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- Daily Byte (sandwiches); NCSA Lobby
- Daily Byte II (sandwiches); Electrical Engineering Building lobby (1 block east)
- Einsteins (sandwiches); Siebel Center lobby (next building south)
- Beckman Café (cafeteria-style; sandwiches and hot entrees with vegetarian & vegan options); Beckman Institute (1 block east-northeast)
- Other (north and east on University Ave):
- Burger King
- Perkins
- Dairy Queen
- Taco Bell
- Niro’s Gyros
- Food Trucks (varies by day), ; Two blocks south near Mathews and Springfield
- Cracked (egg sandwiches)
- Jurassic Grill (burgers and such)
- TK Cheesesteaks
- Dragon Fire Pizza
More options slightly farther afield (3/4 to 1 mile)
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- Downtown Champaign has a variety of restaurants, bars, and clubs, as well as a movie theater or two, etce.g.:
- Downtown Urbana is smaller, but also has numerous restaurants and clubs, e.g.:
- The Dancing Dog (100% vegan)
- Silvercreek
- Siam Terrace
- Crane Alley
- South Neil near the hotel there is Harvest Market (grocery store with restaurant), Starbucks, Moe’s Southwestern Grill, Scotty’s Brewhouse, etc.
- North Prospect Avenue is the main twin cities shopping area, with chain restaurants, big box stores, the Market Place Mall, etc. A mall is located on North Neil street east of the North Prospect area.
- There are a couple parks within walking distance of the hotel -- Mattis Park and the Boulware Trail to the west and Hessel Park to the north.
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The University of Illinois Willard Airport is 5 miles south of the Home2suites in the village of Savoy. Taxi, Lyft, or Uber should be about $12 plus tip.
Mass Transit
CU C-U buses generally cost $1 per one-way trip. iStops are campus stops where it is unnecessary to pay a fare to ride the Gold, Illini, Silver, Teal, and Yellow routes. iStop locations are indicated on individual route maps with an iStop symbol (an orange octagon with a white "i" inside) and are identified as such on bus stop signs at the stop location.
The Brown route is closest to the Home2 Suites with a stop at Fox Drive and State Street. Disembark at Springfield and Sixth. ; NCSA is ½ mile northeast. Route 9B is counter-clockwise (to NCSA), route 9A is clockwise (to the hotel).
The A Gold route stop is a long block north of the hotel at State and Kirby. Disembark at the Ceramics building shelter on Goodwin Avenue. ; NCSA is 0.3 miles north. Take Gold East is to NCSA, Gold West is to the hotelto the hotel.
Use the C-U MTD Trip Planner to investigate times and options, but beware of options having you board/disembark at Lot E-14 or St. Mary's and Oak. To get to/from the hotel you have to traverse the narrow St. Mary's Road under an overpass with no sidewalks and plenty of morning/evening traffic, which is not recommended.