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 ...

A new fast food restaurant called Big Sharks opened yesterday on Prospect Avenue. The menu offers fried catfish, fried walleye, fried chicken, fried jumbo shrimp, fried pickles, burgers (single, ...

WEFT is holding the next quarterly associates meeting to talk about the latest happenings at the radio station as well as some plans for 2026. All current associates are encouraged to attend, but if ...

Downtown Urbana Winter Lights returns with a renewed commitment to showing off the joy of the season. On Saturday, December 13th, Main Street, Race Street, and the north and south stretches of Crane ...

Happy December to everyone and to the snow on the ground. It’s cold right now in Champaign-Urbana, but the food scene is hot. This year alone we saw 50+ new, notable restaurants open, and even more ...