Historical Crops, Political Discrimination & Lincoln

Best place to take a client: Sun Singer. 

Favorite watering hole: Blind Pig Brewpub.

Local beverage of choice: Whatever is on tap at Triptych Brewing.

Favorite sports bar: Legends Bar & Grill.

Favorite building: Altgeld Hall on the U of I campus.

Ugliest building: The College of Veterinary Medicine complex.

Best restaurant: Nando Milano Trattoria.

Weekend getaway: A quick trip up to Chicago or a quiet weekend at Allerton Park.

Favorite historical fact: The Morrow Plots on the UIUC campus are the oldest experimental corn fields in the United States—and the second-oldest continuously used experimental agricultural fields in the world.

Favorite historical site: The Champaign County Courthouse, where Abraham Lincoln practiced law.

Favorite city event: Champaign-Urbana Area Restaurant Week.

Favorite historical resident: Roger Ebert.

Favorite breakfast spot: The Original Pancake House.

Favorite lunch spot: Black Dog Smoke & Ale House.

Favorite late-night eats: Merry Ann’s Diner.

Favorite takeout: Siam Terrace.

Best place to reflect: The Japan House and its surrounding gardens.

Best view: South Lounge at the Illini Union.

Favorite park: Meadowbrook Park in Urbana.

Go-to sports venue: Memorial Stadium.

Go-to arts venue: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Favorite movie theater: Virginia Theatre.

Best place for people watching: The Quad on a sunny day.

Favorite local shop: Jane Addams Book Shop.

Favorite coffeeshop: Mad Goat Coffee.

Favorite pizza joint: Papa Del’s.

Favorite city sports moment: Anytime the Illini beat Michigan.

Place to take out-of-town guests: Caprae at Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery.

Favorite city law: Urbana Code of Ordinances §12-62(a), which prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee on the basis of their political affiliation.