State College / Penn State : Top Ten Restaurants

ITALIAN
Mario and Luigi's (fine dining, full service bar)
North Atherton St. near Blockbuster

Faccia Luna (large wood fired oven, wine)
South Atherton Street (near intersection with Allen St.)

THAI and VIET

Cozy Thai Bistro (bring your own beer/wine)
Allen Street
Galaga Thai cafe - on East College Avenue

My Thai
Westerly Parkway

Pho 11  (*new*)
North Atherton (near Greyhound bus terminal)


Lemongrass Cafe (*new*)

TEX-MEX FOOD (my friends would kill me if I use the word Mexican as they feel none are authentic enough)

Qdoba: http://www.qdoba.com/
State College #211
206 West College Avenue
State College, PA 16801
814-861-3288

Chipotle Mexican Grill
Heister Street (opening Sep 11th)
Chipotle - Penn State University
116 Heister St.
State College, PA 16801
814-231-0442 (phone)
Open 11am - 10pm

Baja Fresh
Downtown (on Garner Street and Calder way) open till 10pm usually

Rey's Azteca  (*new*) By the Nittany Mall on Benner Pike (next to Office Depot) open till 11pm weekends

Jalisco (coming soon)  (*new*) - on North Atherton


AMERICAN CUISINE
The Deli on Heister Street
Great beers, wide menu, great desserts; They are also connected to Inferno - restaurant and bar

The Tavern Restaurant on College Avenue

INDIAN

Kaarma (on Beaver Avenue close to x-tion with Allen St)

India Pavilion (on Calder Way) close to Pugh Street - between Beaver and College Avenues.


Spicetruck Indian Cooking  (*new*) -  Cooking demonstrations and customized dinners at site of your convenience (where possible)- Please contact Nari at psusaver@gmail.com or call 814 753 4459 for more information. Both South and North Indian cooking available.

MIDDLE EASTERN CUISINE & CREPES

Pita Cabana Grill 
Next to Chipotle on Calder Way

Joie De Crepe
East College Avenue - next to Penn Stae McLannahans Room-
 in Basement next to Big Bowl Noodle House

ALTOONA
El Campesino (Altoona, PA) http://elcampesino.net/


and more will be added as time goes on!

Penn State Law Building and Library: Worth a tourist visit

This post is about buildings on Penn State University Park (main) campus.

If you want to showcase some buildings on your campus to visitors who are in town, take them to the IST Building - which (to me) looks like a high speed rail station with its long span, elevated position and all glass walls.

If you are into buildings with lot of glass, then the ones on campus you want to check out are:

IST Building, Lewis Katz Law Building, Life Sciences Building, Smeal Business Building and the School of Forestry Building.

The IST building is closer to downtown and easily approachable.

The top pick on campus however goes to the new Lewis Katz Law School simply because of the setting. It is set in the middle of a vast green expanse.