1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,900 You're listening to the back home network. 2 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:21,600 Presented by home field apparel. Not a folks. 3 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,100 Welcome back to Crimson Cascade and caviar joining me Here. 4 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:27,500 Solo. We have plenty of podcasts 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,800 either already on the network or coming up here. 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,300 As soon as it is, pretty weak, I you taking on Purdue this 7 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,300 Saturday and a lot to talk about. 8 00:00:37,300 --> 00:00:41,200 Obviously, if you didn't catch it earlier this week, we had the 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,800 women's basketball podcast with Amanda Foster little out of date 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,200 now is the Hoosiers. We're able to go up to Minnesota 11 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,900 last night and pretty much smoosh the Golden Gophers, but 12 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:53,700 catch up with Amanda and her thoughts on the team from 13 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:57,900 earlier on this week. We also had our first podcast in 14 00:00:57,908 --> 00:00:59,700 a while with her old friend. Chronic Hoosier. 15 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:04,700 And we released that on Thursday, as chronic. 16 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:08,200 And I talked about a range of things with this team, this 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,800 season, and just kind of where are you basketballs at? 18 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,300 Right now, we also preview the Purdue game a little bit, not on 19 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:18,700 our network, but on a friend's network, if you go check out 20 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:22,900 mind your banners, which is, of course, the Indie Stars, IU, 21 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,500 basketball, / football podcast, largely and primarily hosted by 22 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:29,800 Zach. Osterman, I go on there. 23 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:32,800 And I think that just got released a couple hours ago and 24 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,400 we talked specifically about this Purdue game and kind of 25 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,200 where it fits into the larger Narrative of things and I think 26 00:01:39,208 --> 00:01:41,200 a lot of good stuff to talk about Scott and I'll be back, 27 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,900 probably sometime Friday, we'll have our own preview podcast and 28 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:49,300 then of course, our friends across the back home network 29 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:52,900 with plenty of podcasting, be sure to check out assembly call. 30 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:56,300 I think I'm on assembly call actually after the game and 31 00:01:56,300 --> 00:02:00,500 it's, it's going to be, it's a long week of Testing, let's put 32 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:03,300 it that way, but it's worth it. The first ranked match up 33 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:06,800 between IU and Purdue and what feels like forever first time 34 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,600 produce come in? Ranked number one and it should 35 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,600 be quite an event quite an experience, all told so looking 36 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,600 forward to it and hopefully you're enjoying all of the 37 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,500 content. Hopefully, you're coming down to 38 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,700 Bloomington. That's why I'm doing this show 39 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:25,800 and wanted to give you all some updates on restaurants and other 40 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,500 places in town. I've gotten a few requests on 41 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:31,700 this, and I'm just going to To kind of go through and give you 42 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:34,700 some ideas about places to eat and drink that you may not be 43 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:37,400 aware of. If all you do is come in, go to 44 00:02:37,408 --> 00:02:40,600 the same places, you've always gone to go to the IU game and 45 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,500 then leave which is that's a lot of people. 46 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:45,600 And there's nothing inherently wrong with that, but there's so 47 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,600 much in Bloomington that I want you to try. 48 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,700 I live here, I get a chance to go out all the time and I wanted 49 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:53,300 to talk through all of those items. 50 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:55,400 So that's what this podcast is all about. 51 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,300 If you are an expert on everything in Bloomington, you 52 00:02:57,300 --> 00:03:00,800 can skip it. But if you Actually know, all 53 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,700 the places in town and are interested in more be sure to 54 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:06,300 stick around. 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I'm also not going to mention 78 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:18,200 places that I'm assuming, you know, if you've been to 79 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,899 Bloomington you know. So we're not going to talk about 80 00:04:21,899 --> 00:04:24,700 the Uptown Cafe. If you haven't been, I don't 81 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:27,200 know what's wrong with you. That should be probably your 82 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,800 first stop. When you come into town gets 83 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:33,100 Crowded quite a bit obviously no runcible spoon, talk no Village 84 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:35,200 Deli Talk. No, Irish lion talk, no crazy, 85 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,000 where's doc? You should be aware of all of 86 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,900 those places already. And if you're not, let me know 87 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,700 I'll go back and do you know, some, some remedial, you know, 88 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,000 some some ketchup class with you on that, I guess. 89 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,700 But some of the other places and some of these you may already 90 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:53,800 know but I'm going to kind of go in order of the places that I've 91 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,000 noticed that I think are worth trying to look at. 92 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,200 If you come in town, a Coming in for a game because, you know, 93 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,500 that is generally a pretty narrow band of time. 94 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,100 It was interesting. Last, it was last weekend or two 95 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:12,400 weekends ago when Ohio State came into town and the game was 96 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,100 at 8 p.m. and people were out and about all day at various 97 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:16,900 places. It was fun. 98 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:18,900 Kind of watching people go to places, they hadn't been too. 99 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,200 So a few places that I just wanted to mention that you 100 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:26,900 should try if you haven't yet, you know, maybe take one trip or 101 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:29,600 one time and don't go to the favorite places that you always 102 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,400 go. Try to Branch out a little bit. 103 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,400 So let's stick in the downtown area to start with and then I'll 104 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,700 kind of go from there in no particular order. 105 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:40,500 One is an old favorite, but it's got a new look, and if you 106 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:42,100 haven't been, you really need to go. 107 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,500 And that's upstairs the upstairs Pub, you all know it. 108 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:49,200 It's at the corner of done in Kirkwood, still in the Dunkirk 109 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,600 building, most of you probably have memories of upstairs as 110 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,800 this tiny kind of claustrophobic place that didn't have an 111 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,300 outside and the After phobic part is still there. 112 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:03,300 Although it's not as claustrophobic because they put 113 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:05,700 glass doors. On the front of it, they've 114 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:08,700 added a balcony patio, essentially, that overlooks 115 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:13,400 Kirkwood, it's awesome in the summer and, you know, it's still 116 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,900 awesome in the winter. It's just cold out there. 117 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:19,600 But what they've done with upstairs is really fascinating. 118 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,300 So those of you from particular van advantages, you know, the 119 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:27,700 Jungle Room was across the way up there, well, upstairs, 120 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:30,500 finally bought all of that the Kirkwood Or the killer Roy's. 121 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:32,800 People had it for a little while, but they've bought that 122 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,700 they taken over that whole intermediate patio area. 123 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:39,100 And that's actually a really, really cool place to watch 124 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:41,200 games. There's televisions out there, 125 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,400 there's a separate bar that's just out in that area, there's 126 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,900 heat lamps, which means it never really gets too cold. 127 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,600 There's like roof coverage in some of those areas, so it's 128 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,300 open air. But if it's raining, for 129 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,900 instance, you're not necessarily going to get wet and then they 130 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:00,300 take in The Jungle Room area and they As well. 131 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:03,700 And there's a separate bar in there and it's a closed-off area 132 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,600 that's got windows. So you can see out of it. 133 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:11,100 That place will get a bit crowded when it gets busy, but 134 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:14,700 there's a lot of room to move around and you know, the drink 135 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:17,700 specials are still very cheap and they still have all the old 136 00:07:17,700 --> 00:07:20,900 favorites like the AMF. But they've also got food now, 137 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:22,500 which is kind of crazy to think about. 138 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,700 Like nobody really thought about upstairs is a place that would 139 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:29,100 ever have a kitchen, but they actually serve some pretty good 140 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:31,800 bar food there. Are the wings are good. 141 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,200 The chicken nuggets are good. There's been a few other things 142 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,500 there that I've had that I've enjoyed. 143 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:41,800 And so it's a really good stop. If you want a snack and a drink 144 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,300 on the way to the game or a good place to go afterwards. 145 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:47,900 There are a lot of students there, but it's not like the kok 146 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:51,500 crowd and it's not really even like the Knicks crowd, it's kind 147 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:55,300 of the, it's the, it's the people's crowd to some degree. 148 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:59,000 It's kind of a mix of everybody in Bloomington, and if you're 149 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:01,800 above, College age. I don't think you're going to 150 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,200 feel completely out of place. If you go, you're going to find 151 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,900 a spot in there that you can fit in. 152 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:08,900 So that would be a place that I would recommend. 153 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:10,600 If you haven't checked it out, since they did all the 154 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,400 renovations and that's really only been about what nine months 155 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,800 maybe a year. It's worth checking out. 156 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:19,700 Moving on. Let's go down. 157 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,800 Kirkwood Avenue a little bit. Obviously, we're skipping, you 158 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,500 know, some of the the stalwarts that we already mentioned that 159 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:30,700 we weren't going to talk about but one place At you, if you pay 160 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:33,200 attention to the podcast or pain kitchen to Twitter, you know 161 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,700 that I talked about and really love is fat Dan's and 162 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:38,100 everybody's like where is fat dance? 163 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:42,000 Well it's it essentially it's at Lincoln and Kirkwood if you know 164 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,100 where The Graduate hotel is now it's directly across the street 165 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,800 on the North side. I think E sont. 166 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:53,600 I used to be in that building but when that closed to think 167 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,400 was either right before, or during the pandemic fat Dan's 168 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,200 moved in, we thought they were going to Close. 169 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,100 Because they literally opened like three months before the 170 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:06,500 pandemic but they've kept going and there's a reason why they're 171 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:08,500 still around. It's because it's a really, 172 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:12,400 really cool kind of almost quasi hidden. 173 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:16,400 Almost dive bars sort of place but with awesome food. 174 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:21,000 There isn't a nice open bar area in there and that's a great 175 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,900 place to sit and watch games. There's several tables inside. 176 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:27,500 There's tables outside. There's no TVs outside, but 177 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,600 there's plenty of tables inside with televisions. 178 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:36,000 And they have, I think right now the best bar style food in 179 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,700 Bloomington. Their hamburgers are awesome. 180 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,600 They do an awesome job with their dirty tots which is you 181 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,200 kind of have to just try it. They're hard to describe. 182 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:51,300 It's a mishmash of hot sauce and tater tots and cheese and pork 183 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:54,200 and then they got a bunch of other awesome things as well. 184 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:58,000 And they always have a really nice beer selection, it's not so 185 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,200 expansive that it's hard to keep track of It's also not so narrow 186 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:04,300 that you feel like you've got to pick from like three or four 187 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,100 things, and they do a nice job of rotating the Taps. 188 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:10,400 You might know, fat Dan's. I think for my the Chicago, or 189 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,100 from the north side of Indy, they've been down here for three 190 00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:14,200 years. I highly recommend it. 191 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,500 It's normally a place where you can get a seat. 192 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,700 Because people still don't seem to know about it. 193 00:10:18,700 --> 00:10:21,900 Because they, as, as I said at the beginning, they tend to skip 194 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:23,500 the places. They haven't already been to. 195 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,000 It also doesn't have great signage, but I swear, it's in 196 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,400 that building. Go in. 197 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,000 Check it out. I think you'll have an awesome 198 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,900 time with it. A couple other newer places that 199 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:35,700 I think are definitely worthy of mention. 200 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,900 We did a whole podcast about almost three years ago now about 201 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:43,900 like places in Bloomington that host restaurants that continue 202 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:47,400 to have trouble and there's one place that we dubbed the cursed 203 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:52,700 Corner which is the essentially, the southeast corner of 7th and 204 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:56,000 walnut. So like right across from blacks 205 00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:59,600 and right across from the the videos. 206 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:04,100 Moon, and obviously across from the right next to the bluebird, 207 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:06,200 essentially, but there's a restaurant in there that it's 208 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,200 been in there now for a couple of years, and it's really good, 209 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,200 and it's called La Luna Cantina. It's a Mexican place. 210 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:17,100 You know, I think, and I have some some pretty expert 211 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:18,600 opinions. Who agree with me right now? 212 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,500 It's probably the best quality Mexican food in town, great, 213 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:26,100 tequila selection, great mix of different types of food. 214 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,500 I'm not going to say it's like, you know, authentic in the 215 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:33,200 traditional sense, but It tastes really good and it do you know a 216 00:11:33,208 --> 00:11:35,700 lot of times with Mexican food, you'll have that situation where 217 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,100 you order the food and it comes out three minutes later and 218 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:40,700 you're like, I don't know about that. 219 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:44,300 This is not like that. This is, this is really high 220 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:46,100 quality, the ingredients are good. 221 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,200 They taste really good, really good. 222 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,800 Margarita selection as well. And nice bar area in addition to 223 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,700 regular seating. So that's definitely a spot. 224 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,300 I would highly recommend checking out as it's got a lot 225 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:03,200 of And I think really good options and it's a nice change 226 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,500 of pace. Sometimes, it's very crowded and 227 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:09,500 a lot of times it's crowded with students which I know for some 228 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:13,700 of you non-students can be a turn-off but there's also plenty 229 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,800 of seating in there where you're not going to deal with students 230 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,100 and it's not like a traditional bar, it's really just like a 231 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:21,200 restaurant. That happens to have a bar in it 232 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,000 and so it's a good to see something go in that spot and 233 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,200 make a go of it and actually do well with their business, but 234 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,100 it's also nice. Nice to see a place. 235 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:33,800 That's serving. A different type of food from 236 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,600 what you would normally expect in those circumstances. 237 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:40,400 Another one that I think a lot of people are familiar with now, 238 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,500 but maybe haven't been to is Big Woods in Bloomington. 239 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:48,200 You was quaff on in Bloomington and then it was and then it 240 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,700 turned into Big Woods. And that's the essentially kind 241 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:53,100 of The Branding that they went to Big Woods. 242 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:59,300 If you've been to the hard truth Hills, the the big kind of Lodge 243 00:12:59,300 --> 00:13:04,100 Style, Forested spot that Big Woods has out Nashville, 244 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:05,600 Indiana. First of all, if you haven't 245 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,900 been to that, you should go. That's a remarkable setting both 246 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:10,700 inside and outside for a restaurant. 247 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,900 This is very different. If you are of a certain vintage 248 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:19,100 and Bloomington lure, you remember Cafe, Django on Grant 249 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:23,500 Street, just north of Kirkwood. This is in that spot during 250 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:26,400 basketball season, your kind of restricted to a couple of 251 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,300 different areas where you can sit because it's normally not 252 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:32,100 warming up outside to sit. On in their beer garden but they 253 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:35,600 have a main building which isn't particularly big, it tends to 254 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,100 fill up very quickly and then you've got a smaller out 255 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:43,500 building, that's got a bar that's 21 and over only out 256 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:46,100 there. But and either spot, they have a 257 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:48,500 really good kitchen. I think their food is really 258 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:51,400 good and they have a great beer selection. 259 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,900 I really think Big Woods. Does an awesome job with the 260 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:57,400 beers that they brew. They obviously have their own 261 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,700 Distillery and they've been able to put a lot of good stuff. 262 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:03,400 Gather there that you can purchase, you can buy bottles of 263 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,900 it, and take it home with you. It's a reliable spot. 264 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:10,200 It's one of my favorite lunch spots in Bloomington that I like 265 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,800 to hit and it certainly works for a pregame meal or even a 266 00:14:14,808 --> 00:14:16,900 post-game drink. If the game ends early enough, a 267 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,000 lot of its just, can you get in there because it is relatively 268 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 small and when it's not warm outside, you just got limited 269 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,800 seating options. But I would recommend that and 270 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,200 again, that is just North of Kirkwood Avenue on Grant Street. 271 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,600 So it's right Around the corner from a favorite of mine. 272 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:37,000 And if you've never eaten a cafe Pizzeria, you should go to Cafe 273 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,300 Pizzeria. It is it's one that everybody 274 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:42,800 always walks by as students and forgets about. 275 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,000 But right there at the corner, Kirk wouldn't Grant? 276 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,300 One of the nice things about Cafe Pizzeria right now is that 277 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:51,400 it's finally got a beer license. And, for many years, you could 278 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,900 not get an alcoholic beverage at Cafe Pizzeria, which for many 279 00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:58,900 people, kind of decreased the attractiveness of that 280 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:02,300 restaurant, which is a shame Because I think the pizza, there 281 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:04,600 is awesome. It's very Indiana style pizza. 282 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,800 If you know that our knees or Pizza King style of pizza, the 283 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,400 very thin crust with the crumble sausage that's what you get a 284 00:15:12,408 --> 00:15:15,000 cafe Pizzeria with with its own independent twists. 285 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,600 It's got some little, you know, the little crust wing on it, on 286 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,400 around the outside, whereas like, you know, Arnie style, 287 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:27,900 pizza tends to be just flat but it's a reliably good eating 288 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,700 experience. I think they're strombolis. 289 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,800 Our awesome actually think the Strom at Cafe Pizzeria is better 290 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:38,600 than the Strom down the street. Which I know that kind of talk 291 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,600 can get you, like excommunicated in some circles, but try it. 292 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,300 Do the Pepsi challenge with it. Let me know what you think, but, 293 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:48,300 Cafe, Pizzeria, no televisions in there. 294 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:51,600 But in the era of YouTube TV, maybe not as big of a deal. 295 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,900 But definitely a place to check out normally seating available 296 00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:58,100 in there and those folks, definitely deserve your 297 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:01,100 business, some other place. In the downtown area that I 298 00:16:01,108 --> 00:16:04,600 think are worth mentioning. You know, there's two Italian 299 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,600 places downtown that are awesome. 300 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:12,000 That people need to go to more. One of them is actually owned by 301 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:16,600 the folks at Nick's it's called Austria Rago. 302 00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:19,600 It is in the alley behind Nick's. 303 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:22,400 So if you know where runcible spoon is and you know where 304 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,300 nixes, you know, there's an alley that goes between the two 305 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:28,500 and that is where Australia Rago is located. 306 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:31,600 It's if you again If you're from a certain vintage of time and 307 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,200 Bloomington that is where one of the blooming Foods used to be 308 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,300 before, I think that closed like 10, 12 years ago and that 309 00:16:38,300 --> 00:16:44,200 building set idle for a while and rags and Susan had purchased 310 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,800 it and Susan run. I believe Susan is running that 311 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,500 restaurant still and that's got some really awesome Italian 312 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:52,900 dishes across the board. It's got pizza. 313 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,900 It's got pasta. It's got salads. 314 00:16:55,900 --> 00:16:59,200 That are awesome. It's a really great lunch spot, 315 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,800 some of the, Just deli sandwiches in Bloomington. 316 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:07,900 Some really awesome awesome sandwiches across the board, and 317 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,099 it's worth checking out again. It's not a huge place. 318 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:15,000 It fills up a lot in the evenings, but for a game, a lot 319 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,300 of times people just skip over it because they don't think I'm 320 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:21,000 gonna go eat an Italian place before basketball game worth 321 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,099 trying out. Seriously, give it a shot. 322 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:25,400 I don't think I've ever had anything on the menu there. 323 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,200 That isn't really really good. And again, really easy to get to 324 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:31,900 and It's in a spot that's surrounded by a bunch of other 325 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:35,100 things. The other spot is DaVinci which 326 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:39,600 is at 3rd and Washington. So you know a little bit south 327 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,000 of where we've been talking about but still very easy to get 328 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,900 to and DaVinci has a tremendous amount. 329 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,500 Actually think their pizza. At this point, is probably 330 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:52,300 slightly superior to the pizza at Osteria, both of them are 331 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:55,100 really good. They're both kind of their 332 00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:59,400 individually sized pizzas, but there are decently sized you 333 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,300 deaf. Only, I think for most people, 334 00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:04,700 you wouldn't be able to finish a whole one in a sitting they have 335 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:06,400 great pasta. They have some excellent 336 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:11,900 desserts including a frozen lemon gelato where they actually 337 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:17,600 take the gelato, put it in a lemon peel with the cap and then 338 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,700 put it in the freezer. And you eat it out of the frozen 339 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,500 lemon peel. A lot of different pasta options 340 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:26,800 there as well. That place again, it's not huge. 341 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,900 And you know, some of the seating is outside and that It's 342 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:32,000 cut down obviously, in the winter time, but it's definitely 343 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,400 worth checking out as again, a place that I don't think I've 344 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:39,700 had a bad meal experience in any of the times that I've gone. 345 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:43,100 So, so check that spot out again, 3rd and Washington for 346 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:46,800 DaVinci and you know, if you're in the mood for Italian again, 347 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,900 not a place where you would go and watch televisions. 348 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:52,000 But certainly a place to catch a meal either before or after a 349 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,300 game. If you can get in a couple other 350 00:18:55,300 --> 00:19:00,100 places in the downtown area, I would say that our Worth 351 00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:02,500 checking out. One of them is more of a morning 352 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:06,200 spot but I think they're open around lunch time as well. 353 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:11,300 And this is actually a buffalo. He's owned joint, it's called 354 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:15,800 Gables bagels, and Ed short, sermon and the folks over there, 355 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,200 it really had made a decision that, you know, we need new 356 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:24,900 york-style, Bagels in Bloomington, and he's delivered 357 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:27,600 on his promise, like the bagels. They have their excellent. 358 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,900 They have an amazing pastrami In which, which they smoke 359 00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:34,700 themselves. And I was, I mean, I'm a, I'm a 360 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:38,300 bit of a pastrami snob. I was not sure about this. 361 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:40,200 I've had that sandwich multiple times since they opened. 362 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,000 Its really, really good. It's very different. 363 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,800 It's not nearly as salty as some of the pastrami's that you'll 364 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:48,300 get at other spots, but it's so well cooked. 365 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:52,900 The whole thing is really, I think well, put together and the 366 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:57,300 bagels are there. Fresh tasting, the schmears are 367 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:00,600 all excellent. It is in a Place to find. 368 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,300 And this is, I think the one drawback to Gables Bagels it's 369 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:08,400 actually really close to Nix and and upstairs and all of that. 370 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,300 It is located. We're done and Third Street come 371 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,000 together. There's that shopping center and 372 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,300 in the shopping center there's like the Little Italy Market 373 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:20,800 which I also recommend going to. I'm talking about that place on 374 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:24,200 a second and there's like a, there's a, there's a head shop. 375 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,100 There's a couple of other things in that shopping center. 376 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:30,800 There's a travel agency. There's There's a place that my 377 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,900 wife always get soup from, that's really good which I can't 378 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,400 remember the name of what's the name of that place? 379 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:40,500 What rush hour station good soup at rush hour station but anyway 380 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:44,000 that that shopping center is only two blocks south of 381 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,400 Kirkwood on done. I would check it out especially 382 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,300 if you're coming down for like a noon game or a to p.m. game and 383 00:20:50,308 --> 00:20:52,300 you want to get something that isn't like a traditional 384 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:54,900 breakfast. Check out Gables Bagels. 385 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:57,400 Also if you're around lunchtime and you want to get something 386 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,800 very different Little Italy Market, It, which is in that 387 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,700 shopping center, some tremendous sandwiches for purchase there. 388 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,100 And those folks are really friendly they will give you an 389 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:13,500 oversized sandwich that is delicious and worth trying. 390 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:17,300 And you can also if you need to buy other Food Supplies, they've 391 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,000 got plenty of those things because the place is actually 392 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,700 just a market that happens to have a deli in the back. 393 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,000 And so again I would recommend checking that out. 394 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:31,300 Couple of this places that I want and if I skip any place, I 395 00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:33,600 apologize. It's not, I'm not trying to 396 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,400 exclude anybody. I wanted to keep this podcast at 397 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,800 about 25 minutes and I'm almost out of time. 398 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:42,500 So I didn't want to go overboard with trying to advertise 399 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:44,700 everybody. I'm sure we'll do this type of 400 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:48,100 podcast again, as we move forward, but a couple of other 401 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:51,700 honorable mentions that are worth checking out. 402 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:54,900 Certainly, if you're in the general vicinity of town and you 403 00:21:54,908 --> 00:21:57,600 want to try something a little Bit different. 404 00:21:57,700 --> 00:21:59,800 A place that not many people know about outside of 405 00:21:59,808 --> 00:22:03,500 Bloomington but that has reliably consistently good food 406 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:08,300 and an awesome bar and a kind of a almost kind of Jazzy hipster 407 00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:11,200 sort of vibe is a place called c 3. 408 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:16,300 C 3 is actually located south of the mall downstair Road. 409 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:23,700 It is in a neighborhood called Renwick Village and C3 and it's 410 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,600 actually the letter c and the number three, great. 411 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,000 Date spot. Great young professionals. 412 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,900 Go having drinks after whatever young professionals do spot they 413 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:36,800 have live music. A lot of times and they were 414 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,900 really nice reliable menu. They have a really good drink 415 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:44,500 menu and it's a really good like just kind of chill ambience in 416 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,800 there. And during the summer, they have 417 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,500 an open patio outside. It's a really nice spot where 418 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,300 you can essentially just kind of chill for a little while have 419 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:58,200 some good food and it doesn't really We feel like it's in 420 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,400 Bloomington, it kind of feels like it's of its own spot and 421 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:06,200 again, it's worth trying. So give that a shot. 422 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:09,800 If you're in town, as I think that that is one of the better 423 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,700 eating experiences and Bloomington the other spot that 424 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:15,100 I'll mention. That's a little bit outside of 425 00:23:15,108 --> 00:23:21,400 downtown is Southern Stone, which is located, not really 426 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,400 close to anything. It feels like it's over, 427 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,800 essentially off of Roger. Jurors Street south of downtown, 428 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,700 it's right off the B-Line Trail and it is. 429 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:37,300 It's that spot has been kind of a bunch of different things over 430 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:40,800 the course of time. But the restaurant right now has 431 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,800 a really nice mix of. What's you know, what I think is 432 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,200 pretty good food on its menu. You can go in there and have a 433 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,100 good brunch, you can go in there, I have a good lunch or 434 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:51,600 dinner and it's a combination of a little bit of everything. 435 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,100 There's there's really good sandwiches there's you know, a 436 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:58,400 full plate meals. Eels, it does have a southern 437 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,100 tinge to the cooking not like Uptown, which has a kind of a 438 00:24:02,108 --> 00:24:04,600 Cajun bent. This is more kind of Southern 439 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:10,000 Soul Food, comfort food, sort of dishes and I find the quality to 440 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,400 be really good. It's got a again, another place 441 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:17,200 that's got a really nice bar. It's very open floor plan and 442 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,400 again it's like it's off the beaten path. 443 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,700 So you got to get down there and takes a little bit of time but I 444 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:25,800 have always been really pleased every time I've gone there 445 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,300 whether it's for Run sure. Whether it's for a dinner, 446 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:31,500 that's another spot. I would highly recommend those 447 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:34,400 are kind of the highlights right now that I wanted to hit on 448 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,900 certainly. There's others that I didn't 449 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:39,900 mention that that are also really good that I'd recommend 450 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,500 checking out, but if you've never checked any of those out, 451 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:44,100 check at least one out next time. 452 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:46,500 You're in town and let me know what you think you can. 453 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:50,200 You can you know, DMS or you can tweet at us a crimson cast. 454 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,600 I'd love to hear your experiences and what you liked 455 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,100 and what you didn't like, that'll wrap this up. 456 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,600 Hopefully this helped Doubt as you were driving to Bloomington 457 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,300 for the Purdue game or flying in or whatever you're going to do, 458 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,900 look forward to seeing you all down here, whether it's for this 459 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:08,000 game or whether it's a game in the future, our thanks to our 460 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,200 friends at home field, apparel and throughout the back home 461 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,300 network on Galen clavius, this has been Crimson Castle. 462 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:16,800 Catch you, folks on the flip side, bring back the bicycle so 463 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:17,300 long, everybody.