Maybe you’ve seen the show Squid Game (or MrBeast’s version or Netflix’s Squid Game: Challenge). If you have, then you know about the dalgona candy challenge, made popular by the show. Made with melted sugar …
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A sneak peek at Tenkyu Izakaya, opening soon in Downtown Champaign
Downtown Champaign’s Tenkyu Izakaya is anticipated to open this weekend in the former Miga location. Tenkyu is a new upscale Japanese restaurant offering a menu of small bites, yakitori, ramen, rice bowls, and specialty entrees. …
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Good eats for less than $10
Just because food has a cheap price doesn’t mean it’s lackluster. Of course, there are some pretty terrible things to eat that are cheap, but thankfully, there are good eats for low prices. In this …
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Thirsty Thursday: Kombucha flight at Cloud Mountain
This week, I sipped a flight of kombucha at Cloud Mountain in Urbana. What’s kombucha? It’s non-alcoholic fermented tea that’s a little bubbly, and kombucha is Cloud Mountain’s whole thing. They brew kombucha in-house, making …
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Escape for lunch and lime margaritas at Casa Margaritas Mexican Grill
I love tacos, and in my opinion, there’s nothing not to love about a taco. A warm corn tortilla stuffed with meat, onions, and cilantro can hit so hard. Especially paired with chips and margaritas. …
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Check out the menus for Restaurant Week 2024
There are 45 restaurants participating in this year’s Experience Champaign-Urbana’s Restaurant Week, and many menus are now available online. From favorites like Nando’s arancini and Smith Burger Co’s smashburger on a Ye Olde doughnut to …
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Sam’s Cafe open for dinner starting this week
Sam’s Cafe is open for breakfast and lunch everyday, but starting in a few days, the Downtown Champaign diner will serve dinner two nights a week. On Thursdays and Fridays, Sam’s Cafe will be open …
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Weird, kickass smashburgers at The Space restaurant
Sometimes food is boring, but not at The Space restaurant. In Downtown Champaign, The Space serves a menu of smashburgers, sandwiches, and apps with outlandish twists in addition to crazy specials — usually as a …
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Thirsty Thursday: Squint at Brass Rail
New year, and it’s a new weekly column for thirsty readers. Every Thursday starting with this one, I’ll highlight something to sip in Champaign-Urbana. It might be a cool cocktail, an interesting beer, delicious wine, …
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Five things to eat or drink in C-U this month: January 2024
January is a complicated month, isn’t it? Some people make grand resolutions, some completely avoid them, and others (like me) are just trying to remember what day it is after all the holiday hullabaloo. The …
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