Where to eat near Illinois campuses

What eating near these campuses is like

Of the 41 here, 22 in cities, 14 in suburbs, 3 rurally situated, 2 in college towns. That matters more than it sounds: a campus in a city has too many options and needs a filter, while a rural one has too few and needs a drive. Each page below starts from whichever problem that campus actually has.

Illinois campuses

• Aurora University — Aurora, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Bradley University — Peoria, 5,000 to 9,999 students · pizza, fried chicken
• City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · sandwich shops, Italian food, coffee shops
• City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · Mexican food, pizza, Vietnamese food
• City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · bakeries, sandwich shops, Mexican food
• City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · Mexican food, bakeries
• City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · Asian food
• College of DuPage — Glen Ellyn, 20,000 students or more
• College of Lake County — Grayslake, 10,000 to 19,999 students · Asian food
• Columbia College Chicago — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · sandwich shops, coffee shops, Mexican food
• Concordia University-Chicago — River Forest, 5,000 to 9,999 students · pizza, Asian food, Mexican food
• DePaul University — Chicago, 20,000 students or more · sandwich shops, coffee shops, Italian food
• Eastern Illinois University — Charleston, 5,000 to 9,999 students · pizza
• Elgin Community College — Elgin, 10,000 to 19,999 students · Mexican food, Asian food
• Illinois Central College — East Peoria, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Illinois Institute of Technology — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · Asian food, sandwich shops
• Illinois State University — Normal, 20,000 students or more · pizza
• Joliet Junior College — Joliet, 10,000 to 19,999 students
• Lewis University — Romeoville, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Lincoln Land Community College — Springfield, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Loyola University Chicago — Chicago, 10,000 to 19,999 students · Asian food, Mexican food
• McHenry County College — Crystal Lake, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Moraine Valley Community College — Palos Hills, 10,000 to 19,999 students
• National Louis University — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · sandwich shops, coffee shops, Italian food
• Northeastern Illinois University — Chicago, 5,000 to 9,999 students · Mexican food, pizza, coffee shops
• Northern Illinois University — Dekalb, 10,000 to 19,999 students · pizza, Mexican food
• Northwestern University — Evanston, 20,000 students or more · coffee shops, pizza
• Oakton College — Des Plaines, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Parkland College — Champaign, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Rock Valley College — Rockford, 5,000 to 9,999 students · Asian food
• Southern Illinois University-Carbondale — Carbondale, 10,000 to 19,999 students · pizza
• Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville — Edwardsville, 10,000 to 19,999 students
• Southwestern Illinois College — Belleville, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Triton College — River Grove, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• University of Chicago — Chicago, 10,000 to 19,999 students · Asian food, coffee shops
• University of Illinois Chicago — Chicago, 20,000 students or more · sandwich shops, Mexican food, pizza
• University of Illinois Springfield — Springfield, 1,000 to 4,999 students
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Champaign, 20,000 students or more · Chinese food, pizza
• Waubonsee Community College — Sugar Grove, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• Western Illinois University — Macomb, 5,000 to 9,999 students
• William Rainey Harper College — Palatine, 10,000 to 19,999 students

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