Tumble Inn is celebrating a milestone birthday tomorrow, Thursday, March 17th, as the tavern turns 75 years old. The bar is situated just south of Downtown Champaign, where it has remained a staple as a …
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Watch John Oliver feature a clip of central Illinois native Irving Azoff on Last Week Tonight
In this past Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, a familiar face and name to this community was featured for a brief portion of the segement about concert and live entertainment ticketing. Irving Azoff is …
Instagram Story Takeover with Plant Mode
Our next installment in our Instagram Story Takeover series takes place this Thursday, March 3rd. Plant Mode‘s Matthis Helmick will be taking the controls to show us a day in the life at his shop, …
Take the flavorful dive into A Taste of Both Worlds
Patrick pays a long overdue visit to A Taste of Both Worlds in Urbana for Restaurant Week.
Behold: Watson’s unveils their new food truck
Six years after opening its doors on Neil Street in Downtown Champaign, Watson’s Shack and Rail is now more than just a brick and mortar. The restaurant has unveiled its new food truck, which you …
WCIA weatherman rolls strike on live television dressed as bowling pin
WCIA Chief Meteorologist Kevin Lighty defined good sport for this segment last night. Let me start by saying I have no context to why they were there doing a weather forecast, but honestly, I don’t …
Polyvinyl has copies of HUM’s Downward is Heavenward reissue for sale
Three years ago, HUM reissued their 1998 release Downward is Heavenward through Matt Talbott’s Earth Analog distribution. Now, a few years later, there are more copies to be bought from Polyvinyl Records, the label that …
The Ribeye is “temporarily” closing, and when it reopens, it will have new owners
The Ribeye, located on South Neil Street since 1979, appears to be closing “temporarily” per this report in The News-Gazette. The current management mentions that when the restaurant reopens (assuming that it will, at some point, potentially?) …
Build of new Aloft Hotel in Downtown Champaign kicking off in September
Remember way back when in March 2019 when it was announced there’d be a new hotel going into Downtown Champaign, right across the street from the Orpheum and just south of Sticky Rice and Bentley’s? …
I don’t know much about what’s going on here, but I like it
Summer is an interesting time in Champaign-Urbana. While there aren’t many students around, there are definitely some that spend time here. For example, these students, doing things like reenacting General George Washington’s infamous boat trip …