Area Dining & Shopping

City Center

(Time - about 15 minutes from Capital - with parking. Parking is $1.00 for the whole day on Saturday and Sunday and after 6 p.m. on the weekdays.)

1. Take 70 W to the 4th Street Exit
2. Turn right off of the exit (You are now on 4th Street)
3. Get into one of the far left hand lanes
4. Go past Main Street
5. The next street will be Rich Street - turn left here
6. The Parking Garage for the Maill is on the left side of the street, after you pass 3rd Street. You will see the Mall on your right side.

Easton Town Center

Here you will find Planet Movies, Planet Hollywood, shopping, Chiller Ice Rink.
(Time - about 15 minutes from Capital. Free parking.)

1. Travel east on Main Street to James Road
2. Turn left on James Road, cross Broad Street, James Road turns into Stelzer Road.
3. Travel to the traffic light at the entrance to the airport. Turn left and follow the signs to I-670 and I-270 toward Wheeling (bear to the right).
4. Stay on I-270 toward Westerville/Cleveland
5. Exit I-270 at the Easton exit.
6. Turn left at the end of the ramp. Easton Town Center will be about a mile away on the right.

Tuttle Mall

(Time - about 20 minutes from Capital. Free parking.)

1. Take 70 W to 270 N, Travel about 3-5 miles on 270 N
2. Exits at the Tuttle Creek Exit and turn right.

The Lennox Movies and Shopping

Here you will find a Coffee House (Cup O' Joe) and restaurants like Champs and Don Pablos
(This will take you about 20 minutes from Capital)

1. Take 70 W to 71 N
2. Now get into the far left hand lane as soon as you can
3. Take the 670 W (the 315 detour). Follow this road until it turns into 315 North. (You will pass the Wonder Bread bakery on your right).
4. Other sights you will see on your way will be OSU on your right, and you will even see the Lennox on your left.
5. Exit at the Lane Avenue Exit.
6. When you get off the exit, turn left, and get into the far left hand lane.
7. This will take you back on 315 (heading south), but don't worry! It is the right way! Stay in the far right hand lane, and get off at the VERY FIRST EXIT.
8. As you get off the exit you will see the AMC Lennox Movie Theater right in front of you.
9. Go straight on through the intersection.

Restaurants and attractions within walking distance:

W.G Grinder's Restaurant - It is right across Main Street from campus, and a little to the right - hard to miss! East of campus. The address is 2376 E. Main Street. Radio Cafe

• Restaurant/Coffee House - Located right across Main Street, west of Drexel Avenue.
• Cup O'Joe Coffee House - East of campus on Main Street. One block east of Grinder's.
• Bexley Public Library - East of campus on Main Street. 2411 E. Main. Has a nice leasure reading room and research area.
• Graeter's Ice Cream - Once again, located right across the street, out the front gates of Capital.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill Restaurant - Just a two block walk on Main Street on the left. When you leave the Capital campus, turn right onto Main Street and head east.
• Drexel Movie Theater - Across Main Street next to Radio City Cafe. 3 - screen theater showing a wide variety of first-run movies.
• Cosi - Sandwich bar and coffeehouse serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Features flat bread sandwiches, salads, pizza, pastries and s'mores. Across Main Street to the left of the front gates of Capital. College Avenue dead ends into the entrance of the Bexley Square Shopping Center.

Area Fine Dining

• Bexley's Monk - in Bexley Square Shopping Center. Serving lunch and dinner. For reservations call 239-6665.
• The Rusty Bucket - west of campus on Main Street. Serving lunch and dinner. For reservations call 236-2426.
  
• Top Steak House - a short drive on Main Street

Other nearby attractions

• Columbus Museum of Art - on East Broad Street near downtown.
• Franklin Park Conservatory - on East Broad Street, outside Bexley
• Schumacher Gallery - top floor of the Blackmore Library on Capital's campus
• Center of Science and Industry (COSI) - on West Broad Street, just west of downtown