Main Campus Local Eats

Whether you are in the Quad Cities for the first time on a Main campus visit, planning your move to the area, or looking for a new place to take your family to, one important thing to know is, “where is a good place to eat?”

From current students*, here are some of the favorites!

Pizza:

• Van’s Pizza, Pub & Grill
• Wise Guys Pizza – White Coast Pizza
• Tony’s Pizzeria
• Antonella’s Ristorante & Pizzeria
• Harris Pizza
• Happy Joe’s
• Franks Pizza
• Lopiez – Pizza of the months are always a must.

Mexican:

• Los Agaves Mexican Grill
• Baja Tacos and Shots
• Azteca
• La Finca
• El Patron
• Los Amigos
• La Herradura
• Coyas Café
• tacobar?

International:

• Oishii – All the sushi is delicious!
• Miss Phay Cafe (Thai) – Plus it’s right by campus!
• Eddys Snack Shack – Sushi burritos
• Indian Cafe (Indian)
• Zeke’s Island Cafe (Caribbean)
• Mantra Indian Cuisine & Spirits (Indian)
• Olive Tree Cafe (Mediterranean)
• Exotic Thai
• Lemon Grass
• Taste of Ethiopia
• Red Lantern
• Red Ginger Sushi Bar & Grill
• Food Lee

Breakfast:

• The Diner
• Toasted
• Cafe d’Marie
• QC Coffee and Pancake House
• Cafe d Marie- Monte Cristo
• Food Affair Bistro
• Jimmy’s Pancake House

Casual Restaurants (Eat or Drink):

• Sippi’s American Grill & Craft Beer
• Central Standard -Craft Burgers & Beer
• Foundry Food + Tap – everything in the menu is good
• The J Bar
• The Machine Shed Restaurant
• Filling Station
• Steel Plow
• Grilled Cheese Bar

Best Outdoor Seating Options:

• The Tangled Wood (Live music)
• Captain’s Table
• Barrel House- Shrimp tacos
• Sky Bar
• Me & Billy Kitchen and Bar – Steak Sandwich
• Armored Gardens

Open LATE

• Boozie’s
• The Office
• Cavort

Fancier:

• Trattoria Tiramisu – Pinwheel Lasagna
• Duck City Bistro
• Monarch Kitchen and Bar
• The Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar
• The Half Nelson

• 

  Granite City Food & Brewery – Slider Tower

Dessert

• Whitey’s Ice Cream
• Hurt’s Donuts (Great for late-night runs!)
• Cookies & Dreams – All are so good!
• Olde Towne Bakery
• Nothing Bundt Cakes
• Oh So Sweet by Tiphanie
• Here’s the Scoop
• Lagomarcino’s Confectionery

Coffee Shops:

• Atomic Coffee Bar
• Coffee Apothecary
• Iron + Grain Coffee House
• 392 Caffe
• Redband Coffee Co. – Chorizo Sandwich
• Aroma Coffee
• The Coffee Revolution
• The Brewed Book
• Milton Coffee
• Cool Beanz
• Aroma
• Coffee Envi
• Coffee Hound
• Coffee House

*This list was published in spring 2022. 

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