| Ray's Guide to Eating in the Champaign-Urbana Area |
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Regions containing multiple restaurants
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Region containing multiple restaurants
-- Hampton Inn
-- NCSA |
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> > | Unfortunately, there are fewer restaurant choices near your hotels. The closest ones are the hotel restaurant in the Holiday Inn and the Urbana Garden, on the other side of Lincoln Ave. I recommend that you make you dinner plans closer to NCSA. The Illini bus runs late into evening (past 2am). |
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< < | L -- Lunch only A -- Serves Beer, wine, and/or spirits.
$ -- Reasonable Cost, particularly for Lunch
$$ -- A little more expensive, more appropriate for dinner |
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- Restaurant codes used in descriptions below
- * -- Recommended for quality or convenience
L -- Lunch only A -- Serves Beer, wine, and/or spirits. $ -- Reasonable Cost, particularly for Lunch $$ -- A little more expensive, more appropriate for dinner
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> > | Distance: less than 0.3 miles (< 10 minutes walk) |
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There several restaurants that can be easily reached by foot from NCSA or the Hampton Inn. They are, in rough order of proximity:
- Bevande Cafe (* L $)
- A walk-up inside the Computer Science building, this convenient cafe offers cold and grilled sandwiches, hummus, fruit and decent coffee (including espresso). Recommended for its convenience and coffee!
- Beckman Cafe (* L $)
- A decent cafeteria offering sandwiches made fresh, a few hot entrees, soup, salad. Recommended for its convenience.
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- Perkins ($)
- The chain diner adjacent to the Hampton Inn. Also open for breakfast.
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- Perkins ($)
- The chain diner adjacent to the Hampton Inn. Also open for breakfast.
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- Cocina Real (* A $)
- One of the 2 best Mexican places in town, this one offers interesting takes on traditional dishes. Good for lunch or dinner.
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- Hot Wok Express (Chinese)
- Niro's Gyros
- Taco Bell
- Dairy Queen
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- Various Fast Food
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- Hot Wok Express (Chinese)
- Niro's Gyros
- Taco Bell
- Dairy Queen
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- Einstein Bros. Bagels (* L $)
- Bagel-based sandwiches
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