Inside the new Bombay Market Indian Grocery, the in-store restaurant Mama's Kitchen is now open with a menu of hot snacks.

Urbana, it would be easy to hibernate until spring. But beneath our winter-white blanket, the cultural landscape blazes with ...

Urbana. While established media outlets like WILL’s award-winning The 21st dominate the local podcast scene, there are plenty of podcasts to engage Champaign-Urbana. We’ve covered one of the best ...

The new H Mart in Urbana is anticipated to open on January 16th on Broadway Avenue as the first H Mart outside of the Chicago ...

Urbana Garden Family Restaurant has closed permanently, but the business will reopen as Maple & Yolk after a remodel of the space and menu.

Get excited for Restaurant Week 2025, happening January 24th through February 1st. For nine days, the 9th annual Restaurant ...

Happy New Year, everyone! If you’re looking for something to do to say goodbye to 2024 and hello to 2025, you’re in luck. There are plenty of options for dining, dancing, and being out on the town on ...

The fun folks at Champaign Movie Makers invite you to their latest cinematic experiment this Sunday at the Channing-Murray Foundation. Fresh from the editing room floor, this new short film debuts as ...

Hey folks, Tom here. Just wanted to get in one last little tidbit before the holidays. Illinois Terminal is Champaign’s own combined bus station, train station, and Subway™ station (eat fresh!). If ...

This year, we wrote a lot about the area’s food and drink scene from restaurants to bars, coffee shops to farmers markets and food trucks. In 2024, Smile Politely food writers covered eats and drinks ...

Indeed, it is the last day of publishing for us here at Smile Politely for the year, though you will see a few items posted from now until the second week of January. Since we’re not publishing closer ...

United Way of Champaign County brought Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to the area, and since its launch last December around this time, so many kids in the area have benefited from it. The ...