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Texas Tech University - Off-Campus Dining - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.46

Off-Campus Dining

B
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Student Favorites
  • Angela’s Café
  • Caprock Café
  • Freebirds World Burrito
  • J&M Bar-B-Q
  • Josie’s Authentic Mexican Food
  • Market Street (yes, the grocery store)
  • Pei Wei
  • Ranch House Restaurant
  • Thai Pepper
24-Hour Dining Josie’s Authentic Mexican Food
Best Asian Thai Pepper
Best Breakfast George’s Restaurant
Best Healthy
  • Bless Your Heart
  • Market Street
Best Pizza Orlando’s
Best Wings Wingstop
Best Place to Take Your Parents
  • 50 Yard Line Steakhouse
  • Café J
  • Stella’s
Other Places to Check Out
  • Burger Boy
  • Burrito Tower
  • Cheddars Restaurant
  • Choo Chai Thai Cuisine
  • Double Nickel Steak House
  • Gas Light
  • Harrigan’s
  • House
  • Jason’s Deli
  • Jumbo Joe’s
  • Las Brisas Steak House
  • Lone Star Oyster Bar
  • Melt
  • One Guy From Italy Pizza
  • Texas Land & Cattle Steak
  • Triple J Chophouse

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Nineteenth Street, just east of University Avenue, is fast food alley, and it is located conveniently on the way home from all the bars and clubs in the Depot District. When you look beyond the dozens of McDonald’s and Whataburgers and Chili’s and IHOPs, you’ll see that Lubbock has plenty of small-town treasures that you will eventually grow to miss.

Lubbock is in the beef business, and restaurants such as Caprock and Tom & Bingo’s keep visitors satisfied. Breakfast is the best meal of the day in Lubbock, and you are guaranteed to have a great one at mom-and-pop places like George’s Restaurant and Ranch House Restaurant. Italian food holds its own with the help of chains such as Carino’s and the local favorite, Stella’s. Lubbock is not the best place to turn for your next great Tex-Mex meal, though. Places like Abuelo’s, On the Border, and Casa Olé are tasty, but they can be found all over Texas. Chimy’s is the best local Mexican restaurant, but it is a bar, and its strong margaritas and midnight closing time always keep it crowded. When it comes to Asian cuisine, Thai Pepper could rival the Thai food in any big city. As for fine dining, Lubbock restaurants make valiant efforts, but something is always a little off. Great presentation is usually paired with poor flavor, or great food comes with terrible service. Lubbock dining won’t ever break the bank, but it also has the power to make you grow to love cooking.

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Off-Campus Dining at Texas Tech University

tjspott

'08

Business Administration and Management

3.5
B

Local Campus Bar Scene

There are a good amount of college style bars with good specials. There are 4 or 5 with in walking distance from campus. Best ones to check out are Chimy's and Crickets.

Feb 08, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at Texas Tech University

jgloria

'15

Computer Science

4.6
A

Really Great!

There's a vast variety of dining places near campus. Most are right across and can be reached by just a short walk. They're all in one main street, but as stated earlier, there are so many option. Most also provide student discounts, which is great news for a college student.

Feb 04, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at Texas Tech University

mkeatts

'14

Business Management

4.6
A

Variety

There is a good variety for your dine out options. Check out Fuzzy's Tacos on Thursday nights.

Jan 19, 2012

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Student Survey Poll ResultsWhat's This?

Rate the off-campus restaurants on the following topics

How would you rate the diversity of off-campus dining options?

Grocery StoresWhat's This?

Market Street
3405 50th St.
(806) 791-1904

United Super Market
401 Slide Rd.
(806) 796-1895

Wal-Mart SuperCenter
702 W. Loop 289
(806) 793-2190

Restaurant ListingsWhat's This?

50 Yard Line Steakhouse
Food: Steakhouse
2549 S. Loop 289
806) 745-3991
www.50-yardline.com
Price: $15–$20
Cool Features: All menu items are named after football terms

Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurant
Food: Mexican
4401 82nd St.
(806) 794-1762
www.abuelos.com
Price: $7–$15
Cool Features: Outdoor patio that hosts live music.

Angela’s Café
Food: Soup, sandwiches
2705 26th St., Suite A
(806) 793-6910
Price: $6–$10
Cool Features: eatures: The King Ranch Casserole is one of many specialty dishes rotated daily.

Bless Your Heart
Food: Health food
3701 19th St.
(806) 791-2211
Price: $6-$10

Café J
Food: Seafood, steak
2605 19th St.
(806) 743-5400
Price: $10–$15
Cool Features: Most people come to Café J for their feature martinis in the lounge.

Caprock Café
Food: American
3405 34th St.
(806) 784-0300
www.caprockcafe.com
Price: $10–$15
Cool Features: Peanut shells on the floor, a big-screen TV, and tons of Red Raider tributes on the walls. Great drink specials, too, especially on schooners.

Carino’s Italian Grill
Food: Italian
6821 Slide Rd.
(806) 798-0944
www.carinos.com
Price: $10–$15

Casa Olé
Food: Mexican
5705 Fourth St.
(806) 785-1680
www.casaole.com
Price: $6–$12
Cool Features: Great happy hour specials on margaritas

Chimy’s
Food: Mexican
2417 Broadway St.
(806) 763-7369
www.chimys.com
Price: $5–$10
Cool Features: Margaritas! This is a great game day restaurant and a popular bar at night

Freebirds World Burrito
Food: Mexican
4930 S. Loop 289
(806) 791-0101
www.freebirds.com
Price: $5–$13
Cool Features: Lubbock is one of seven cities in Texas that is home to a Freebirds World Burrito. Freebirds’ mission statement is “to be the best damn burrito experience in the world.”

Gardski’s Loft
Food: American
2009 Broadway St.
(806) 744-2391
www.gardskisloft.com
Price: $8–$10
Cool Features: Gardski’s is the oldest restaurant in Lubbock.

George’s Restaurant
Food: Home-style cooking
5407 Fourth St., #I
(806) 795-6000
Price: $5–$7
Cool Features: A daily special that serves a lot of food for a low price.

Home-style cooking
Food: Home-style cooking
520 Buddy Holly Ave.
(806) 762-3472
Price: $5–$10
Cool Features: This restaurant opened 1972, and its atmosphere hasn’t changed since. It is only open for breakfast and lunch, and although you can order items a la carte, you can’t beat its $6 plate lunch which includes a meat, veggie, salad, bread, drink, and dessert.

J&M Bar-B-Q
Food: Barbecue
3605 34th St.
(806) 796-1164
www.jandmbar-b-q.com

On the Border Mexican Grill
Food: Mexican
6709 Slide Rd.
(806) 798-7787
www.ontheborder.com
Price: $7-$15

Orlando’s Italian Restaurant
Food: Pizza, Italian
6951 Indiana Ave.
(806) 747-5998
www.orlandos.com
Price: $10–$15
Cool Features: This is a locally owned chain restaurant. Try the Grandma’s Pizza. This place also has great special prices on schooners of beer.

Pancake House
Food: Breakfast
510 Avenue Q
(806) 765-8506
Price: $5–$10
Cool Features: A breakfast favorite for Bobby Knight.

Pei Wei Asian Diner
Food: Asian
4210 82nd St.
(806) 792-4896
www.peiwei.com
Price: $10–$12
Cool Features: This is one of Lubbock’s newest restaurants, a smaller version of the big-city favorite PF Chang’s.

Texas Café & Bar (aka “The Spoon”)
Food: American, barbecue
3604 50th St.
(806) 792-8544
www.texascafeandbar.net
Price: $6–$10
Cool Features: Great live music four nights a week. It’s a popular nightlife spot as well.

Thai Pepper
Food: Thai
3702 20th St., Suite A
(806) 795-7444
Best Thai food anywhere! Get the Kool Special or the Pad Thai.
Price: Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–9 p.m.
Cool Features: $6–$10

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