Feeding Our Kids was one organization of 175 across Illinois to receive a $20,000 grant from the COVID-19 Community Collaboration Fund by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. The COVID-19 Community Collaboration Fund focused on …
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Check out this TikTok video about Page Roasting Company
Visit Champaign County has a TikTok now to highlight cool things about C-U. You don’t need the TikTok app to enjoy this new video about how Page Roasting Company roasts coffee. @visitchampaign Page Roasting Company …
Big Thorn’s Tree Bar is opening next week
Big Thorn Farm & Brewery‘s iconic Tree Bar will open for the season on Thursday, April 29th. The Tree Bar is an elevated bar built in the woods from wood harvested from the Farm’s woods, …
Five artisan edibles that will relax your mind
If you're looking to try edibles, here's a review of a lozenge, a tonic, a seltzer, hot chocolate, and cannabis pixie straws.
Caribbean Grill has been awarded a James Beard Foundation grant
Caribbean Grill is one of 37 independent businesses across the country that has been awarded a $15,000 grant in addition to PPE from the James Beard Foundation. As part of the foundation’s efforts to support …
Go nuts: this cheeseburger from NAYA is on a cronut
NAYA‘s new burger has a beef patty, American cheese, and bacon on a two halves of a maple bacon cronut. This burger ($14) sounded wild, and I had to try it. The cronut, a croissant-doughnut …
Have you eaten Dis N’ Dat BBQ yet?
Dis N’ Dat BBQ is a Black woman-owned restaurant in Rantoul cooking up delicious barbeque. The menu includes a Chicago-style chopped steakburger, deep-fried pork chops, beef brisket sandwich, ribs, pulled pork, rib tips, wings, Polish sausage, Italian …
El Paraiso is Latin American food paradise
Alyssa reviews the Broadway Food Hall restaurant's flautas, llapingachos, and more.
Make plans to get to Wood N’ Hog Downtown for their Soul Food Wednesdays
Every Wednesday, Wood N’ Hog Barbecue offers soul food dishes you can only get at the Downtown Champaign location. The Wednesday Soul Food menu includes smothered pork chops and smothered chicken wings and legs, meat covered …
Cocktails al fresco in Downtown Champaign
From a cucumber margarita to a carrot cocktail, Alyssa shares six adult beverages you can sip outside on a patio in Downtown Champaign.