About Me
- Name: Lisa
On this blog I dish about the food scene in Champaign, IL: where to get takeout, find ingredients, track down local farmers, have a good sit-down meal. I reveal the secrets of local chefs, get the lowdown on the newest restaurants in town, and share recipes and cooking tips. Visit my companion blog, More CT, for links to restaurant reviews, recipes, and other treats. Let's eat!
Patio Seating in C-U
Local Farms
- Blue Moon Farm
- Caveny Farm
- Farm-Direct Guide for Champaign County
- Prairie Fruits Farm
- Prairieland CSA
- Triple S Farm
- Urbana Farmers' Market
C-U Restaurants that patronize local farms
- bacaro
- Black Dog
- Café Kopi
- Caffé Paradiso
- The Clark Bar
- Escobar's
- Farren's
- The Great Impasta
- Kennedy's at Stone Creek
- Ko-Fusion
- Luna
- Milo's
- Radio Maria
- The Red Herring
- Timpone's
Local Groceries
- Am-Ko
- Annapoorna
- Art Mart
- Cheese and Crackers
- Chang's Oriental Mart
- Common Ground Food Co-op
- El Charro
- Far East
- Green Onion
- Lee's Oriental Foods
- Mas Amigos
- Mirsung
- The Natural Gourmet
- Old Time Meat & Deli
- Strawberry Fields
- Sun Singer
- World Harvest
Archives
- May 2006
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- January 2011
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- April 2011
- May 2011
- June 2011
- September 2011
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Restaurant Reviews and Recipes
Hungry/Thirsty?
Where I Go For
- Bagels
- BBQ
- Bento box lunch
- Bloody Mary
- Breakfast
- Burger & a beer
- Cakes & pastries
- Coffee beans
- Creme de menthe shake
- Cuban sandwich
- Cupcakes
- Deep-fried cheese curds with marinara; sliders
- Dosas
- Empanadas
- Fish fillets in black bean sauce; gado-gado with tofu
- Fish sandwich
- Fried chicken; fish sandwich
- Frozen yogurt
- Grilled chicken strawberry salad; any soup
- Half-priced appetizers
- Iced coffee
- Italian beef & minestrone
- Knife sharpening
- Make-your-own spring rolls
- Olive-rosemary bread
- Organic meats & poultry
- Panang curry & crab rangoon
- Paneer makhani
- Pasta with Gorgonzola sauce
- Pho tai; spring rolls
- Pizza, thin crust
- Pizza, New York style
- Pork chops al forno
- Pork with chipotle sauce; chicken enchiladas verde
- Pozole & Mexican Coke
- Red hots
- Sangria
- Shrimp/crab cake sandwich
- Shumai; salmon teriyaki bento box
- Smoked chicken wings w/smoked blue cheese dip
- Steak dinner
- Steak sandwich
- Sushi
- Tapas
- Tom kha gai
- Torta Cubana
- Tempura
Let's Go to Brunch!
Weeknight Takeout
- Annapoorna Indian Grocery
- Biaggi's
- Farren's Pub & Eatery
- Fiesta Café
- First Wok
- Green Jade
- Manzella's Italian Patio
- Old Time Meat & Deli
- Papa Del's
- Seaboat
- Strawberry Fields Deli
- Vinny's East Coast Pizzeria
Another Glass of Champaign
- The 217.com
- ASAP
- Canopy Club Blog
- Chambana Moms
- CC Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Champaign Downtown Association
- Champaign Public Library
- CHOW Champaign
- The Coupon Lady
- C-U Blogfidential
- C-U Jazz Blog
- C-U Savings
- Eat CU
- First St. Farmers' Market
- Krannert Center
- News-Gazette Web Logs
- Smile Politely
- Station Theatre
- Urbana Farmers' Market
- Virginia Theatre