On a gray, cold day last week, a friend and I went kicked off soup season with hot pot at Chong Qing House. Beside Northern Cuisine restaurant on the corner of Fourth and Green, Chong …
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Green Street’s Tanaka Ramen is closed
Tanaka Ramen, a ramen restaurant in Campustown, has closed for good. The Green Street restaurant had a menu of ramen, gyoza, steamed buns, fried oysters, rice bowls, Tokyo-style curry bowls, and more served by a robot. …
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I sipped Watson’s cocktail made with a special rye whiskey
The Downtown Unity trio of Watson’s Shack & Rail, Punch! Bar, and Big Grove are at it again with another collaborative special whiskey barrel pick — and signature cocktails to go with. This time, the barrel …
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You deserve a Ye Olde doughnut
Look at us, making it through the day. That deserves a doughnut. There are lots of yummy doughnuts to eat in Champaign-Urbana, but when I want a doughnut, I go for a glazed from Ye …
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Urbana’s Rainbow Garden restaurant to shut before Thanksgiving
Rainbow Garden in Urbana is closing next month on November 22nd after being open for more than a decade. On Facebook, Rainbow Garden posted that the restaurant was “fine and rolling all the way through …
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The Poke Shack is closing their Urbana location
Next month, The Poke Shack will close their location inside Urbana’s Broadway Food Hall. The Hawaiian restaurant opened in the multi-vendor food hall last fall replacing King Kuma, and earlier this year, The Poke Shack …
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Cheap eats in Champaign: $10 restaurant meals
If you like overpriced food, go read something else. This is a round-up of deals. Lunch can be expensive, but I found six tasty meals for less than $10 that taste good and aren’t served …
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A robot made this latte
A robot named Mozart made me a latte yesterday at Yummy Future, and it was wild. From the kiosk inside the cafe, I ordered a pumpkin pie latte ($4.55), and as soon as I paid, …
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Xinh Xinh Cafe is pretty excellent
For fourteen years, an unassuming plaza restaurant called Xinh Xinh Cafe (pronounced Sin Sin) has served Vietnamese food in the same space: a ten-table cafe doors down from Schnucks in Urbana. Sometimes hole-in-the-wall restaurants can …
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Tenkyu Izakaya moving into the old Miga space
According to WCIA, a restaurant is finally moving into the vacant space that was once Miga. The Downtown Champaign location will be home to a new Japanese restaurant called Tenkyu Izakaya, which is anticipated to …
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