Back to School with the Sweetcorn Festival!

Hello everyone! We apologize for not writing for a while! It is back to school season at U of I and we have been very busy with classes, moving, and research.

Last weekend we decided to take a break and check out the annual Sweetcorn Festival in downtown Urbana which also happened to be within walking distance from Tiffany's apartment.

Chipotle (15/114)

So today we went to Chipotle, a fast food joint that serves burritos tacos and other mexican fusion cuisine. Its righit next to noodle and company on green street just a block away from their rival; Qdoba. 

Basil Thai (14/114)

We are officially into the double digits! Only 99 left to go!

Today we decided to head over to Basil Thai across the street from J' Gumbo's.

Merry-Ann's Diner (13/114)

So today we decided to try the local diner, Merry-Ann's. As far as we can tell they have a couple of locations throughout Illinois and there are two on campus.

Zorba's (12/114)

Today we decided to go to one of the more popular restaurants on campus: Zorba's! The restaurant burned down last year and was recently rebuilt so we decided to go check out the remodeling with Jun!

Bombay Grill (11/114)

 So today we stopped by for some Indian food! Bombay grill is at the far side of Green St. but totally worth the walk. Apparently there are two of them, but all the good coupons are for the other location which is too far for us. They do have a huge menu with various lunch specials that are totally worth the price. The lunch specials usually come with some sort of Indian course with either Naan or rice with a fried potato thing and a small salad (just lettuce and cucumbers) If you are interested in this place check out their website http://www.bombaygrillcu.com/ for their menu!

Dairy Queen (10/114)

For lunch today we decided to head in a direction not often associate with campus food- university street! Since Yanfen had a coupon for a buy one get one blizzard, we went off towards Dairy Queen!

Noodles & Company (9/114)

Yanfen had a coupon for a free meal at Noodles & Companyso we decided to eat there today!

Weekday Special: Steak 'N Shake

Yanfen was helping Tiffany move today, and after a long morning of hauling and thrift store shopping we stopped by Steak 'n Shake! It's a chain restaurant in the midwest that sells mostly burgers and shakes. 

Sushi Ichiban (8/114)

Tiffany and Yanfen were working in our other lab today which is bit further away from campus. Therefore we were too lazy to walk all the way down green street like usual. Instead, we decided to eat right at green and wright st - Sushi Ichiban!

J.Gumbo's (7/114)

Tiffany needed to trek over to the undergraduate library today to return some DVDs so we decided to go a bit further than our usual green street raid. We decided to go to J. Gumbo's, a cajun  inspired restaurant near Krannert Center.

Cocomero (6/114)

With the temperature reaching a high of 90F this week, the lab rats find themselves walking all over campus for their experiments. So, we decided to take a break and go to the ever popular frozen yogurt shop on campus - Cocomero!

Panera (5/114)

 So today we had a guest reviewer, our labmate, Jun (with the pink laptop!) He hand picked our next review.

Moment of truth...

Asian pose!

 Panera is a chain sandwich/bakery shop near spoonhouse on Green St. Tiffany happens to be a regular there. They sell delicious fruit smoothies, a variety of soups, salads and sandwiches. They have also have bakery counter with breads, cookies and other deliciousness.

Potbellies! (4/114)

For lunch today, we decided to let fate pick for us. We had our list of 186 restaurants on campus and used a random number generator to pick a number! We love this generator because it uses atmospheric noise to produce a true random number. The final verdict was.... Potbellies!