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 map Mobile 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 & Fun

Student 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), 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: Off-campus: UConn athletic events (locations vary) The Adventure Park at Storrs (Storrs) Student Union Movie Theater (Student Union) Puppet Museum (Storrs) Ice Skating Rink (Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum) Merrow Meadow Park (Storrs) Jorgensen Performing Arts Center Mansfield Hollow State Park (Chaplin) https://jorgensen.uconn.edu/Online/Article/events 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 Info

Grocery 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 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! Spare Time (bowling/arcade; Vernon Rockville) Skeleton Key (escape room; West Hartford) Cinemark Cinema (Manchester) Team vs. Time (escape room; Berlin) Dave & Buster’s (Manchester) Mt. Southington Ski Area (Plantsville) The Shoppes at Buckland Hills (Manchester) Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park (Portland) The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk (South Windsor) On Track Karting (go-karts; Wallingford) Puzzle Theory (escape room; South Windsor) Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort (snow tubing/skiing; Middlefield) Ducks on the Ave (duckpin bowling; Hartford) Escape New Haven (escape room; New Haven) Live music at Arch Street Tavern (Hartford) Mohegan Sun Casino (restaurants, shops, concerts, etc.; Uncasville) Billiards and other bar games at Pigs Eye Pub (Hartford) Foxwoods Resort Casino (great for shopping, food; Mashantucket) Pine & Iron Axe Throwing (Frog Hollow) Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets (Clinton) Connecticut Science Center (Hartford) Mystic, CT (aquarium, art/museums, great restaurants) Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford) Beaches: Rocky Neck State Park (Niantic, CT); Hammonasset (Madison, CT); Watch MUSE Paintbar (paint & sip; Glastonbury & West Hartford) Hill, RI (Taylor Swift has a house here); Misquamicut, RI; , RI; Block Island, RI Breweries/Wineries Breweries Wineries

Willimantic Brewing Company (aka Willibrew; Willimantic), Thomas Cassidy Hill Vineyard (Coventry), Brignole Vineyards (East Granby), Hooker Brewery (Hartford; original in Bloomfield), Hog River Brewing Priam Vineyard (Colchester), Jonathan Edwards Winery (North Company (Hartford), Back East Brewing Company (Bloomfield), New Stonington), Stonington Vineyards (Stonington), Chamard Park Brewing (West Hartford), Five Churches Brewing (New Britain), Vineyards (Clinton), Bishop’s Orchards Guilford Farm Market & Labyrinth Brewing Company (Manchester), Alvarium Beer Company Winery (great for apple/pumpkin picking etc.; Guilford), (New Britain), Five Churches (New Britain), Still Hill Brewery & Rosabianca Vineyards (Northford), Gouveia Vineyards Taproom (Rocky Hill), Relic Brewing Company (Plainville), Parable (Wallingford), Nashoba Valley Winery (Bolton, MA -- further into Brewing Company (Manchester), Kinsmen Brewing (Milldale), New MA) 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), Wine Thimble Island Brewing Company (Branford), Bad Sons (), The Beeracks (East Haven), Falls Brewing (Kent), Beer’d (Stonington), about it Tree House Brewing Company (Charlton, MA -- right over MA border) So.. Where to next? Welcome to UConn!