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Find short descriptions of some of the many eating choices available below.
View Places to Eat Near NCSA in a larger map
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Region containing multiple restaurants
 -- Hampton Inn
 -- NCSA
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Unfortunately, there are fewer restaurant choices near your hotels. The closest ones are the hotel restaurant in the Holiday Inn and the Urbana Garden, on the other side of Lincoln Ave. I recommend that you make you dinner plans closer to NCSA. The Illini bus runs late into evening (past 2am).
- Restaurant codes used in descriptions below
- * -- Recommended for quality or convenience
L -- Lunch only
A -- Serves Beer, wine, and/or spirits.
$ -- Reasonable Cost, particularly for Lunch
$$ -- A little more expensive, more appropriate for dinner
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Distance: less than 0.3 miles (< 10 minutes walk)
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There several restaurants that can be easily reached by foot from NCSA or the Hampton Inn. They are, in rough order of proximity: |
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- Bevande Cafe (* L $)
- A walk-up inside the Computer Science building, this convenient cafe offers cold and grilled sandwiches, hummus, fruit and decent coffee (including espresso). Recommended for its convenience and coffee!
- Beckman Cafe (* L $)
- A decent cafeteria offering sandwiches made fresh, a few hot entrees, soup, salad. Recommended for its convenience.
- Perkins ($)
- The chain diner adjacent to the Hampton Inn. Also open for breakfast.
- Cocina Real (* A $)
- One of the 2 best Mexican places in town, this one offers interesting takes on traditional dishes. Good for lunch or dinner.
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- Bevande Cafe (* L $)
- A walk-up inside the Computer Science building, this convenient cafe offers cold and grilled sandwiches, hummus, fruit and decent coffee (including espresso). Recommended for its convenience and coffee!
- Beckman Cafe (* L $)
- A decent cafeteria offering sandwiches made fresh, a few hot entrees, soup, salad. Recommended for its convenience.
- Perkins ($)
- The chain diner adjacent to the Hampton Inn. Also open for breakfast.
- Cocina Real (* A $)
- One of the 2 best Mexican places in town, this one offers interesting takes on traditional dishes. Good for lunch or dinner.
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- Various Fast Food
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- Hot Wok Express (Chinese)
- Niro's Gyros
- Taco Bell
- Dairy Queen
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- Einstein Bros. Bagels (* L $)
- Bagel-based sandwiches
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- Einstein Bros. Bagels (* L $)
- Bagel-based sandwiches
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Short walk: East Campus
Distance: ~0.75 miles south of NCSA (15 minutes walk)
While perhaps a bit far for lunch (unless you are keen for vegetarian at the Red Herring), this area has a couple of nice choices for dinner.
Downtown Urbana
Distance: ~1.0 mile east of NCSA (20-30 minutes walk)
Downtown Champaign
Distance: ~1.0 miles west of NCSA (20-30 minutes walk)
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