🍔 Food

Best Pizza

Da Vinci, Rockits, Mother Bear’s, Pizza X, Aver’s, DeAngelo’s, Goodfellas Pizzeria, Trailhead Pizzeria, Bucceto’s, Hank’s Pizza, Pizza Pantry, Chicago’s, Baldy’s Pizza, Butch’s

Best Chinese

Uncle Wang’s Alley, Lucky Express, Golden China, Longfei, Judy’s Kitchen, Chow Bar, Dragon West, China Star, Peach Garden, Sunny Palace, China Wok, Panda Express

Best Bagels

BBC Bagels, Gable’s Bagels, Feast Market & Cellar

Best Donuts

Parlor Doughnuts, Square Donuts, Cresent Donuts, Rainbow Bakery

Best Sushi

Asuka, Sakura 15, Homey Hot Pot, Japonee, Domo, Ami, Sushi Bar

Best Cocktails

C3, The Dunnkirk Library, The Elm, Village Pub

Best Baked Goods

Crumble Coffee and Bakery, Two Sticks Bakery, Blu Boy Cafe & Cakery, Wild Side, Underground Bakery, Muddy Fork Bakery, Rainbow Bakery

Best Wings

BuffaLouie’s, Fat Dan’s, Nick’s English Hut, WingsXtreme U, Mother Bear’s Pizza

Best Coffee

Hopscotch Coffee, Soma Coffee House, Verona Coffee House, Needmore Coffee Roasters, The Inkwell Bakery & Cafe, Cafe Bali

Best Beer Selection

The Crazy Horse, The Tap

Best Brunch

The Runcible Spoon

Best Sports Bar

Nick’s English Hut, Kilroy’s, Brother’s, Yogi’s Bar & Grill, Switchyard Brewing Company

Eat Local isn’t just a trendy slogan.
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There are many great restaurants in Bloomington that offer daily food and drink specials. Whether you are looking for a quick bite or a luxurious meal, you can find a great deal in Bloomington!

October 2024

Tuesday October 22

All Day
Tuesday Food Deals
Recurs weekly

  • Ami – 30% off sushi
  • BJ’s – $4 pazooki
  • Brother’s Bar and Grill – $2 pints, $2 double wells
  • Bucceto’s until 4 pm – Big slice of pizza + garden salad + dressing + large drink $8.25
  • The Butcher’s Block – $3 Pulled Pork Sandwich from 11am-6pm
  • DeAngelo’s – $1 kids cheese pizzas, $3 glass of house wine. Enjoy half price appetizers from 3-5pm
  • Kilroy’s on Kirkwood— $2 Tuesday; $2 specialty grilled cheese, drinks, and others
  • La Una $2 tacos
  • Le Petit Cafe – Crepe Tuesdays – Savory crepe (meaty or veggie, gluten free available) or croque monsieur and a salad $6.45
  • IMU Tudor Room: Student pricing at $13.99 with student ID (after 1:00 pm until close).
  • Mother Bear’s: Dine-in specials until 4:00 pm:
    • Two slices of deep-dish pizza with one topping and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • One six inch, one topping pizza and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large specialty salad with a half-order of breadsticks and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day, a house salad, and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day, half order of breadsticks, and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day and a soft drink for $5.50.
  • Social Cantina – Taco Tuesday. $4 Tacos
  • Upstairs Pub  – $2 drinks
  • Uptown Cafe – 1/2 Price bottles of wine

Weekly Food Deals
Recurs daily

Weekly Specials:

  • Chubbies Burrito: $2 Taco Tuesdays.
  • Krogucci Deli: Burger special on Thursdays for $5.99 (includes a burger, chicken, turkey, or mushroom sandwich with fries and a drink).
  • Wings XTreme: $0.60 per wing from opening until 7 PM on weekdays.
  • Buffalo Wild Wings: $5 appetizers and drinks from 9 PM to close.

Daily Lunch Specials/Deals:

  1. Butcher’s Block: $4 pulled pork sandwich.
  2. Happy Thai: Large portion of pad Thai for $11–12.
  3. Mother Bear’s: Weekday lunch specials including salad, half-order of breadsticks, slice of the day, and a soft drink.
  4. Bucceto’s: Lunch menu featuring a salad and slice of the day.
  5. Taste of India: $14 buffet.
  6. Asuka’s Sushi: $10.95 sushi lunch; $24.95 sushi and sashimi dinner for two (includes soup and salad).
  7. Asuka’s: $8.95 fried rice lunch.
  8. Goodfellas: $10 lunch combo with a huge slice, breadstick, and a drink.
  9. 3 Amigos: $10.99 lunch combo for carry-out or dine-in.
  10. Little Tibet: Affordable lunch menu.
  11. Golden China: Around $10.25 for four food items with a drink ($5 card minimum).
  12. Chili’s: Burger, fries, chips and salsa, and a drink for $11.
  13. Brown Gyro: Gyro combo platter for $12–13.
  14. Bloomingfoods: $4.29 chicken salad bento box.
  15. Cloverleaf South: Quality lunch, though specifics not listed.
  16. Outback: Special lunch menu.
  17. Cracker Barrel: Kids’ meals available for all ages.
  18. Pizza Pantry (Ellettsville): Lunch combos.
  19. Hoosier Bar & Grill: Lunch specials.
  20. Lennie’s: $7 fresh soup with bread.
  21. King Gyro: Gyro plate for around $10.
  22. Chow Bar: Buffet noted for good value.
  23. Baldy’s Pizza: Lunch specials.
  24. Chinese buffet by Big Lots: $10 buffet.

Special Mentions:

  • Dat’s Cajun: $6.50 for Cajun/Creole dishes with garlic bread and a large serving of rice.
  • Mother Bear’s: Munchie Madness for $14.95 (includes a 10 1-topping pizza, cheesebread or breadsticks, 2 brownies, and a 2-liter soda).
  • Mr. Hibachi: Chinese buffet lunch special for $7–8 after tax.
  • Smokin’ Jack’s Rib Shack: $6 for a 1/4 lb pulled pork sandwich with one side.

Wednesday October 23

All Day
Wednesday Food Deals
Recurs weekly
  • Ami – 30% off noodles
  • Brother’s Bar and Grill – $0.25 bone-in & boneless wings – 9 pm
  • Bucceto’s until 4 pm – Big slice of pizza + garden salad + dressing + large drink $8.25
  • The Butcher’s Block – $3 Pulled Pork Sandwich from 11am-6pm
  • Crazy Horse – half-price bottled wine
  • DeAngelo’s Italian Creole Restaurant – Enjoy half-price appetizers from 3-5 pm. Half off all wines on Wednesday.
  • Kilroy’s on Kirkwood— $2 Tuesday; $2 specialty grilled cheese, drinks, and others
  • Kroger East (Krogucci) – $5 sushi
  • IMU Tudor Room: Student pricing at $13.99 with student ID (after 1:00 pm until close).
  • Mother Bear’s: Dine-in specials until 4:00 pm:
    • Two slices of deep-dish pizza with one topping and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • One six inch, one topping pizza and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large specialty salad with a half-order of breadsticks and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day, a house salad, and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day, half order of breadsticks, and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day and a soft drink for $5.50.
  • Smokin’ Jack’s Rib Shack – $1 per rib
  • Social Cantina – Taco Tuesday. $4 Tacos
  • The Bishop – $3 pints
  • Uptown Cafe – 1/2 Price bottles of wine
Weekly Food Deals
Recurs daily

Weekly Specials:

  • Chubbies Burrito: $2 Taco Tuesdays.
  • Krogucci Deli: Burger special on Thursdays for $5.99 (includes a burger, chicken, turkey, or mushroom sandwich with fries and a drink).
  • Wings XTreme: $0.60 per wing from opening until 7 PM on weekdays.
  • Buffalo Wild Wings: $5 appetizers and drinks from 9 PM to close.

Daily Lunch Specials/Deals:

  1. Butcher’s Block: $4 pulled pork sandwich.
  2. Happy Thai: Large portion of pad Thai for $11–12.
  3. Mother Bear’s: Weekday lunch specials including salad, half-order of breadsticks, slice of the day, and a soft drink.
  4. Bucceto’s: Lunch menu featuring a salad and slice of the day.
  5. Taste of India: $14 buffet.
  6. Asuka’s Sushi: $10.95 sushi lunch; $24.95 sushi and sashimi dinner for two (includes soup and salad).
  7. Asuka’s: $8.95 fried rice lunch.
  8. Goodfellas: $10 lunch combo with a huge slice, breadstick, and a drink.
  9. 3 Amigos: $10.99 lunch combo for carry-out or dine-in.
  10. Little Tibet: Affordable lunch menu.
  11. Golden China: Around $10.25 for four food items with a drink ($5 card minimum).
  12. Chili’s: Burger, fries, chips and salsa, and a drink for $11.
  13. Brown Gyro: Gyro combo platter for $12–13.
  14. Bloomingfoods: $4.29 chicken salad bento box.
  15. Cloverleaf South: Quality lunch, though specifics not listed.
  16. Outback: Special lunch menu.
  17. Cracker Barrel: Kids’ meals available for all ages.
  18. Pizza Pantry (Ellettsville): Lunch combos.
  19. Hoosier Bar & Grill: Lunch specials.
  20. Lennie’s: $7 fresh soup with bread.
  21. King Gyro: Gyro plate for around $10.
  22. Chow Bar: Buffet noted for good value.
  23. Baldy’s Pizza: Lunch specials.
  24. Chinese buffet by Big Lots: $10 buffet.

Special Mentions:

  • Dat’s Cajun: $6.50 for Cajun/Creole dishes with garlic bread and a large serving of rice.
  • Mother Bear’s: Munchie Madness for $14.95 (includes a 10 1-topping pizza, cheesebread or breadsticks, 2 brownies, and a 2-liter soda).
  • Mr. Hibachi: Chinese buffet lunch special for $7–8 after tax.
  • Smokin’ Jack’s Rib Shack: $6 for a 1/4 lb pulled pork sandwich with one side.

Thursday October 24

All Day
Thursday Food Deals
Recurs weekly

  • Bucceto’s – until 4 pm – Big slice of pizza + garden salad + dressing + large drink $8.25
  • The Butcher’s Block – $3 Pulled Pork Sandwich from 11am-6pm
  • DeAngelo’s Italian Creole Restaurant – Enjoy half-price appetizers from 3-5 pm. $4 craft beers
  • Fresh Thyme – $6 sushi
  • IMU Tudor Room: Student pricing at $13.99 with student ID (after 1:00 pm until close).
  • Kilroy’s/Sports – $3 Thursday
  • Mother Bear’s: Dine-in specials until 4:00 pm:
    • Two slices of deep-dish pizza with one topping and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • One six inch, one topping pizza and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large specialty salad with a half-order of breadsticks and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day, a house salad, and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day, half order of breadsticks, and a soft drink for $7.95.
    • Large slice of pizza-of-the-day and a soft drink for $5.50.
    • Thursday Thursdays: Any large pitcher for $15.95.

Weekly Food Deals
Recurs daily

Weekly Specials:

  • Chubbies Burrito: $2 Taco Tuesdays.
  • Krogucci Deli: Burger special on Thursdays for $5.99 (includes a burger, chicken, turkey, or mushroom sandwich with fries and a drink).
  • Wings XTreme: $0.60 per wing from opening until 7 PM on weekdays.
  • Buffalo Wild Wings: $5 appetizers and drinks from 9 PM to close.

Daily Lunch Specials/Deals:

  1. Butcher’s Block: $4 pulled pork sandwich.
  2. Happy Thai: Large portion of pad Thai for $11–12.
  3. Mother Bear’s: Weekday lunch specials including salad, half-order of breadsticks, slice of the day, and a soft drink.
  4. Bucceto’s: Lunch menu featuring a salad and slice of the day.
  5. Taste of India: $14 buffet.
  6. Asuka’s Sushi: $10.95 sushi lunch; $24.95 sushi and sashimi dinner for two (includes soup and salad).
  7. Asuka’s: $8.95 fried rice lunch.
  8. Goodfellas: $10 lunch combo with a huge slice, breadstick, and a drink.
  9. 3 Amigos: $10.99 lunch combo for carry-out or dine-in.
  10. Little Tibet: Affordable lunch menu.
  11. Golden China: Around $10.25 for four food items with a drink ($5 card minimum).
  12. Chili’s: Burger, fries, chips and salsa, and a drink for $11.
  13. Brown Gyro: Gyro combo platter for $12–13.
  14. Bloomingfoods: $4.29 chicken salad bento box.
  15. Cloverleaf South: Quality lunch, though specifics not listed.
  16. Outback: Special lunch menu.
  17. Cracker Barrel: Kids’ meals available for all ages.
  18. Pizza Pantry (Ellettsville): Lunch combos.
  19. Hoosier Bar & Grill: Lunch specials.
  20. Lennie’s: $7 fresh soup with bread.
  21. King Gyro: Gyro plate for around $10.
  22. Chow Bar: Buffet noted for good value.
  23. Baldy’s Pizza: Lunch specials.
  24. Chinese buffet by Big Lots: $10 buffet.

Special Mentions:

  • Dat’s Cajun: $6.50 for Cajun/Creole dishes with garlic bread and a large serving of rice.
  • Mother Bear’s: Munchie Madness for $14.95 (includes a 10 1-topping pizza, cheesebread or breadsticks, 2 brownies, and a 2-liter soda).
  • Mr. Hibachi: Chinese buffet lunch special for $7–8 after tax.
  • Smokin’ Jack’s Rib Shack: $6 for a 1/4 lb pulled pork sandwich with one side.

No Dishes

Join host Jordan Davis as he talks to your favorite restauranteurs, mixologists, and industry legends about their stories in the service industry and their favorite places to go in and around the Bloomington, Indiana foodies scene.

  • Bedrak Cafe

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 409 S Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47401, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: Update – I stopped in again this morning and had their $5 breakfast sandwich.it was so good I had to update my original review and add the photo. There were very few people in here this morning and I’m not sure why. The food is great, staff is happy to be here, and great atmosphere.

    I’d definitely recommend Bedrak cafe. It’s a local restaurant, there’s one reason. It’s super clean, another reason. Most of all, their food was outstanding! The service was great and even though the price was a little higher than I expected, it was totally worth going there. Highly recommend!

  • Grazie Italiano

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 106 W 6th St, Bloomington, IN 47404, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: Stopped by on Wednesday and the Manhattan and Old-Fashioned drinks were fantastic!

  • Hive

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 2608 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47408, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: Every meal I’ve ever had here has been great. While the prices are a little higher than normal you can expect really high-quality localingredients. I stopped in today and had avocado toast with an added egg and endless coffee. I love this place and it’s a great place to eat, meet and get some work done.

  • Homey Hot Pot

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 306 N Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47404, United States

    Price per person:

    Recommended Dishes: , ,

    Review: I went all-in and had the full hot pot and sushithis time and loved it. I went with the herbal broth for the base and added cabbage, mushrooms, muscles, and several other great vegetables. The food was delicious, the service was great, and I will definitely be back. It was a little on the pricey side but both times I’ve been there it has been consistently good.

  • Social Cantina

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 125 N College Ave, Bloomington, IN 47404, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: The lunch tacos were awesome. I had the cauliflower tacos

  • Crazy Horse

    Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 214 W Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47404, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: The pulled pork Mac and cheese was great. Totally hit the spot.

  • Cardinal Spirits

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 922 S Morton St, Bloomington, IN 47403, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: My first cocktail was MORE than OK. My second was a delightful berry sour vodka concoction. Trish’s recommendations were spot on. Thank you!

  • El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 110 E Winslow Rd, Bloomington, IN 47401, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: I enjoyed the steak and fajitas and the food was fantastic. The decor was incredible and what a great atmosphere.

  • Mama’s Restaurant Korean BBQ

    Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

    Google Maps: 2630 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47408, United States

    Price per person:

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    Review: I enjoyed a nice lunch with ivy today while we discussed setting up her new website. We shared many sides and my vegetable stir-fry was wonderful. The food tasted very fresh, the place was very quiet, and our service was very good. Will definitely be back.

  • La Charreada

    Rating: 5

    1720 N Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47404, United States

    Price per person: $10–20

    Recommended dishes: Nachos Del Sol, Queso Dip, Salsa

    Review: Just had a delish lunch at La Charreada in Bloomington! The atmosphere was alive with great music, and the service was impressively fast. The chips and queso were the perfect start – absolutely delicious! And the steak fajita taco salad? Simply the best. La Charreada is definitely the top spot for Mexican cuisine in Bloomington, though shoutout to El Ranchero for being a super close second!

Featured Restaurant Listings

The Elm Restaurant
Phone
812-407-4339
A gathering place for people who crave community and culinary adventures. Here, the creative spirit of Bloomington takes shape in new, delicious ways.
Smokin Jack’s Rib Shack
Phone
812-332-7427
Call ahead for carry out or talk to Jack about our catering options. From a hog roast to a tailgate, we can fit your needs.
DeAngelo’s Italian Creole Restaurant
Phone
812-961-0008
Janko’s Little Zagreb Inc
Phone
812-332-0694
Lennie’s Brewpub
Phone
812-323-2112
Lennie’s introduced gourmet pizza to Bloomington in 1989. Lennie’s set another local landmark in 1994 with the addition of the first commercial brewery in Monroe County and the first brewpub in Southern Indiana.
Hive
Phone
812-287-7405
The Inkwell Bakery & Cafe
Phone
812-822-2925

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