Downtown Champaign’s first Ethiopian restaurant has set an official opening date. The new Blue Ethiopian Cuisine & Cafe will ...

Ted’s Café at the Beckman Institute has re-opened in 2025 after a two-year hiatus for a renovation. The café was named after Beckman’s founding Director, Ted Brown, a proponent of community offered by ...

Where’s a good burger in Downtown Champaign? Lots of places — too many for our usual Smile Politely Food + Drink list of five. There are 14 establishments in Downtown Champaign that serve a burger, ...

Boba cafes abound in Champaign-Urbana because boba be delicious. People in this town love bubble tea, and in 2022, there was actually a festival in Urbana to celebrate the shared appreciation of boba.

After declaring his candidacy in late 2022, DeShawn Williams will become Urbana’s next mayor. Williams, having served in various roles in the Champaign County political arena over the last few years, ...

It’s legitimately summer now, not that I ever need a reason to enjoy ice cream. I’m an ice cream junkie. A connoisseur. An obsessive, if you will. So when it came time to write about the Sidney Dairy ...