After a Cinderella 2025 football season, the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers are National Champions. Magic has always been around every corner at Indiana University, but the cream and crimson and coach Cignetti proved to the world that anything is possible. Diehard fans held their breath, knocked on wood, and whispered hopeful words of a championship as the season Mendoza’ed on. Now it’s time to show the rest of the college football world what Hoosiers have known forever — Bloomington is special.
Take some time to walk through the university that has captured a place on “most beautiful campus” lists over and over again, setting eyes on the Sample Gates, Rose Well House, Showalter Fountain, the Arboretum, and the Centennial Patio at the Indiana Memorial Union. The stops in this guide to the best restaurants in Bloomington will help tell the story of a day in the life of a Hoosier. Welcome to B-Town.