A whimsical question....

<p>This map is a start, though it covers just Hyde Park:
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<p>Some Hyde Park favorites:</p>

<p>The Snail (reasonably priced and delicious thai-- mobbed on Friday and Saturday nights)</p>

<p>Medici (good sandwiches, pizza, ambiance–mobbed on Sunday mornings)</p>

<p>Rajun Cajun (more for ordering out than sitting down, but clubs will advertise that they’re offering it free-- it’s the only place I know of where you can get Indian food with your cornbread and mac and cheese and eat it with sporks)</p>

<p>There’s a Hyde Park branch of Giordano’s, which is just as tasty as the one on Rush and nowhere near as crowded.</p>

<p>There’s also Cedars for meditteranean food, a new all-you-can-eat sushi place, and Pizza Capri. Not to mention Hyde Park staples like Calypso, Dixie Kitchen, and Original Pancake House.</p>

<p>Probably the fanciest restaurant in the neighborhood is La Petit Folie. I don’t imagine students would go there on a regular basis, unless they were celebrating an anniversary or something like that. But I find Hyde Park food options to be very varied and very good for college students during a recession.</p>