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It’s no secret that we have a lot of turnover in this town. People, restaurants, stores — they all come and go.  In our latest version of “What is this place?” we look at this sign …

Update 8:56 p.m.: Since the initial post, the renderings have been updated to include a new cover photo (above) and a new rendering below the map. You can find those renderings here. The Gazoo points …

Krekel’s Custard recently opened up on Kirby Avenue in Champaign. I drive past it quite often, and each time the parking lot is full and drive-thru line is around the building. The parking lot is …

The City of Champaign has released some information about the plaza park in Downtown Champaign, which we’ve covered at length over the last year or so. They have released what they are calling “preliminary design framework”, …

Watson’s unveiled an updated menu today for the summer, and it has lots of tasty additions, including a couple of dishes with Alabama White sauce (which I personally have greatly missed), as well as Nashville …

Throughout the summer, Miga will be offering some teases from the upcoming menu at Naya, the sister restaurant opening this fall. These are available now, and will be until June 24th, so go give ’em …

There’s a new mural coming to Downtown Champaign’s Furniture Lounge (located at 11 E. University, Champaign) created by local artist Kelly Hieronymus. It will exist on the alley-side of Furniture Lounge, on Walnut Street near University Avenue. …

Look at this Greek salad from Pekara: It’s a thing of beauty, and it tastes, good, too. I got it to go (obviously), and it was just as good as if I had eaten it …

The Pocket Prairie in Downtown Champaign, located on Market Street between Main and University (directly across from Seven Saints and WEFT) has been demolished. The photo above was taken earlier today. This is presumably to …