CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Restaurants across Eastern Central Illinois are preheating their ovens and preparing dishes ahead of Champaign-Urbana Area Restaurant Week, which starts this Friday, Jan. 26. This is the eighth annual Restaurant Week hosted by Experience Champaign-Urbana. 47 restaurants, the most so far for a Restaurant Week, are participating in the nine-day event […]
With last week’s reopening of downtown’s Punch Bar & Lounge after a short shutdown, Champaign’s active liquor-license count is back up to an even 200. Spread out over 15 categories,
If youâd like to dine at a restaurant â and still be in line with pandemic safety rules without freezing outdoors while you eat â check out the new heated cabins outside Billy Barooz Pub & Grill, 2521 Village Green Place, C.
Each cabin can seat up to six people and is heated via an individual duct, according to manager Cory Garcia.
There are currently 11 cabins, but the pub is looking into adding more, Garcia said.
Each party can sit in one of the cabins for an hour during lunch and an hour and 15 minutes during dinner at peak serving times, but customers are welcome to stay in the cabins longer if they arrive later in the evening.