The Village on the south side of campus is a place where students can go to add variety to their everyday campus life.
There are restaurants, bars and various small businesses ready to service students' needs. Here is a quick guide to The Village:
What's Gone:
- Let's Spoon Frozen Yogurt closed at the beginning of summer.
- First Merchant's Bank closed and was replaced by BSU Rentals.
What's New:
- Chavez Mexican Grill will be opening soon.
- Café Indiana, a new coffee shop, will open soon.
Locally Owned:
- The Chug, a bar that serves cheap beer and regularly hosts trivia and karaoke nights.
- ScreenBroidery, a T-shirt store that does screen prints and custom orders.
- White Rabbit Used Books, a resale book shop that has been in business for 20 years and has decades of collected books to peruse.
- Two Cats Café, a café that offers fresh, organic food. It has menu choices for vegans, paleos and omnivores.
- The Cup, a coffee shop that has won the Best of Ball State award two years in a row.
Chain Restaurants:
- Greek's Pizzeria
- Pita Pit
- Jimmy John's
- Hot Box Pizza
- Scotty's Brewhouse
- Insomnia Cookies
- Brother's Bar & Grill