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Study Spots

List of study spaces on and around the Health, Science and Technology (HS&T) Campus.

Ice Cream Shops

  • Blue Cow
  • Bruster's Real Ice Cream
  • Champloo, Salem
  • Chris' Coffee and Custard
  • Homestead Creamery, Wirtz
  • Hang 10
  • Kippy's Frozen Custard
  • Pops Ice Cream, Grandin
  • Rookies
  • Salem Ice Cream Parlor

Grocery Stores

  • Aldi
  • Earthfare
  • Food Lion
  • Fresh Market
  • Kroger
  • Oasis World Market
  • Roanoke Food Coop, Grandin & Downtown

Places to Eat in Roanoke

  • Abra Kababra (Halal options) $
  • Alejandro’s $
  • Bethlehem (Halal options) $
  • Beamer's 25 $$
  • Billy’s Restaurant $$
  • Blue Ridge Burrito Company $
  • Bobby's Hot and Cheesy $
  • Bread Craft $
  • Bubble Cake $
  • Café Asia 2 $$
  • Caribbica Soul $
  • Casa Del Burrito $
  • Cedars $$
  • Cello $
  • City Corner 2 $
  • Community Inn $
  • Cuban Island $
  • Dogwood Café $
  • Evie’s Bakery and Bistro $
  • Falafel House (Halal options) $
  • Farmbugesa $$
  • First Watch $
  • Fork in the Alley $$
  • Fortunato $$
  • Frankie Rolands $$$
  • Gina's Food with Flavor $
  • Grace’s Place Pizzeria $
  • Green Goat $
  • Jack Brown’s $
  • Local Roots $$$
  • Lucky's $$
  • Martin’s Downtown $
  • Macados $
  • Mac n Bobs $
  • Mama Jeans BBQ $$
  • Mi Tapatia $
  • Nawaab $$
  • Nakhonthai $$
  • Our Daily Bread $
  • Petra (Halal options) $
  • Poke BBQ $$
  • Roanoke Weiner Stand $
  • Sidecar $$$
  • Sistas of Soul Food $$
  • Stix & Spoons $
  • Sweets By Shaneice $$
  • Tacos Rojas $
  • Tacos Riendo $
  • Taaza (Halal options) $
  • Thai Oudone Valley Grill $$
  • Tucos Taqueria Garaje Tacos $
  • Viet Sub $
  • Village Grill $
  • Vina Café $
  • Wasabi's $$
  • Wonju $$

Breweries

  • A Few Old Goats
  • Big Lick
  • Chaos Mountain, Calloway, VA
  • Devil’s Backbone, Lexington, VA
  • Golden Cactus, Roanoke
  • Hammer & Forge, Boones Mill, VA
  • Olde Salem Brewing Company
  • Parkway, Salem, VA
  • Solstice Farm Brewery, Catawba, VA
  • Starr Hill
  • Three Notch’d Brewing
  • Twin Creeks, Vinton, VA
  • Twisted Track, Roanoke

Wineries

  • AmRhein’s Wine Cellars
    Bent Mountain, VA
  • Chateau Morrisette
    Floyd, VA
  • Early Mountain
    Madison, VA
  • Peaks of Otter
    Bedford, VA
  • Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards
    North Garden, VA
  • Stoney Brook, Troutville, VA
  • Valhalla Vineyards
    Roanoke, VA
  • Virginia Mountain Vineyards
    Fincastle, VA
  • Well Hung Vinyard

Things to do

Trivia Nights

  • Fork in the Alley
  • Few Old Goats (W)
  • Mellow Mushroom (W)
  • Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill
  • Montano’s
  • Parkway (W)
  • Wasena Tap Room (M, F)

Festivals

  • Roanoke Pride Festival, April
  • Strawberry Festival, May
  • Local Colors, May
  • Juneteeth, June
  • Labanese Festival, June
  • Floyd Fest, July
  • Microfestivus, August
  • Greek Festival, September
  • Henry Street Festival, September
  • Olde Salem Days, September
  • Go Fest, October

Take a virtual tour of downtown Roanoke

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Living and Studying in Roanoke

Community Engagement

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