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Samira’s Restaurant
Afghan/Mediterranean
100 W. 6th St.
331-3761
samirasrestaurant.com
Located on the north side of the downtown Square, Samira’s features Afghan dishes in an elegant, relaxing atmosphere. Specialties include kebabs and dumplings as well as a wide array of vegetarian dishes. Do not miss the samorek (a spicy mushroom appetizer)—you’ll want to sop up every drop of sauce with the chewy and delicious flatbread. Great baklava. • Prices: Dinner appetizers $3.95-7.95, entrées $10.95-14.95, desserts $3.95 • Hours: Mon-Fri lunch (buffet and lunch menu) 11 am-2 pm Mon-Th dinner 5-9 pm and Fri-Sat 5-10 pm. Reservations recommended. • Bar: Beer, wine • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: Yes
Scholars Inn Gourmet Café & Wine Bar
Upscale American – BIRA Member
717 N. College
332-1892
scholarsinn.com
Executive Chef Jake Brenchley, who created the menu, emphasizes fresh food and offers specials every day. Live jazz some Sundays. The Inn is located in a 150-year-old brick mansion with fireplaces and an outdoor dining deck. Monthly wine-tasting dinners. • Prices: Appetizers $4-12, entrées $14-29, desserts $4-8 • Hours: Sun brunch 10 am-2 pm dinner daily 5-11 pm, desserts and appetizers until midnight. Reservations recommended. • Bar: Full • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: Yes
Scotty’s Brewhouse
American – BIRA Member
302 N. Walnut
333-5151
scottysbrewhouse.com
All ages are welcome at this relaxed sports bar, with its extensive menu featuring creative salads, sandwiches, burgers, and huge desserts. Dill chips made from fried pickles, Buffalo-Breaded Chicken, and Scotty’s German Chocolate Cake are specialties. • Prices: Appetizers $5-15, entrées $6-17, desserts $4-6 • Hours: Sun-Th 11 am-10 pm Fri-Sat 11 am-11 pm. No reservations. • Bar: Beer, wine. • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: Yes
Shanti
Indian
221 E. Kirkwood
333-0303
Located near the public library in an historic 100-year-old building, this small restaurant serves authentic Indian specialties such as butter chicken, spinach dishes, clay-pot dishes, and Northern Mougal, a rich entrée made with cashews and almonds. Excellent vegetarian dishes. Be sure to order the naan (an Indian flat bread). • Prices: Dinner appetizers $3-5, entrées $10-15, desserts $3-5 • Hours: Lunch Tu-Sun 11:30 am-2 pm dinner Sun Tu-Th 5-9 pm Fri-Sat 5-10 pm. Closed Monday • Bar: Beer, Indian wine • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX • Outdoor Seating: No
Siam House
Thai/Vegetarian
430 E. 4th St.
331-1233
The 90-item menu was one of the first locally to list vegetarian options using healthy, fresh foods. Specialties include pad thai, curries, combo seafood platters, spicy Thai and coconut-milk soups, miang kom (fresh spinach leaves folded into a cone and filled with ginger, peanuts, coconut, etc.), and Bananas Foster. • Prices: Appetizers $5-6, entrées $9-14, desserts $2-6 • Hours: Mon-Fri 11 am-10 pm (lunch buffet 11 am-2 pm) Sat noon-10 pm Sun noon-9 pm • Bar: Beer, wine • Credit Cards: All • Outdoor Seating: Yes
Smokin’ Jack’s Rib Shack
Barbecue – BIRA Member
505 W. 17th St.
332-RIBS
smokinjacksribshack.com
Chef Jack Cody—“Smokin’ Jack”—specializes in (what else?) smoked ribs, but be sure to try the pulled pork, too. He offers five different sauces: regular, Jack’s sweet barbecue, Louisiana hot, barbecue hot, and Jamaican jerk. Collard greens and cornbread salad are among the sides. Monday is buy-one-get-one-free night for seniors from 4-9 pm. Specials are offered every day. A fireplace warms the inside, and picnic tables are available on the porch. • Prices: Appetizers $5.25-17.50, entrées $4.50-18.50, desserts $1.50 • Hours: Daily 10:30 am-9 pm • Bar: Beer • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: Yes
Snow Lion Restaurant
Tibetan
113 S. Grant St.
336-0835
Have any dish spiced to your personal taste on a scale from one to five by the Tibetan chefs at Snow Lion. House specialties are fresh-made soups, momo dumplings, Indian curry, and jasha phukpa, a chicken and egg-noodle dish. • Prices: Appetizers $3.95-12, dinner entrées $8.50-12.95, desserts $2.50-3.95 • Hours: Daily 11 am-3 pm and 5-10 pm • Bar: No • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: Yes
The Story Inn
American
6404 S. State Road 135, Story, IN
812-988-2273 • 800-881-1183
storyinn.com
Homey and quaint, this gem of a restaurant with wood floors and folksy memorabilia on the walls serves fresh food made from local ingredients. On weekends, live chamber music is featured. • Prices: Dinner appetizers $5-12, entrées $20-29 • Hours: Tu-Fri 9 am-2:30 pm and 5-8 pm Sat 8 am-2:30 pm and 5-9 pm Sun 8 am-2:30 pm (brunch from 11 am) and 5-8 pm. Dinner reservations always required; reservations at other meals required for parties of six or more. • Bar: Beer, wine • Credit Cards: Visa, MC • Outdoor Seating: Yes
Sunny Palace
Chinese
1143 S. College Mall Rd.
333-5533
Dine-in or carryout, the east side’s Sunny Palace (find it next to Truffles in Jackson Creek Shopping Center) offers a tempting array of Asian cooking—mostly Chinese but with a smattering of Thai, Cambodian, and Vietnamese. Try the delicious scallion pancakes, the boneless spare ribs, and the fried dumplings. Kung pao chicken and orange beef are also good choices. • Prices: Lunch specials $4.85-5.95 appetizers $1.25-10.95 most entrées $7.25-10.95 • Hours: Daily 11 am-10:30 pm • Bar: Beer, wine • Credit Cards: Visa, MC • Outdoor Seating: No
Sushi Bar
Japanese
2522 E. 10th St.
331-7688
There’s karaoke on weekends at Sushi Bar, which offers regular $1 sushi specials. The Birthday Roll includes tempura shrimp, eel, spicy shrimp, avocado, and crab. • Prices: Sushi from $1-12.75, desserts $1.99-4.99 • Hours: Mon-Wed lunch 11:30 am-2:30 pm dinner 5-10 pm Th-Sun lunch 11:30 am-2:30 pm dinner 5-11 pm Sun noon-10 pm • Bar: Beer, wine, sake • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: No
Sweet Grass
Southern/Carolina Coastal – BIRA Member
405 W. Patterson Dr.
333-1043
Sweet Grass, the creation of Bloomington-native Chef Luke Combs and two fellow Johnson & Wales graduates, is a breath of fresh coastal air. Delicious fried green-tomato BLTs, pimento-cheese sandwiches, shrimp and grits, collard greens and Carolina slaw washed down with a cold sweet tea will satisfy your craving for food with a southern accent. The pizzas are lovely, too, as are the more Midwestern stalwarts of pork tenderloin with apple, bacon, and Riesling sauce, and grilled flat-iron steak with mashed potatoes. Fried Twinkies for dessert! • Prices: Appetizers, soups, salads $3-8, sandwiches $6-12, entrées $15-19 • Hours: Sun, Tu-Thu 11 am-3 pm and 5-9 pm Fri and Sat 11 am-3 pm and 5-10 pm • Bar: Beer, wine • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, Disc. • Outdoor seating: Yes
Taste of India
Indian
316 E. 4th St.
333-1399
Bloomington’s newest entry into the Indian restaurant market, this airy, casual restaurant specializes in northern- and southern-Indian cuisine. Besides the usual menu standbys of tikkas and vindaloos and kormas, look for vegetarian southern-Indian dishes like dosa and uttapam. • Prices: Lunch buffet $8.50, appetizers $3.50-6.95, entrées $8.95-13.95, desserts $2.95 • Hours: Lunch 11 am-2:30 pm dinner 5-10 pm • Bar: No • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: Yes
That Sandwich Place
Sandwiches
Downstairs at Main and Van Buren Streets
Nashville, IN
812-988-2355
The General may have left Assembly Hall, but his memory remains bright at this tiny shrine to all things Bobby in the heart of downtown Nashville that claims the “largest collection of Bobby Knight memorabilia around.” Oh, and they serve food, too—hearty breakfasts like biscuits and gravy and all manner of sandwiches. Good fries! • Prices: Breakfast $3.70-6.95, sandwiches $6.50-7.05, pie $2.45 • Hours: 8:30 am-5 pm (hours vary seasonally, call ahead) • Bar: No • Credit Cards: Visa, MC • Outdoor seating: No
Trojan Horse
Greek American – BIRA Member
100 E. Kirkwood
332-1101
thetrojanhorse.com
Casual and family-friendly, the Trojan Horse is just off the southeast corner of the downtown Square. Since 1978, the Trojan Horse has offered the same original dishes—including its secret gyro recipe. Great falafel sandwiches and hand-cut fries. Drink specials are offered every night. • Prices: Appetizers $4, sandwiches $5.50, complete dinners around $16, desserts $3-5 • Hours: Mon-Th 11 am-11 pm Sat 11 am-midnight Sun 11:30 am-10 pm • Bar: Full • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: No
Tudor Room
Buffet
Indiana Memorial Union
900 E. 7th St.
855-1620 • 855-9866
This high-ceilinged, medieval room on the IU campus evokes a bygone day. Fresh salad bar includes crisp greens, as well as tuna, pasta, and other side salads. Buffet with hot entrées changes daily but might include baked fish, pasta, chicken and meat dishes, and assorted sides. Luscious dessert bar, delicious Sunday brunch. Public welcome. • Prices: $7.75-17.95, weekday brunch $7.50 for students • Hours: Lunch buffet weekdays 11:30 am-1:30 pm Sunday brunch 10:30 am-1:30 pm • Bar: No • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Campus Access, Disc., DC • Outdoor Seating: No
Turkuaz Café
Turkish
301 E. 3rd St.
333-7908
turkuazcafe.com
Chef Mitin Avayvogul worked as a chef in Turkey before he joined the Turkuaz Café. Authentic Turkish decorations and music enliven this intimate restaurant. • Prices: Appetizers $4, entrées from $4, desserts $3.50 • Hours: Daily 10 am-11 pm • Bar: No • Credit Cards: Visa, MC • Outdoor Seating: Limited
Uncle D’s New York Pizza
Pizza
430 E. Kirkwood
339-2260
Bloom Magazine’s choice for best take-out pizza in Bloomington, Uncle D’s makes real New York-style pizza, thin crusted and flavorful, by the slice or the whole pie, just blocks from campus. Delivery available. • Prices: Appetizers & salads $3-11, subs and sandwiches $5-6.50, pizza by the slice $1.75-2.75, whole pies $7.50-20 • Hours: Daily 10 am-4 am. • Bar: No • Credit Cards: Visa, MC • Outdoor Seating: No
Upland Brewing Company
Eclectic – BIRA Member
350 W. 11th St.
336-BEER
uplandbeer.com
Craft-brewed Upland beers are an ingredient in many dishes here, including Wheat Beer Macaroni and Cheese, Ale Soaked Bratwurst, the Soused Turkey Club, and Chocolate Stout Cake. The menu runs from sandwiches (try the buffalo burgers) to entrées, and many vegetarian/vegan specials are also offered. Live entertainment. Beers regularly on tap include Wheat, Weizen, Pale, IPA, Porter, and Amber. • Prices: Appetizers $3.95-8.50, entrées $7.50-16.95, desserts $4.50-5.50 • Hours: Mon-Th 11 am-midnight Fri-Sat 11 am-1 am Sun noon-midnight • Bar: Beer, including carryout • Credit Cards: Visa, MC • Outdoor Seating: Yes
The Uptown Café
Cajun/Creole/American
102 E. Kirkwood
339-0900
the-uptown.com
The New Orleans-style Uptown Café is known for Cajun/Creole fare (try the blackened-catfish sandwich), fresh steaks, seafood, and extravagant breakfast items, including Cottage Cheese Pancakes, Indonesian Corn Fritters (fabulous!), Eggs Benedict, and Tchoupitoulas (hash made with Cajun ham, eggs, and hollandaise sauce). Jazz and soul music complement your meal. • Prices: Dinner appetizers $4-6, entrées $6-25, desserts $3-5 • Hours: Daily 7 am-10 pm Sun brunch 9 am-2 pm • Bar: Beer, wine • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc. • Outdoor Seating: Yes
The Village Deli
American
409 E. Kirkwood
336-2303
villagedeli.biz
This long-established, upbeat restaurant on East Kirkwood serves breakfast all day (but all kinds of sandwiches and salads for lunch and dinner as well); “ginormous” pancakes and omelets are house specialties. The Huevos Rancheros are not authentic, but they are tasty! • Prices: Appetizers $3.75-4.75, entrées $5-8, desserts $1.25-3.75 • Hours: Mon-Fri 7 am-8 pm Sat-Sun 8 am-8 pm. Lunchtime delivery. • Bar: No • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, Campus Access • Outdoor Seating: Yes
Yogi’s Grill and Bar
American – BIRA Member
519 E. 10th St.
323-9644
yogis.com
Located just off campus since 1992, independently owned Yogi’s is a popular place for a casual meal or any one of over 40 beers. Lunch specials are available weekdays, and a variety of tasty appetizers are served till close. • Prices: Appetizers, soups, sandwiches $2.95-6.95, entrées $6.95-12.95 • Hours: Mon-Sat 11 am-3 am, Sun 11 am-12:30 am • Bar: Full • Credit Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX, Disc., DC • Outdoor Seating: Yes
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