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Children's Discovery Museum, Normal

small town museum? i think not!

Don’t let the small size and town ownership fool you. This is a first-class Children’s Museum, on par with the Boston Children’s Museum and the Discovery House in St. Louis. It’s absolutely amazing to have such a great resource available in (a smaller) town! It’s right downtown, directly across the tracks from the Normal Amtrak station. Do watch out when taking the kids, however – Emack and Bolio’s Ice Cream Shoppe is directly next door :)

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Lunkers, Normal

Local Bar

This is one of the few “local” bars (as opposed to “college” bars) located in downtown Normal. While it can be packed with college kids, it has a distinctly “townie” feel to it – there’s a regular crowd who’s been going since it opened. If you’re not just looking for the wasted college kid crowd (which you will find everywhere downtown on the weekend), stop in for the wasted townie crowd :) Oh, and the food’s good too. (ok, I’m biased, I run the kitchen 5 days a week right now :) )