Alyssa talks with Fiesta Cafe's Amy Myers about margaritas, tacos, and the history of the restaurant.
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This week is (Virtual) Taste of Champaign-Urbana, and here are the participating restaurants
Taste of Champaign-Urbana is celebrating 50 years this year, virtually. The virtual Taste of Champaign-Urbana has a Facebook event page here. Instead of having an event with vendors in the park, C-U residents can go …
Feeding Our Kids serves students facing food insecurity in our community
Alyssa talks with members of the board for Feeding Our Kids about the work they're doing in C-U for students with food insecurity.
I want to take a bite out of this shark donut from Industrial Donut
Industrial Donut is offering this special shark donut in honor of Shark Week. The donut is one of their cake donuts with blue frosting, red icing, sprinkles, and a shark on top. Photo from Industrial …
Five things to eat or drink in C-U this month: August 2020
Alyssa rounds up five things to eat or drink this August.
Market Watch: August 2020
Alyssa shares what's good at the C-U farmers' markets for August.
Have you tried the fun treats from Brittany’s Sweet Spot?
In honor of August being National Black Business Month, check out this local Black-owned home bakery: Brittany’s Sweet Spot. She’s baking cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and more right here in Champaign. She has been posting cake …
I tried a Korean shrimp burger for the first time, and it was wild
I’m a fan of burgers, and C-U has an incredible offering of burgers. We’ve talked about the best 8 burgers in town, another list of seven burgers that didn’t make the top eight, and C-U’s veggie …
Nothing Bundt Cakes is now open
Buy Black Chambana shared that the new bakery Nothing Bundt Cakes is now open in Champaign, starting today, Thursday, July 30th. Nothing Bundt Cakes will open at 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Customers …
Five wings that are pretty fly
Alyssa rounds up wings from five different C-U restaurants in honor of National Wing Day.