Bloomington recommendations?
October 12th, 2017 at 9:29 PM ^
Yeah, mother bears is mediocre, at best. Hard to get a good pizza in Bloomington.
October 12th, 2017 at 10:39 PM ^
October 12th, 2017 at 2:23 PM ^
Breakfast - Village Deli.
Lunch/Dinner: Buffa Louie's for wings, Cafe Pizzeria for pizza (Mother Bear's is good, but nowhere near as good as folks there make it out to be). No burger place really stands out.
Traffic in Bloomington is awful under normal circumstances, so allot plenty of time, especially if there's construction.
October 12th, 2017 at 5:06 PM ^
I left Buffa Louie's off my list, but that was an oversight. Excellent wings. Will make you regret having ever visited BWW.
October 12th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
My favorites around town are these:
- Upland (brewery with big footprint and outdoor seating),
- Quaff On (terribly named brewery with small footprint and some outdoor seating),
- Farm (locally sourced, creative, and high end)
- Feast (probably the best chef/menu in town; modest portions, but delectable)
- Uptown (snazzy bar/restaurant, where you'd feel funny in a sweatshirt, but superb)
- All kinds of (20 or so) awesome multinational options on a 3-block chunk of 4th Street (my favorite is Mandalay, which is Burmese)
- Mother Bear's (pizza)
- Best holes in the wall (The Vid [standard bar with pool tables and dart boards], Nick's [in the undergrad night life epicenter], and Bear's)
For lunch on a weekend pass-through?
- Laughing Planet (great burritos, sandwiches, and soups; immediately above a very solid coffee shop)
For breakfast?
- Runcible Spoon (get the Salmon/Egg Bennie)
- Feast (from above) again
October 12th, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^
Feast and Farm are very good.
October 12th, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
October 12th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
Yogis is a pretty good spot to get a beer and watch games. They changed their menu a couple of years ago, and the food went from almost decent to pretty mediocre. But they have a good beer selection and a number of TVs. They are a short walk from the football stadium.
Upland has better food and OK beer for a midwest microbrewery, but it is a little ways away from downtown, and far from the heart of campus and the football stadium.
Function microbrewery is my favorite spot to grab a brew and a sandwich, but they don't have TVs.
October 12th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
Nevermind, looks like Yogis shut down in July.