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The best sandwich in town: Croque Monsieur at Luna

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The best sandwich in town. It's at Luna. It's their version of a ham and cheese sandwich, and it's truly unbelievable. They call it a Croque Monsieur, but if you know traditional French cuisine, it's actually a Croque Madam, because they serve it with a fried egg on top, served sunny side up. It's perfect. It is deeply rich in flavor; the ham is cut with the grain, and sliced thin so the flavor has nowhere to hide. The …

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Radio Maria offers picture perfect brunches

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Ever since brunch became something that the young and trendy took from the old and retired, it's turned into a national phenomenon. In fact, one can pretty well gauge the depth of a city's culture based upon how many options it serves up on late Sunday mornings. Originally, brunch was designed to cater to the after-church crowd. Since sermons didn't end until well beyond the breakfast hour, and since it wasn't quite lunchtime yet, people decided to turn the …

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Coming Soon: The Brunch Hunt

Ever yearn for a pancake house neither “international” nor “original”? Or some more interesting egg combination than you can get at Merry Ann’s? With 2009 brings a new column series here at Smile Politely dedicated to the celebration of some favorite Champaign-Urbana brunch spots of new and old.

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Timbo avatar

I like Kaiyo A LOT, but at Sushi Kame (next to the art theatre) you can get an absolute shitload of good sushi, plus miso, and a bit of noodles in a vineagar cucumber salad for $21, and you know it was made just for you. I…

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Nice article, Emily! When I get to the CU area, I’ll be sure to give this place a try.

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Sorry about the lack of address and hours. All I can say is duuuh

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“...who aren’t so savvy with the google…“  You know, the way I’m not so savvy with the typing.  That page I linked is one of the best things I’ve seen on the internet, though.

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Yeah, I did a little googling and found it.  I’d forgotten that there was finally something going into the Boston’s space.  But when I was reading the article I was thinking that that kind of info would have been nice for the people who savvy with the google:  http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php#comments

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Mike —   Here you are: http://champaign-taste.blogspot.com/2010/03/kaiyo-japanese-restaurant.html

Mica Swyers avatar

I am embarrassed to say that I gorged on sushi at Kaiyó over the weekend. (Who wants to eat one more grain of vinegar-scented rice? Not I!) In any event, if you’re looking for quantity over quality, Kaiyó is the place to go. ...if you’re looking for…

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Some basic info like location and hours would be awesome for articles like this.

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The sushi has been great everytime I have been there. The rest of the food varied. I hope the uneveness is just growning pains because when it is all good the resturant is amazing. For the price you can always find something to eat that is tasty.…

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Zeleni, I had the exact same theory only with the mysterious Man in Black/Smokie granting the wishes. MIB promised Sayid he could have anything in the world he wanted, which turned out to be Nadia. Although he does not necessarily “have” her, she has not died yet…

Timbo avatar

I like Kaiyo A LOT, but at Sushi Kame (next to the art theatre) you can get an absolute shitload of good sushi, plus miso, and a bit of noodles in a vineagar cucumber salad for $21, and you know it was made just for you. I…

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April 9th can’t come fast enough!

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Pheidippides wasn’t planning on running a marathon; that’s why he died.  If he had known ahead of time that he’d be running 26 miles and followed a good training program for a year, stretched properly before the event, had bands and cheering people along the race route,…

John Steinbacher avatar

Doug, I absolutely agree. I think this might have come across focused on rock because, as you say, rock was the 90s, and we had some innovative rock bands here then. But what I’m really trying to get at is that there’s no way Dirty Projectors, Liars…

Doug Hoepker avatar

John, I’m not sure that the current climate for indie rock stardom is all that favorable for bands who simply rock out. Most of the bands doing it well that are also popular have been around for a while and have a tested identity (I’m thinking Spoon…

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Keep us posted on the latter!

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Nice article, Emily! When I get to the CU area, I’ll be sure to give this place a try.

Mica Swyers avatar

The marathon is certainly a tough distance, but I imagine that it compares to childbirth. In any event, having completed the former, I will agree that it is an excruciating tastk. Should the opportunity arise, I will let you know how the latter compares.

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I’ve always suspected that there’s a direct correlation between projected land use for the Rt 150 corridor [Industrial / Commercial] and the drive to expand 74. See the CCRPC Future Land Use Map for details, and then take a look at who owns land there, and you…

Adam Fein avatar

Zelini, I really like this - I’ll try to follow the theory more closely. As they reveal more about Kate (possibly next week), it might give us more perspective.  I agree with your observation about Ben and I think Michael Emerson has done an excellent job conveying his lesser stature.

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Surprised you think it will take two wins. I think we have a shot to get in with another loss.  The bubble is just a disaster this year, and we’ll float to the top even with one win.

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What if the sideways alternatives are where Jacob actually grants them their wishes, but in ways they didn’t quite expect?  The elimination of one regret. Sayid gets to be with Nadia - although through his brother.  Maybe he ends up with her at the expense of his…

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The link has been updated. Thanks for alerting us.

Annie Weisner avatar

This also explains why I was starting to think Roses & Sake was a group of strange pagans from Vancouver.  This is when it pays to be a local.  My apologies to the true Roses & Sake, we’ll fix this ASAP!

Annie Weisner avatar

Ahh, shame on me.  I grabbed it directly off of Mike ‘N Molly’s website.  I’ll see if I can’t get it corrected on here (and maybe pass along the word to them as well).  Thank you, observant reader!

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I’m with Brigham regarding the Acrylics set. Very XX-ish. Very good.

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i think the roses & sake link is actually: http://www.myspace.com/rosesnsake  

Stef avatar

Dangit! Now I have to go home and try that cake. MMMmmMMMMmmmm looks goood. Cakey cakey cakey…

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