk chicken, oxtails, and curry goat with extensive vegan and vegetarian choices in a quiet, family-owned restaurant.
Stop 3
Stuffed Bun
4.4(1703)Pontiac
Stuffed Bun anchors a daytime date with large portions of pancakes, stuffed omelets, and table service in a casual, cozy diner.
Cocktails
evening
Stop 4
Antojitos Lupita
5.0(1)Pontiac
Antojitos Lupita offers food and alcohol in a casual dine-in setting, with fast service and free lot and street parking.
Stop 5
Gridiron Bar & Grill
4.3(199)Pontiac
Gridiron Bar & Grill combines cocktails, happy-hour food and drinks, sports viewing, and bar games in a casual, cozy neighborhood setting.
Stop 6
ELEKTRICITY
4.3(1179)Pontiac
ELEKTRICITY extends a Friday or Saturday date with electronic music, live performances, an on-site bar, and a large, neon-lit dance floor.
Something sweet
night
Stop 7
Leone's Frosty Treat
4.6(384)Pontiac
Leone's Frosty Treat supplies the sweet stop with ice cream takeout in a casual, hip setting, with cash-only payment and a 7 p.m. closing.
Stop 8
Sheila's Bakery
4.5(1628)Pontiac
Sheila's Bakery rounds out the date with Latin pastries, tres leches cakes, and fresh-mango mangonadas, offering both dine-in and takeout until 9 p.m.
