A New Student’s Where To Guide

Off-Campus Housing

Off-campus Housing Options

https://offcampushousing.uconn.edu/ (homes/apts/rooms for rent)

Local Recommendations:● Colonial Townhouse Apartments

(Mansfield/Willimantic)

● Norwegian Wood (Tolland)

● Wyndham Park Townhomes (Windham)

UConn Campus Guide

Campus mapMobile apps to navigate campus: Google Maps, UConn Campus Map

https://uconn.edu/content/uploads/2018/08/Map-UConn-Storrs-Aug-2018.pdf

What’s there to do on campus?!

Food & FunStudent Union: Dunkin Donuts; Subway; One Plate, Two Plates (Healthier Fast-Food); Freshens (Smoothies/Yogurt); Bistro on Union Street (French Bistro); UConn Dairy Bar Too (Ice Cream); Union Street Market (Food Court); Union Street Cafe (Coffee/Baked Goods); Game Room; Movie Theatre

Babbidge Library: Bookworms (coffee/quick bites)

The William Benton Museum of Art: The Beanery (coffee/quick bites)

UConn Bookstore: Starbucks

Other: Gym/Pool/Track/Courts (Note: new construction coming Fall 2019); Gampel Pavilion (Men/Women’s D1 Basketball

Games); Mike Edward Freitas Ice Forum (Ice Skating); Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts (big time acts)

Local Faves!

Let’s get some food!Breakfast/Lunch/Brunch: River and Rail (Willington), Monet’s Table (Tolland), Toast Four Corners (Storrs), Dog Lane Cafe (Storrs), Spring Hill Cafe (Storrs/Mansfield), Gramma’s Comfort Foods (Mansfield), Cafémantic (great sit-down dinner as well; Willimantic), Grounded Coffee Company (best coffee around, fresh bagels; Willimantic), Lizzie’s Curbside Cuisine (food truck outside of Bousfield), Gansett Wraps (Storrs), Little Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (Storrs), EatJoy (Storrs), Not Only Juice (Windham), Bagel One (North Windham)

Lunch/Dinner: Willington Pizza House (Willington), Hilltop Restaurant Bar & Banquet (Willington), Camille’s Wood Fired Pizza (Tolland), Oyama Japanese & Thai (Tolland), Papa T’s (Tolland), Chuck’s Margarita Grill (Storrs/Mansfield), Fenton River Grille (Mansfield), Pub 32 (cheap eats, huge beer selection, pool table, trivia, live music; Storrs/Mansfield), The Hop Knot (pretzels/beer bar, games; Storrs) Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza (Storrs), Wings Express (samosas!, Indian food; Storrs), Kathmandu Kitchen & Bar (Storrs), Bidwell Tavern (chicken wings are prime; Coventry), Francesca’s Italian Bistro ($$$; Coventry), Asian Bistro (hibachi; East Brook Mall in Mansfield/Willimantic), Willimantic Brewing Company (aka Willibrew; Willimantic), Jamaican Me Crazy (Willimantic), Tacos La Rosa (Willimantic)

Dessert: UConn Dairy Bar (in student union and in town), Insomnia Cookies (Storrs), Ice Monster (Storrs), The Farmer’s Cow (also has good

sandwiches/salads; Mansfield/Willimantic), Farmhouse Crepes (sweet & savory crepes; Storrs)

Things to do!On-campus:UConn athletic events (locations vary)

Student Union Movie Theater (Student Union)

Ice Skating Rink (Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum)

Jorgensen Performing Arts Center https://jorgensen.uconn.edu/Online/Article/events

Off-campus:The Adventure Park at Storrs (Storrs)

Puppet Museum (Storrs)

Merrow Meadow Park (Storrs)

Mansfield Hollow State Park (Chaplin)

Schoolhouse Brook Park (Mansfield)

Lucky Strike Lanes (duckpin bowling, billiards, & arcade; Mansfield)

Mansfield Drive-In Theatre & Marketplace ($10 double feature,

flea market; Mansfield)

Mansfield Movieplex 8 (East Brook Mall in Mansfield/Willimantic)

Coventry Farmers Market (Coventry)

Other Useful NEARBY InfoGrocery Stores: PriceChopper (Downtown Storrs), Big Y (Mansfield & Tolland), Aldi (North Windham & Vernon Rockville), Walmart (North Windham & Manchester), Stop & Shop (Vernon Rockville), Stew Leonard’s (Newington), Costco Wholesale (New Britain & Enfield)

Nearest Malls: East Brook Mall (T.J.Maxx, DressBarn, Kohl’s, Payless, Famous Footwear, Applebees, hibachi restaurant, package (liqueur)

store, etc.; Mansfield/Willimantic); The Shoppes at Buckland Hills (Manchester)

The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk (South Windsor)

Nearest Pharmacy & Health Services: CVS (Downtown Storrs); UConn Student Health Services (on-campus); UConn Health (Downtown Storrs)

Nearest Gas Stations: Cumberland Farms (save 10 cents with SmartPay; Storrs), Sunoco (save w/ Price Chopper’s Fuel

AdvantEdge Program; Storrs)

Cheapest Gas Stations: Search for stations on Main Street in Willimantic (i.e., Stop & Shop Gas, Mobil, Cumberland

Farms, A-1); Fuel Plus (North Windham)

Not-so-local Faves!

Let’s get some food!Breakfast/Lunch/Brunch: 40 West Cafe (Vernon), Silk City Coffee (good study spot/breakfast & lunch

sandwiches, killer coffee; Manchester), Rein’s Deli (good all day; Vernon), a’VERT Brasserie (also good for dinner; West Hartford)

Lunch/Dinner: Lucky Taco (trivia, best margs, modern mexican; Manchester), Mulberry Street Pizza (Manchester), Artisanal Burger Company (aka ABC; Manchester), Ted’s Montana Grill (lunch/dinner; Manchester), Jamaican Kitchen (Vernon), Firebox Restaurant (Hartford), Fire N Spice (vegan Jamaican food; Hartford), The Blind Pig Pizza (Hartford), Black-Eyed Sally’s (Hartford), Republic (Bloomfield)/Republic At The Linden (Hartford), Bear’s Smokehouse Barbeque (Hartford), Barcelona (West Hartford), Song Restaurants (West Hartford), Bartaco (West Hartford), Grant’s Bar & Restaurant (West Hartford), Mikro (Hamden), TexiKo Tequila Bar (Hamden)

Dessert: Gerry’s Donuts (Ellington), Shady Glen Dairy Stores (Manchester), Milkcraft (West Hartford), Icy Rolls (West

Hartford), Ben & Jerry’s (South Windsor)

Things To do!Cinemark Cinema (Manchester)

Dave & Buster’s (Manchester)

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills (Manchester)

The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk (South Windsor)

Puzzle Theory (escape room; South Windsor)

Ducks on the Ave (duckpin bowling; Hartford)

Live music at Arch Street Tavern (Hartford)

Billiards and other bar games at Pigs Eye Pub (Hartford)

Pine & Iron Axe Throwing (Frog Hollow)

Connecticut Science Center (Hartford)

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford)

MUSE Paintbar (paint & sip; Glastonbury & West Hartford)

Spare Time (bowling/arcade; Vernon Rockville)

Skeleton Key (escape room; West Hartford)

Team vs. Time (escape room; Berlin)

Mt. Southington Ski Area (Plantsville)

Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park (Portland)

On Track Karting (go-karts; Wallingford)

Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort (snow tubing/skiing; Middlefield)

Escape New Haven (escape room; New Haven)

Mohegan Sun Casino (restaurants, shops, concerts, etc.; Uncasville)

Foxwoods Resort Casino (great for shopping, food; Mashantucket)

Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets (Clinton)

Mystic, CT (aquarium, art/museums, great restaurants)

Beaches: Rocky Neck State Park (Niantic, CT); Hammonasset (Madison, CT); Watch

Hill, RI (Taylor Swift has a house here); Misquamicut, RI; Newport, RI; Block Island, RI

Breweries/Wineries

BreweriesWillimantic Brewing Company (aka Willibrew; Willimantic), Thomas Hooker Brewery (Hartford; original in Bloomfield), Hog River Brewing Company (Hartford), Back East Brewing Company (Bloomfield), New Park Brewing (West Hartford), Five Churches Brewing (New Britain), Labyrinth Brewing Company (Manchester), Alvarium Beer Company (New Britain), Five Churches (New Britain), Still Hill Brewery & Taproom (Rocky Hill), Relic Brewing Company (Plainville), Parable Brewing Company (Manchester), Kinsmen Brewing (Milldale), New England Brewing Co (aka NEBCO, Woodbridge), New England Cider Company (Hamden), Counterweight (Hamden), No Worries (Hamden), East Rock Brewing Company (New Haven), Black Hog Brewing (Oxford), OEC Brewing (Oxford), Stony Creek Brewery (Branford), Thimble Island Brewing Company (Branford), Bad Sons (Derby), The Beeracks (East Haven), Kent Falls Brewing (Kent), Beer’d (Stonington), Tree House Brewing Company (Charlton, MA -- right over MA border)

WineriesCassidy Hill Vineyard (Coventry), Brignole Vineyards (East Granby), Priam Vineyard (Colchester), Jonathan Edwards Winery (North Stonington), Stonington Vineyards (Stonington), Chamard Vineyards (Clinton), Bishop’s Orchards Guilford Farm Market & Winery (great for apple/pumpkin picking etc.; Guilford), Rosabianca Vineyards (Northford), Gouveia Vineyards (Wallingford), Nashoba Valley Winery (Bolton, MA -- further into MA)

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