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Student Favorites
  • The Airliner
  • Panchero's Mexican Grill
  • Quinton's Bar & Deli
24-Hour Dining Perkins Restaurant
Best Asian China Wok
Best Breakfast The Hamburg Inn
Best Healthy Bread Garden Market
Best Pizza Mesa Pizza by the Slice
Best Wings Vine Tavern and Eatery
Best Place to Take Your Parents One Twenty Six
Other Places to Check Out
  • 808 Restaurant and Nightclub
  • Baldy's Wraps
  • Brothers Bar & Grill
  • Bruegger's Bagels
  • The Saloon
  • The Wedge
  • Whitey's Ice Cream

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Iowa City and Coralville offer a huge selection of restaurants for students to choose from—with so many options, it’s hard to get bored of eating out. Most places around town will deliver to campus; if not, it’s only a short walk to satisfy most cravings you may have. Each eatery has competitive prices and tasty food to encourage students to keep coming back. The Brown Bottle and One Twenty Six are the best places to take your parents if they are paying or if you feel like splurging on them. Gumby’s, the Pizza Pit, and the Wedge are the top pizza places on campus, but there are about a dozen other options, as well. All of the pizza places deliver to the dorms for free.

Many of the restaurants around Iowa City are locally owned rather than being corporate chains, which is nice for many of the students who hail from larger towns. One thing that some students actually miss, however, is a true fast-food option. It can be very hard to grab a quick meal somewhere if you only have a few minutes. The restaurants in downtown Iowa City offer better taste and are more fun to spend time in than any fast food place. The only thing to be careful of is draining your bank account at all of these places—it’s very easy to want to eat out too much around UI. Overall, in the three-block radius that is downtown Iowa City, students can travel all over the world and eat the nation’s finest foods—with a little imagination, of course.

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Off-Campus Dining at University of Iowa

kferree

'14

Ethics

4.6
A

Quick and Convienent

There are plenty of fast food, sit down, and other restaurants near campus. You will never get bored of the same food.

Feb 07, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at University of Iowa

profrbrad

'12

Biology

4.6
A

Food-Crawl

Plenty of great restaurants in the area, and most of it is really affordable! Go to Short's for the burgers (get the #4 the Dundee. I know a fried egg on a burger seems weird but once you have one you'll be converted), Donnelly's for gigantic half-price wings on the weekend (Guinness BBQ sauce is the best), and Saloon if you're in the mood for mexican. Falbo's has some of the greatest pizza, and Paliai's is amazing too! Get the pokey sticks at least once. Givanni's is super classy, but a little more pricey so take someone special there!

Jan 31, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at University of Iowa

pwallace

'12

Economics

4.6
A

Downtown Iowa City Easily Accessible

Lots of food choices near campus and at all different cost levels and of all varieties.

Jan 25, 2012

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Grocery StoresWhat's This?

Hy-Vee Food Stores
1201 N. Dodge St., Iowa City
(319) 354-9223

Wal-Mart
2801 Commerce Dr., Coralville
(319) 545-6417

Restaurant ListingsWhat's This?

The Airliner
Food: American
22 S. Clinton St., Iowa City
(319) 351-9259
theairlinerbar.com
Price: Less than $15
Cool Features: Tom Brokaw has a plaque above the table he always went to instead of going to class.

Atlas World Grill
Food: American, Mexican
127 Iowa Ave.
(319) 341-7700
atlasworldgrill.com
Price: Less than $15
Cool Features: Has every kind of burrito you could think of, only classier.

Bo James
Food: American
118 E. Washington St.
(319) 337-4703
Price: Less than $12
Cool Features: The $4.99 burger basket is Bo James' specialty.

Bread Garden Market
Food: Healthy
225 S. Linn St.
(319) 354-4246
www.breadgardenmarket.com
Price: $5–$10

Brown Bottle
Food: American, Italian
115 E. Washington St.
(319) 351-6704
iowacitybrownbottle.com
Price: $8–$20
Cool Features: A great place to take your parents or a date.

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
Food: American
201 S. Clinton St. (Old Capitol Mall)
(319) 887-9494
www.buffalowildwings.com
Price: $5–$10
Cool Features: Lots of big-screen TVs playing every sports channel.

China Wok
Food: Chinese
2302 Muscatine Ave.
(319) 351-6466
Price: Less than $12
Cool Features: Delivery is offered.

Chipotle
Food: Mexican
201 S. Clinton St. (Old Capital Mall)
(319) 338-1194
chipotle.com
Price: Less than $8

Devotay
Food: Tapas
117 N. Linn St.
(319) 354.1001
devotay.net
Price: Less than $15
Cool Features: All the pottery around the restaurant is for sale.

Falbo Bros. Pizza
Food: Pizza
457 S. Gilbert St.
(319) 337-9090
falbobros.com
Price: Less than $13
Cool Features: With every $15 purchase at Liquor Downtown, you can bring in your receipt for a free slice of pizza.

Formosa
Food: Asian, sushi
221 E. College St.
(319) 338-8880
formosadowntown.com
Price: Less than $20
Cool Features: Best sushi in Iowa City, plus great happy hour and lunch specials.

Gumby's Pizza
Food: Pizza
702 S. Gilbert St.
(319) 354-8629
www.gumbyspizza.com
Price: Less than $15
Cool Features: Delivers late; the Pokey Stix are a must have.

Hamburg Inn #2
Food: American
214 N. Linn St.
(319) 337-5512
hamburginn.com
Price: Less than $15
Cool Features: Voted one of the best restaurants in Iowa City; serves breakfast all day.

Joseph's Steakhouse
Food: American, steak
212 S. Clinton St.
(319) 358-0776
josephssteak.com
Price: Less than $40
Cool Features: Amazing steaks.

Mesa Pizza by the Slice
Food: Pizza
114 E. Washington St.
(319) 351-6372
www.mesapizzaia.com
Price: $5–$15

One Twenty Six
Food: Fine dining
126 E. Washington St.
(319) 887-1909
onetwentysix.net
Price: Less than $35
Cool Features: Different lunch and dinner menus.

Panchero's Mexican Grill
Food: Mexican
32 S. Clinton St.
(319) 338-6311
www.pancheros.com
Price: Less than $10
Cool Features: Open past when the bars close for late-night munchies.

Perkins Restaurant
Food: American
819 1st Ave., Coralville
(319) 351-1260
Price: $7–$15

The Pita Pit
Food: Pitas
113 Iowa Ave.
(319) 351-7482
www.pitapitusa.com
Price: Less than $10
Cool Features: Delivery; opens after bars close.

Quinton's Bar & Deli
Food: Burgers, sandwiches, soup
215 E. Washington Ave.
(319) 354-7074
Price: Less than $13
Cool Features: One of the best places to get a martini.

Sky Box
Food: American
124-1/2 E. Washington Ave.
(319) 351-5511
Price: Less than $10
Cool Features: Right above One Twenty Six.

The Summit
Food: American
16 S. Clinton St.
(319) 354-7470
www.thesummitrestaurantandbar.com
Price: Less than $20

Vine Tavern and Eatery
Food: Burgers, wings
529 S. Gilbert St.
(319) 354-8767
vinetavern.com
Price: Less than $10
Cool Features: Walking distance from campus; best wings in Iowa City.

Z’Mariks Noodle Café
Food: Noodle and rice bowls
19 S. Dubuque St.
(319) 338-5500
zmariks.com
Price: Less than $8
Cool Features: Like Noodles&Co, but a lot better.

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