Guidebook for Bloomington

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Guidebook for Bloomington

Food Scene

Great spot for brunch, coffee, and tea. Gorgeous homemade pies, desserts, breakfast pastries, and cookies are top-notch.
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Feast Bakery Cafe
581 E Hillside Dr
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Great spot for brunch, coffee, and tea. Gorgeous homemade pies, desserts, breakfast pastries, and cookies are top-notch.
A fine-dining establishment just a block off the downtown Square, Tallent offers a creative, eclectic menu of superb food based on seasonal Midwestern ingredients.
Restaurant Tallent
208 N Walnut St
A fine-dining establishment just a block off the downtown Square, Tallent offers a creative, eclectic menu of superb food based on seasonal Midwestern ingredients.
Both vegan- and omnivore-friendly, this charming, funky shop offers delicious salads, soups, veggie burgers, quesadillas, and baked goods.
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Laughing Planet Cafe
322 E Kirkwood Ave
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Both vegan- and omnivore-friendly, this charming, funky shop offers delicious salads, soups, veggie burgers, quesadillas, and baked goods.
Home of the Bloomington Brewing Co., Lennie’s offers its own award-winning ales and American staples, including gourmet pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, and daily dinner and soup specials.
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Lennie's and the Bloomington Brewing Co. Brewpub
514 E Kirkwood Ave
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Home of the Bloomington Brewing Co., Lennie’s offers its own award-winning ales and American staples, including gourmet pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, and daily dinner and soup specials.
This hip restaurant is furnished with vintage enameled tables, a small bar, and plenty of charming owl-centric art. Serves affordable vegetarian and vegan fare.
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The Owlery Restaurant
118 W 6th St
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This hip restaurant is furnished with vintage enameled tables, a small bar, and plenty of charming owl-centric art. Serves affordable vegetarian and vegan fare.
Offers up Korean and Japanese specialties, with peppery beef bulgogi and colorful bibimbap served alongside sushi and sashimi, soba and udon noodles.
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Restaurant Ami
1500 E 3rd St
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Offers up Korean and Japanese specialties, with peppery beef bulgogi and colorful bibimbap served alongside sushi and sashimi, soba and udon noodles.
A beloved Bloomington landmark, the Runcible Spoon began as a bohemian coffee house in 1976. While it has kept its funky atmosphere, the restaurant now features breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Runcible Spoon
412 E 6th St
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A beloved Bloomington landmark, the Runcible Spoon began as a bohemian coffee house in 1976. While it has kept its funky atmosphere, the restaurant now features breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Serving up the best latte in town, Soma works magic with coffee beans and an espresso machine.
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Soma Coffee house And Juice Bar
1400 E 3rd St
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Serving up the best latte in town, Soma works magic with coffee beans and an espresso machine.
The eastside location of the best coffee shop in town is a minute's walk from your doorstep.
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Soma Coffee house And Juice Bar
1400 E 3rd St
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The eastside location of the best coffee shop in town is a minute's walk from your doorstep.
There’s karaoke on weekends at Sushi Bar, which offers regular $1 sushi specials. Their full price menu features some of the best sushi in town.
Sushi Bar Bloomington
2522 E 10th St
There’s karaoke on weekends at Sushi Bar, which offers regular $1 sushi specials. Their full price menu features some of the best sushi in town.
This airy, casual restaurant specializes in northern- and southern-Indian cuisine. The tikkas, vindaloos, and kormas are all good and cooked to your desired level of spiciness.
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Taste of India
316 E 4th St
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This airy, casual restaurant specializes in northern- and southern-Indian cuisine. The tikkas, vindaloos, and kormas are all good and cooked to your desired level of spiciness.
Choose a seat on the floor in the pillow-strewn sitting area or at one of the booths. Delicious kebabs on skewers or in a vegetable-rich stew come with a delicious red lentil soup and salad trio.
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Turkuaz Cafe
301 E 3rd St
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Choose a seat on the floor in the pillow-strewn sitting area or at one of the booths. Delicious kebabs on skewers or in a vegetable-rich stew come with a delicious red lentil soup and salad trio.

Everything Else

Local member-owned cooperative grocery store and deli.
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Bloomingfoods Market & Deli Elm Heights
614 E 2nd St
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Local member-owned cooperative grocery store and deli.
Locally owned and operated grocery store featuring fresh, organic food.
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Sahara Mart
106 E 2nd St
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Locally owned and operated grocery store featuring fresh, organic food.
Sweet breads from across the globe are the specialty at this bakery. Try the brioche, a French bread served plain, topped with berries, or filled with chocolate.
Sweet Claire LLC
4840 W Carmichael Ln
Sweet breads from across the globe are the specialty at this bakery. Try the brioche, a French bread served plain, topped with berries, or filled with chocolate.
Quaint, family-oriented restaurant that serves up French classics — rabbit dishes, cream sauces, crème brûlée, and chocolate mousse.
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Le Petit Cafe
308 W 6th St
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Quaint, family-oriented restaurant that serves up French classics — rabbit dishes, cream sauces, crème brûlée, and chocolate mousse.
Beautiful chocolates and cakes are handcrafted with local ingredients. May be the only place in Bloomington to buy macarons.
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Blu Boy Chocolate Cafe & Cakery
112 E Kirkwood Ave
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Beautiful chocolates and cakes are handcrafted with local ingredients. May be the only place in Bloomington to buy macarons.
Offers an array of innovative and tasty pizzas, calzones, entrées, and a generous house salad with homemade dressings in a family-friendly atmosphere.
Bucceto's
115 E State Rd 46 Bypass
Offers an array of innovative and tasty pizzas, calzones, entrées, and a generous house salad with homemade dressings in a family-friendly atmosphere.
Bloomington's only full-service butcher shop and seafood market.
The Butcher's Block
Indiana 46
Bloomington's only full-service butcher shop and seafood market.
The New Orleans-style cafe is known for Cajun-inspired fare, fresh steaks, seafood, & extravagant breakfast & brunch items. Bar serves craft beer, fine wine, artisan spirits, & classic cocktails.
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Uptown Cafe
102 E Kirkwood Ave
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The New Orleans-style cafe is known for Cajun-inspired fare, fresh steaks, seafood, & extravagant breakfast & brunch items. Bar serves craft beer, fine wine, artisan spirits, & classic cocktails.
One of the best-kept secrets in town, this greasy spoon has been serving diner-style breakfast fare in an unmarked building for the past 30 years. Try the French toast, hash browns, or sausage.
Wee Willie's Inc
1724 S Walnut St
One of the best-kept secrets in town, this greasy spoon has been serving diner-style breakfast fare in an unmarked building for the past 30 years. Try the French toast, hash browns, or sausage.
Local video store with a fantastic selection.
Plan Nine Film Emporium
120 E 6th St
Local video store with a fantastic selection.

Drinks & Nightlife

This charming cocktail and small-plates establishment in an old train depot just north of Bloomington’s downtown is a throwback to the spirit of pre-Prohibition days.
The Rail
825 N Walnut St
This charming cocktail and small-plates establishment in an old train depot just north of Bloomington’s downtown is a throwback to the spirit of pre-Prohibition days.
Gorgeous 1860s bar with good food. Specialties include oysters, lamb, corned beef and cabbage, and Irish stews.
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The Irish Lion Restaurant & Pub
212 W Kirkwood Ave
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Gorgeous 1860s bar with good food. Specialties include oysters, lamb, corned beef and cabbage, and Irish stews.

Shopping

A Bloomington landmark since 1933, the Mousse sells the best shakes, blizz's, coolers, sodas, freezes, and floats in town.
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The Chocolate Moose
405 S Walnut St
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A Bloomington landmark since 1933, the Mousse sells the best shakes, blizz's, coolers, sodas, freezes, and floats in town.