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Experience Champaign-Urbana presents the 9th annual Restaurant Week

This celebration promotes the exploration of new restaurants and flavors across the Champaign-Urbana area. The menus for included restaurants are listed at curestaurantweek.org. There are a variety of international flavors as well as restaurants outside of the Champaign-Urbana area. Photo: Saga Communications/CanvaPro


CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – The 9th Annual Champaign-Urbana Area Restaurant Week is making its return.

The celebration, presented by Experience Champaign-Urbana, lasts nine days and returns with a record number of participants. The experience is held from January 24 to February 1 with options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert at 63 locations across 59 local restaurants.

“I’m overjoyed with the excitement for this year’s event from our local restaurants,” states Terri Reifsteck, Vice President of Destination Branding & Development from Experience Champaign-Urbana. “Our restaurants see the value in highlighting their cuisine during this nine-day event as it significantly increases foot traffic during a typically slow time of year.”

This celebration promotes the exploration of new restaurants and flavors across the Champaign-Urbana area. The menus for included restaurants are listed at curestaurantweek.org. There are a variety of international flavors as well as restaurants outside of the Champaign-Urbana area.

Here is a list of participating restaurants:

  • 83 Vietnamese Cuisine
  • A Taste of Both Worlds
  • BakeLab
  • Baldarotta’s Porketta & Sicilian Sausage
  • Big Grove Tavern
  • Billy Barooz
  • BrewLab
  • Briks Pizzeria
  • The Burrito Lab
  • Café Sababa
  • Caprae
  • Chophouse on Main
  • Esquire Lounge
  • ETs Downtown
  • Forage Kitchen
  • Good Judy’s Espresso & Bagel Bar
  • Guido’s
  • Hacienda Robello
  • Hamilton Walker’s
  • Hopscotch Bakery
  • Houlihan’s
  • Industrial Donut
  • Joe’s Pizza
  • Jupiter’s Downtown
  • Jupiter’s at the Crossing
  • Kohinoor Indian Lounge
  • Kung Fu Tea
  • La Bahía Grill
  • La Hacienda Cantina
  • La Paloma Food Truck
  • Los Zarapes
  • The Literary
  • The Main Scoop (all locations)
  • Maize at the Station
  • Market Street Grill
  • Martinelli’s Market
  • Nando Milano Trattoria
  • Naya Indian Cuisine
  • Neil St. Blues
  • Oskee’s Sports Pub
  • Pekara Bakery & Bistro
  • Pizzeria Antica
  • Po’Boys Restaurant
  • Project 47 Smokehouse
  • Punch! Bar & Lounge
  • The Ribeye
  • Sepelas
  • Seven Saints
  • Silvercreek
  • Smith Burger
  • Sooie Bros. Barbecue
  • The Space
  • Stango Cuisine
  • Sticky Rice
  • Sun Singer
  • Susuru Ramen
  • Tenkyu
  • Watson’s Shack & Rail
  • The Wheelhouse
  • Wood N’ Hog Barbecue
  • Ye Olde Donut Shoppe

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