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Off-Campus Dining:

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Best Pizza

  • PK's

Best Breakfast

  • Gillie's
  • Joe's Diner

Best Chinese

  • Chinese Kitchen

Best Healthy

  • Gillie's

Best Wings

  • Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
  • Sharkey's

Best Place to Take Your Parents

  • Macado's
  • Zeppoli's

College Prowler Take

While on-campus dining has lots to offer, students like to go off campus from time to time to experience a little variety. Blacksburg is a small town, but it has a good number of different restaurants to choose from. Indian, seafood, vegetarian, vegan, burgers, and pizza are all within walking distance of the campus. There are a dozen or so fast food places, but most of the restaurants in town are locally owned and priced to fit within a college student’s budget. Cabo, Moe’s, and El Rodeo’s are all great choices for some delicious Mexican food. Gillie’s is a popular vegetarian, vegan, and seafood restaurant known for its breakfasts on the weekends. Poor Billy’s also offers seafood, and Big Al’s Grille & Sports Bar sits above it, in case you’d like to follow dinner with a beer.

Being a campus town, there are all kinds of pizza options. Chain pizza places like Dominos, Papa John’s, and Pizza Hut are around, but students tend to gravitate more to the local pizza places—Backstreets Pizza, PK’s, and Anthony’s. Cheap but filling food can be found at Macado’s or Joe’s Diner. Joe’s is great for late-night eating, since it is open 24/7. Take a date or your family to Zeppoli’s, and enjoy some Italian food, or celebrate a good test grade with jumbo margaritas at El Rodeo’s. Other food favorites include Boudreaux’s, Mike’s, Sharkey’s, Five Guys, and the Homeplace.

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Anonymous says:

I’m a Macado’s fan, also Joe’s and...

I’m a Macado’s fan, also Joe’s and Boudreaux’s.

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Anonymous says:

I love to eat off campus. I would...

I love to eat off campus. I would recommend Anthony’s for awesome pizza and Italian dishes, PK’s for the pizza, the Cellar for a great variety of beer and some excellent Italian food, and Rivermill for some yummy vegetarian goodness.

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Anonymous says:

There is a wide variety of...

There is a wide variety of restaurants off campus, though they don’t always have stellar food. Typical college fare, for the most part. The Cellar is good for pizza, and the Homeplace has wonderful home cooking.

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Anonymous says:

Blacksburg has pretty much...

Blacksburg has pretty much whatever you want to eat, and if it doesn’t, Christiansburg does. Most of the restaurants downtown are really good. Sharkey’s and More Than Coffee are my favorites. Most of the fast food restaurants are right off the edge of campus. If you go a little ways from campus, there is a Five Guys, which rocks. Macado’s is great for deli sandwiches.

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Anonymous says:

Restaurants in Blacksburg are...

Restaurants in Blacksburg are everywhere. If you don’t like the on-campus food, try eating out, because it’s great and mostly inexpensive. I would suggest Macado’s, Hokie House, and the Homeplace.

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Facts

Student Favorites

  • Boudreaux's Louisiana Kitchen
  • Cabo Fish Taco
  • El Rodeo
  • Gillie's
  • Macado's
  • Mike's Grill
  • PK's

Other Places to Check Out

  • Applebee's
  • Big Al's Grille & Sports Bar
  • Champ's Sports Bar
  • Domino's
  • Emilio's
  • Hokie House
  • More Than Coffee
  • Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Papa John's
  • Pizza Hut

24-Hour Dining

  • Joe's Diner (Thursday–Saturday)

Grocery Stores

Annie Kay's Whole Foods
1531 S. Main St.
(540) 552-6870

Food Lion
801 Hethwood Blvd.
(540) 951-1016
www.foodlion.com

Food Lion
1413 N Main St.
(540) 552-1445

Kroger
1322 S Main St.
(540) 953-7004

Kroger
903 University City Blvd.
(540) 951-3045

Oasis World Market
1411 S Main St.
(540) 953-3950

Restaurant Listing

Anthony's Pizza
Pizza
1407 N. Main St.
(540) 552-3800
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.–9 p.m.

Backstreets Restaurant
Pizza, Italian
207 S. Main St.
(540) 953-0053
Price: $5–$15
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–11 p.m., Friday–Saturday 11 a.m.–12 a.m.

Boudreaux's Louisiana Kitchen
Cajun
205 N. Main St.
(540) 961-2330
Price: $10–$15
Rooftop seating area
Hours: Monday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m., Friday 11:30 a.m.–1 a.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–1 a.m., Sunday 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
www.boudreauxs.com

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
Wings, burgers, sandwiches
211 Prices Fork Rd.
(540) 552-9464
www.buffalowildwings.com
Price: $8–$15
Hours: Sunday–Monday 11 a.m.–1 a.m., Tuesday 11 a.m.–2 a.m., Wednesday 11 a.m.–1 a.m., Thursday–Saturday 11 a.m.–2 a.m.

Cabo Fish Taco Baja Seagrill
Mexican, seafood
117 S. Main St.
(540) 552-0950
www.cabofishtaco.com
Price: $8–$15
Hours: Daily 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m.

Chinese Kitchen
Chinese
1409 N. Main St.
(540) 552-7110
Price: $5–$15
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–10 p.m.

El Guadalupe's
Mexican
1410 S. Main St.
(540) 953-0706
Price: $10–$15
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Friday–Saturday 11 a.m.–11 p.m.

El Rodeo
Mexican
623 N. Main St.
(540) 552-7807
Price: $8–$15
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–10 p.m.

Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Burgers
880 University City Blvd.
(540) 951-4899
www.fiveguys.com
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Sunday–Wednesday 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Thursday–Saturday 10 a.m.–4 a.m.

Gillie's
Vegetarian, vegan, seafood
153 College Ave.
(540) 961-2703
Price: $10–$15
Hours: Monday–Friday 7 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–2 p.m., 5 p.m.–9 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
www.blacksburg.net/gbhome

Homeplace Restaurant
Home-cookin', chicken, BBQ, veggies, biscuits
4968 Catawba Valley Dr.
(540) 384-7252
Price: $10–$15
Hours: Thursday–Friday 4 p.m.–8 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m.–8 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

India Garden Restaurant
Indian
210 Prices Fork Rd.
(540) 951-5100
Price: $5–$15
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–10 p.m.
www.indiagardenonline.com

Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches
Sandwiches
217 College Ave.
(540) 951-2100
www.jimmyjohns.com
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–3 a.m.

Joe's Diner
Breakfast, burgers, hotdogs, sandwiches
221 N. Main St.
(540) 961-4194
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Sunday–Wednesday 7 a.m.–11 p.m., Thursday–Saturday 24 hours

Macado's
Sandwiches, quesadillas, salads, soups
922 University City Blvd.
(540) 953-2700
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Friday–Saturday 10 a.m.–1:30 a.m.
www.macados.net

Mike's Grill
Burgers
418 N. Main St.
(540) 951-7391
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–10 p.m.

Moe's Southwest Grill
Mexican
239 N. Main St.
(540) 552-6220
www.moes.com
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–11 p.m., Friday–Saturday 11 a.m.–1 a.m.

More Than Coffee
Wraps, salads
235 N. Main St
(540) 552-9222
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Panera Bread
Sandwiches
715 University City Blvd.
(540) 951-8650
www.panerabread.com
Price: $5–$10

PK's Bar & Grill
Pizza, wings
432 N. Main St.
(540) 552-3278
Price: $10–$15
Hours: Daily 1 p.m.–1:45 a.m.

Poor Billy's Seafood Restaurant
Seafood
201 N. Main St.
(540) 951-2200
Price: $8–$15
Hours: Daily 5 p.m.–10 p.m.
www.bigalssportsbar.com/Billy.html

River Mill Map Company
Burgers, nachos, sandwiches
212 Draper Rd. SE
(540) 951-2483
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Daily 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m.

Sharkey's
Burgers
220 N. Main St.
(540) 552-2030
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–2 a.m.
www.sharkeyswingandribjoint.com

The Cellar
Italian
302 N. Main St.
(540) 953-0651
Price: $5–$10
Hours: Daily 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m.
www.the-cellar.com

Vincent's Ristorante
Italian
1200 S. Main St.
(540) 552-9000
Price: $10–$15
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 4:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.–10 p.m.

Zeppoli's
Italian, large wine selection
810 University City Blvd., Suite 22
(540) 953-2000
Price: $10–$15
Wine shop attached to the restaurant
Hours: Sunday–Friday 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m.–10 p.m.
www.zeppolis.com

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During the annual International Street Festival, students and community members prepare delicious dishes from many different cultures.

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