Sorry for belated write up. We ended up staying at The Graduate, which had its charm, but our room had a connecting door to another room and we – unfortunately – could hear our neighbor chatting on the phone and playing music late into the night.
If you can get a room that doesn’t have this issue, then I would recommend the hotel for its proximity to restaurants and campus. They had parking onsite in the back at $37 per night.
During our stay, we ate breakfast at La Note, dinner at Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya, lunch at Dumpling Kitchen, coffee at Caffe Strada, and breakfast at Bagel Street Cafe.
We walked around campus and did the self guided audio tour on Sunday in between the rains.
We were really impressed with the Physics Dept building, and what surprised me was the amount of time on the audio tour devoted to safety (#18). (Our visit was prior to me reading about the SafeBears Inc. post on College Confidential.)