Noodles and Company

AMAZING!!! Best pizza I had in a long time. Reminded me of the pizza I had in Rome. It was…read moreamazing. Very friendly staff. I had a 13 inch Remo and wife had the Spartaco. Just amazing. It was light, not like your regular pizza and very tasty. Had to have the tiramisu and wife had a Gelato cake. Winner! The tiramisu was light and fluffy was the best I had. The Gelato cake was like a chocolate lava cake without the lava. If we live in Bloomington, we would probably come eat here daily. We will definitely come back next time we visit. If we can give more stars, we would!

My boyfriend and I were here for the first time tonight and really enjoyed it! It's so cute inside…read moreand we each got a small pizza. I got the number nine and he got the number 10 and his was good but mine was even better! I love the cross. The toppings are so fresh and delicious and then we topped it off with a delightful tiramisu. The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable and helped us navigate the menu when we got there since it was our first time. I'm excited to go back and try some of the homemade pasta and coffee!

Dining room

Arugula Kalamata olives tomatoes feta

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Avanti's Italian Restaurant

3.2(182 reviews)

0.2 mi

I only had the Gondola so I may change my review but this is a great local place for comfort food…read more Try the Gondola

My lasagna was smothered by WAY TOO MUCH marinara sauce. In addition to the marinara on the inside…read more- all I could taste was the sauce. Some cheese - after I dug around for it. Some pasta that looked dark and gray. The marinara was not very good tasting. My wife did not like the spaghetti for the same reasons. Bread was cold. No wait staff. So no tip given. Just like a fast food place. Ambiance: What ambiance? No music. Boring interior. Floors sticky - made a squelching noise when we walked out. We'll be going to any other restaurant for Italian. Avanti's - you lost our business forever.

Dining area

Avanti's Italian Restaurant - Large cheese and sausage pizza, minus the 2 small corner pieces I ate. Sausage was not abundant Sausage was a mild Italian sausage.

Large cheese and sausage pizza, minus the 2 small corner pieces I ate. Sausage was not abundant Sausage was a mild Italian sausage.

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Turkey Chef Salad. My husband enjoyed this. The ingredients were fresh.

Lucca Grill

4.1(299 reviews)

1.5 mi

I pleasantly surprised. The sandwich i had was thr best I have had moving to Illinois. Great menuread more

Great place on the Route 66 path in downtown Bloomington, IL. It smelled great before we ever got…read moreinside. Seated right away, great service! We ordered the Barber Shopper pizza - the crust was so light it was almost like a laminated pastry crust. Paired it with a side salad with the house made Italian and blue cheese crumbles!

A portion of the bar area.

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La Gondola Spaghetti House

3.5(67 reviews)

2.0 mi

I've moved across the country and I still think about how La Gondola could do it better every time…read moreI make spaghetti or try it from another establishment. Drive through spaghetti?! In a a BUCKET?! By the GALLON?! The west could never. La Gondola is a midwestern delicacy that I cannot get out of my head or heart.

I typed in Pizza in the search bar on my Yelp app and Lagondola popped up in the list. When I went…read moreto Lagondola's page, it had two pizzas in the pictures as their advertisement. My wife went in there today to get a pizza and they said they have not made any since Covid. My wife was embarrassed, but I told her maybe they should update their Yelp app!?

Pizza Bread

Our Deep Dish Pizza

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Green Top Grocery

4.7(19 reviews)

1.9 mi

Best natural foods market in Bloomington. Green Top Grocery might be the only one of course. It has…read morea lot packed into this kind of small market and store. Has a lot of things grown locally. The prices are kind of high, which is the only bad thing. A lot of all natural and organic food and items. It's got some pretty interesting things and you can even order a hot meal. The selection isn't as good as something like Whole Foods, but it's locally owned. Has a lot of the things you can find somewhere else cheaper. That's the bad thing about it, so if you're just looking for good prices they won't have these. Even so, there's a few things that aren't bad. The staff is fairly knowledgeable. Comparing to other stores, it seems best as a complement to other places to get groceries. Its worst thing is the prices. The good things include locally grown products, and plenty of options for vegans and vegetarians.

This is by far one of the best health food stores I've ever been too in the state of Illinois. It's…read moreway better than anything too in Chicago nearly 3 hours away! This place offers so much to guests, it's a newer, very clean and well kept store. The selection of what is offered is comprehensive. Amazing health food that is great for my wife who is on gluten free diet. Their soups are absolutely delicious. Great deals and best of all, there's hard to find products I've never seen before! They have an eatery upstairs, they offer classes too! They're always promoting local happenings in the area on the bulletin board by the restroom. Staff here was a pleasure to be around. They even encourage everyone to become an owner too which really isn't much. They have over 6,000 owners and after my experience here I might consider becoming one too! Free boxes! My wife was really happy about how they sort out their trash here too! This is the standard bearer of what a health store should be. I don't come to Bloomington much but I highly suggest visiting this place! One of the best health food stores I've been too!

Inside

AtoZ Catering

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Jack's Restaurant

4.4(185 reviews)

2.2 mi

I came from texas for the special Olympics for my niece. We chose your restaurant for the final…read moreday. She had shrimp tacos I had beef strognof my brother had a gyro and my sister in law had chicken flat bread. The beef strognof was something I will dream of here in texas forever It was the very best that I had EVER HAD IN MY LIFE NEXT TO MY SISTERS GREAT JON

Don't judge by the outside. They have some really great food. Lots of gluten free & vegetarian…read moreoptions. Delicious & reasonably priced. Definitely not a chain, but worth a stop.

Restaurant interior

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Avanti's Italian Restaurant

The beef and sausage sandwich was great. The sausage reminds me of the McDonald's sausage patty in…read morea good way. The sandwich comes plain. I got it with 2 sides of au jus. However I had to add salt to the au jus because it was rather bland.

You can never go wrong with avani's bread and ranch! We always stop in when visiting family. It's…read morevery disappointing that they closed their seating at the ISU location and this airport location is poorly set up . It's definitely not the the same dine-in as in the past but the food is reliable.

Grilled cheese with American.

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Italian Beef and Sausage sub with pepperoncini and au jus

The Olive Bin

4.3(4 reviews)

2.0 mi

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Stopped in while visiting family. They offer a wide variety of olive oils and vinegars but it's…read moredifficult to try any of them. You have to find an employee and they give you a large sample and walk away. You absolutely don't need a large sample and if you want to try more than one good luck. Perhaps we just went on a bad day but as a cook and a fairly knowledgeable person of oils and vinegars that I like I was hopeful to find a small business close to my mom that we could visit. I won't be back.

This store is a jewel. The employees are always friendly and helpful. The tastings steer me…read moretowards the exact products I will enjoy. Olive Bin is a must-see when entertaining out-of-town guests. I particularly enjoyed the Sicilian Lemon white vinegar in ice water. Refreshing and healthy!

Every flavor is available to taste in the store

Ice cream tasting with balsamic vinegars

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Bread tasting with olive oil

College Hills Meat Shop

4.5(20 reviews)

2.0 mi

Fresh locally owned- great quality and variety. Convenient hours. Would definitely recommend!read more

I have been going here for all the meat needs I have for several years. I've never been…read moredisappointed. They always make a special cut if I ask for it. The quality of the meat here is much better than anything else I found in town.

Front door of College Hills Meat Shop. For some reason, Yelp has their name misspelled with "Hill" instead of "Hills"....

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Noodles and Company

3.4(68 reviews)

2.7 mi

We ordered takeout from Noodles and Company. Our order was ready in a timely fashion and everything…read morewas packaged very nicely. They included utensils and napkins which we appreciated. Everyone loved their food and everything had great flavor. My only complaint would be the lack of protein. Both pastas with shrimp each had three shrimps. That seems like very little for protein in a large pasta dish especially for the price. Overall, we were happy with our experience and would eat here again...and ask for more protein.

Review Visit: May 18th, 2012…read more Noodles & Good Company. On our way to Bloomington for a concert, my dad, Matt and I needed some food. We wanted to make sure we had enough food in us before we rocked out to some music for a few hours. I didn't have a particular place in mind but I did ask if anyone wanted to try a place on my list of places... to try. Somehow we ended up picking Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company is one of those places that I had seen a ton of advertisements for, but never had the chance to visit due to none being in my town. I had no idea what to expect and was slightly disappointed with the menu offerings. Nothing really sounded appealing on the menu. I can usually find something worth wanting to order but not at this particular time. Maybe it was my mood, my appetite, or some other cosmic forces at work but nothing sounded good except for a meatball sub, which I am indifferent on. The three of us placed our orders, sat down, and waited. It didn't take long before we had our food. My dad and Matt ordered a soup of some sorts. I looked at my meatball sub and thought that it just didn't look appealing. But, not one to let my apprehension get in the way of eating perfectly okay food, I dug in. It... wasn't bad. For not expecting much, the sandwich was pretty decent. After a few bites, my appetite worked it's way over to accepting what I was eating and was okay with it. As I finished, I asked how my dad and Matt were enjoying their meals. I got a very 'eh' response from both of them. I would be willing to try Noodles & Company again should I be with someone who wants to go. They do have a good-sized menu with plenty of stuff to pick from, it's just not a place that I find on my radar. Go there yourself and see if its a place that your appetite finds more appealing.

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Mike C.

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15 years ago

Apparently noodles does not care about the environment as they do not accept electronic coupons. Also turns out it is 2011. Thanks a lot GM. PS - watch out for "human" hair in yo noodles. Son. read more

Daniel G.

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11 years ago

Look at the picture I posted. Zack can I have some free noodles for this?

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