This post contains quite a bit of info all packed into one, but here’s the gist if you’re in the TL;DR (too long; didn’t read) camp: Pizza M is vacating Cafeteria & Company, located at …
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Ashar African Market opening in Urbana
Ashar African Market, a grocery store specializing in African groceries, is opening in Urbana at 501 N. Cunningham Avenue. Check out their Facebook post here. Their Facebook page is linked above, and they’ll be hosting …
Triptych’s fifth annual Festivus is this Saturday, December 23rd
While there aren’t a ton of details about Triptych Brewing‘s annual Festivus celebration is on Saturday, December 23rd from 12-11 p.m. at their brewery in Savoy. You can see what they will be serving up …
Illinois Theatre grad Michael Shoaf featured on ABC TV’s The Great Christmas Light Fight
Michael Shoaf, a 2017 Illinois Theatre MFA Lighting Design graduate, will be featured on ABC TV’s The Great Christmas Light Fight tonight, December 18th, at 7 p.m. You can watch the promo video here.
Check out this trailer for Ebertfest 2018
Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, better known as Ebertfest, is celebrating 20 years in 2018 — that is exciting stuff, especially as we’re anxiously awaiting the information about the upcoming festival. For the time being, you …
Founder Thad Morrow returning to Bacaro kitchen for NYE dinner
Bacaro‘s founder Thad Morrow will make a return to the kitchen he once owned (before heading to take job with Blue Apron) on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2018 as a part of the …
MCORE project will reopen Green Street between Neil and Fourth today
From the press release: Press Release – MCORE Project Set to Reopen Green Street & Temporary Road Closure Announcement On Friday, December 15, 2017 (by 3:30 p.m.), the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project (MCORE) will reopen …
Urbana Landmark Hotel owner won’t sell for $3.95M; must be smoking some crazy shit
The story of the Urbana Landmark Hotel has turned out to be a fairly insane situation — you can read up on the hotel’s situation here for the most part, plus the links within the …
This Buttermilk Chicken sando at the WheelHouse slayed me
I went to the WheelHouse in St. Joseph last night, my second time there since they opened a few months ago. Jillian gave it a review a few weeks back, which you can read if …
Spalding Park $3.6M renovation plans get green lit by Unit 4 School Board
During last night’s Unit 4 School Board meeting, they approved the project of renovating the Spalding Park area north of Downtown Champaign — a project costing $3.6M. All of this was a part of the …