50th Annual ARSC Conference (Bloomington, Indiana on May 11-14, 2016)
Things To Do Around Bloomington
Go to Visit Bloomington Indiana for a wide range of hotels, dining, activities and a local event calendar. Some of our favorites have been added below. For a guide to Indianapolis, go to the Indy Visitor Guide.
Food:
The following restaurants within walking distance of IMU. Consult the Visit Bloomington page for additional options, including foodcarts.
Anatolia (4th Street) ($$)
Anyetsang's Little Tibet Restaurant (4th Street) ($$)
Bear's Place (3rd Street by Jacobs School of Music) ($)
Bloomington
Bagel Company (downtown) ($)
Btown Diner (downtown) ($)
BuffaLouie's (building where Hoagy Carmichael wrote "Star Dust") ($)
Chocolate Moose (downtown, ice cream) ($)
Darn Good Soup (downtown) ($)
Do Asian Fusion (4th Street)
($$)
Esan Thai Restaurant (downtown) ($$)
Falafels (downtown) ($)
FARMbloomington Restaurant (downtown)
Finch's Brasserie (downtown) ($$$)
India Garden (4th Street)
Irish Lion Restaurant & Pub (downtown) ($$)
Janko's Little Zagreb (downtown) ($$$)
Laughing Planet
Café (downtown) ($)
Lennie's (10th Street east of Wells Library) ($$)
Le Petit Café (downtown) ($$)
Michael's
Uptown Café (downtown) ($$$)
Mother Bear's Pizza (3rd street by Jacobs School of Music) ($)
Malibu Grill (downtown) ($$$)
Nick's English Hut (downtown) ($$)
No Coast Reserve (downtown) ($$$)
Owlery
Vegetarian Restaurant (downtown)
Red Chopsticks
(3rd street by Jacobs School of Music) ($)
Restaurant Ami
(3rd street by Jacobs School of Music)
($$)
Runcible Spoon Café and Restaurant (downtown) ($)
Samira (downtown) ($$$)
Scholar's Inn (north of downtown) ($$$)
Siam House (4th Street) ($$)
Sofra Café (downtown)
Taste of India ($$)
Topos (downtown) ($$$)
Trojan Horse (downtown) ($)
Tudor Room (IMU, $10.95 weekday lunch buffet, reservations advised)
Village Deli (downtown) ($)
Groceries:
Bloomingfood Coop
Lucky's Market
Kroger
Farmer's
Market (Saturdays, 8:00am-1:00pm)
Drink:
Big Red Liquors (store; multiple locations)
Upland
Brewing Company (downtown; serves food)
Quaff ON!
Bloomington (downtown; serves food)
Function Brewing (downtown; limited food service)
Cardinal Spirits (SW side of downtown off B-Line Trail)
Bloomington Brewing
Company
The Tap (downtown; serves food)
Root
Cellar (downtown, basement of FARMBloomington)
Scotty's Brewhouse (downtown; serves food)
Serendipity Martini
Bar (downtown)
Sights:
Brown County State Park (25
minutes E)
Yellowwood State Forest (20 minutes E)
McCormick's Creek State Park
(30 minutes W)
Lake Monroe (20 minutes
SE)
Hoosier National Forest
Bill Monroe's Bluegrass
Hall of Fame & Country Star Museum (25 minutes NE)
Oliver Winery (15 minutes N; daily wine tasting and weekend tours)
Griffy
Lake Nature Preserve (10 minutes east of campus)
Dagom Gaden Tensung Ling Monastery
Tibetan
Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center (15 min. SE)
Sculpture Trails Outdoor
Museum
Wonderlab Museum of
Science, Health and Technology (downtown)
B-Line Trail (downtown)
IU Wylie House
Museum (downtown)
Monroe County History Center
(downtown)
IU Art Museum (campus)
IU Kinsey Institute (campus)
IU Grunwald Gallery
of Art (campus)
IU Hoagy Carmichael Room (campus)
IU Mathers Museum of World Cultures
(campus)
IU Lilly Library (campus)
Music:
Jacob's School of Music events
Bear's Place
(Thursday night jazz)
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
The Bishop
Bluebird Nightclub
Rhino's All Ages Music Club
Player's Pub
Record Stores:
Landlocked Music (downtown)
TD's CDs and LPs (downtown)
Tracks Records (downtown)
