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Virginia Tech - Off-Campus Dining - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.46

Off-Campus Dining

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Quick Stats

Student Favorites
  • Boudreaux's Louisiana Kitchen
  • Cabo Fish Taco
  • El Rodeo
  • Gillie's
  • Macado's
  • Mike's Grill
  • PK's
24-Hour Dining Joe's Diner (Thursday–Saturday)
Best Asian Chinese Kitchen
Best Breakfast
  • Gillie's
  • Joe's Diner
Best Healthy Gillie's
Best Pizza PK's
Best Wings
  • Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
  • Sharkey's
Best Place to Take Your Parents
  • Macado's
  • Zeppoli'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

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

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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Off-Campus Dining at Virginia Tech

cm2swt

'15

Biological Sciences

4.6
A

Go to Downtown Blacksburg

There are lots of restaurants and there is a good variety of the different types.

Feb 02, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at Virginia Tech

aszeryudiko

'15

Biology and Biological Sciences

4.2
A-

Off-Campus Dining at VT

For Blacksburg being such a small town, the restaurants available are pretty good. Keep in mind that the food on campus is very god and that if you do go off campus, it'll probably just be for variety, not to satisfy your need for real food everyday. Personally, my favorite off campus dining is at Zorba's, a nice little Greek restaurant with amazing gyros! Try one!

Jan 16, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at Virginia Tech

earmentrout

'15

Systems Engineering

4.2
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Off-Campus Dining Options

There are lots of options off campus, within the small town of Blacksburg and even more if you venture out to Christiansburg. But heck, with the caliber of on campus dining we have availiable, eating off campus isn't a popular option!

Jan 04, 2012

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

The farmer’s market sets up twice a week in downtown to sell fresh fruits and veggies.

Grocery StoresWhat's This?

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 ListingsWhat's This?

Anthony's Pizza
Food: Pizza
1407 N. Main St.
(540) 552-3800
Price: $5–$10

Backstreets Restaurant
Food: Pizza, Italian
207 S. Main St.
(540) 953-0053
Price: $5–$15

Boudreaux's Louisiana Kitchen
Food: Cajun
205 N. Main St.
(540) 961-2330
www.boudreauxs.com
Price: $10–$15
Cool Features: Rooftop seating area

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
Food: Wings, burgers, sandwiches
211 Prices Fork Rd.
(540) 552-9464
www.buffalowildwings.com
Price: $8–$15

Cabo Fish Taco Baja Seagrill
Food: Mexican, seafood
117 S. Main St.
(540) 552-0950
www.cabofishtaco.com
Price: $8–$15

The Cellar
Food: Italian
302 N. Main St.
(540) 953-0651
www.the-cellar.com
Price: $5–$10

Chinese Kitchen
Food: Chinese
1409 N. Main St.
(540) 552-7110
Price: $5–$15

El Guadalupe's
Food: Mexican
1410 S. Main St.
(540) 953-0706
Price: $10–$15

El Rodeo
Food: Mexican
623 N. Main St.
(540) 552-7807
Price: $8–$15

Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Food: Burgers
880 University City Blvd.
(540) 951-4899
www.fiveguys.com
Price: $5–$10

Gillie's
Food: Vegetarian, vegan, seafood
153 College Ave.
(540) 961-2703
www.blacksburg.net/gbhome
Price: $10–$15

Homeplace Restaurant
Food: Home-cookin', chicken, BBQ, veggies, biscuits
4968 Catawba Valley Dr.
(540) 384-7252
Price: $10–$15

India Garden Restaurant
Food: Indian
210 Prices Fork Rd.
(540) 951-5100
www.indiagardenonline.com
Price: $5–$15

Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches
Food: Sandwiches
217 College Ave.
(540) 951-2100
www.jimmyjohns.com
Price: $5–$10

Joe's Diner
Food: Breakfast, burgers, hotdogs, sandwiches
221 N. Main St.
(540) 961-4194
Price: $5–$10

Macado's
Food: Sandwiches, quesadillas, salads, soups
922 University City Blvd.
(540) 953-2700
www.macados.net
Price: $5–$10

Mike's Grill
Food: Burgers
418 N. Main St.
(540) 951-7391
Price: $5–$10

Moe's Southwest Grill
Food: Mexican
239 N. Main St.
(540) 552-6220
www.moes.com
Price: $5–$10

More Than Coffee
Food: Wraps, salads
235 N. Main St
(540) 552-9222
Price: $5–$10

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

PK's Bar & Grill
Food: Pizza, wings
432 N. Main St.
(540) 552-3278
Price: $10–$15

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

River Mill Map Company
Food: Burgers, nachos, sandwiches
212 Draper Rd. SE
(540) 951-2483
Price: $5–$10

Sharkey's
Food: Burgers
220 N. Main St.
(540) 552-2030
www.sharkeyswingandribjoint.com
Price: $5–$10

Vincent's Ristorante
Food: Italian
1200 S. Main St.
(540) 552-9000
Price: $10–$15

Zeppoli's
Food: Italian, large wine selection
810 University City Blvd., Suite 22
(540) 953-2000
www.zeppolis.com
Price: $10–$15
Cool Features: Wine shop attached to the restaurant

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