If you couldn't tell by the abundance of U-Haul trucks clogging the streets, college students are coming back to Iowa City.

Though some may be too busy unpacking to notice, a lot has changed in between the month of May when many of them went home and today — especially in the ever-bustling local restaurant scene.

Old standards are gone — rest in peace, Motley Cow — but many more new restaurants have popped up since May.

So this list is for you, returning college kids, and townies who may have missed the news. Here are six new restaurants that have opened up in recent months that you definitely need to stop by, once all the unpacking is done of course.

PiZan Pizza

113 Iowa Ave., Iowa City

Located right next to the longtime bar Joe's Place, PiZan Pizza has almost a symbiotic relationship with the bar since they're owned by the same people and share a window between the two businesses. That means pizza from PiZan can flow freely into Joe's.

With Pita Pit's downtown location closed, PiZan Pizza plans to fill the space

The real highlight of PiZan Pizza is the pizza, of course. Made much like a sandwich at Subway is, customers can either order a pizza off the menu and see PiZan employees place all the ingredients on the pie in front of them or you can custom order and get whatever toppings you want. Another plus: the pizzas cook rather quickly, usually in only a couple minutes, since they use a brick oven. Pasta and salads can also be ordered.

Open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day, PiZan works great as a quick grab-and-go lunch spot or a place to relax at and grab a bite after a long day.

Rapid Creek Cidery

4823 Dingleberry Road NE, Iowa City

A restaurant and event center nestled inside Wilson's Orchard just north of Iowa City, Rapid Creek Cidery is a haven for foodies. Using many ingredients grown right there at Wilson's Orchard, diners know they're getting some of the freshest ingredients in the area. With the menu shaped and cooked by Matt Steigerwald, the former owner and operator of Mount Vernon's Lincoln Cafe and James Beard award semifinalist, diners also know they are getting some of the best prepared food in eastern Iowa.

The menu itself is made of delicious appetizers like Great Lakes smelt with tartar sauce and barbecue pork belly. Though they do serve a selection of sandwiches, the really adventurous entrees are hard to ignore: basil roasted half chicken with zucchini and pistachios, braised pork shoulder with barbecue field peas, collards and grits. They, of course, serve Wilson's hard cider, as well as many other drinks, at their bar.

The cidery is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, but is a perfect spot for a date night dinner.

Guild Wurst Tavern

53 Second St., Coralville

This brats and beers place just opened up a few weeks ago, so be one of the first to try one of the newest restaurants on the Coralville strip.

Guild Wurst Tavern has an eclectic mix of foods: cheese fries to homemade biscuits with honey for appetizers, traditional burgers to a squash and white bean burger topped with sweet peppers, onions, Gouda cheese and soft egg yolk for entrees. But the star of the menu are the house-made bratwursts. Six different types of brats come in all different flavors and include two sides with them. House-made baked goods like cheesecake and malt-chocolate buttercake round out the food menu. They also have a full bar and will be brewing their own beer in the coming months.

Open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saurday, expect this place and to be jumping when Hawkeye football games takeover the tavern's televisions in coming months.

Billy's High Hat Diner

630 Iowa Ave., Iowa City

Breakfast food is always great choice no matter what the time, and Billy's High Hat Diner knows that better than most.

Open in the former Augusta location, the new diner is almost totally about breakfast, though a burger, an Italian pork sandwich and a few other entrees, steer away from the breakfast theme. But when you're serving dishes like chicken and waffles, Belgian waffles with whipped cream, berries and walnuts, you can forgive the customers from wanting just breakfast. Owned and operated by the man behind El Banditos, One Twenty Six and Mama's Deli, you know that food is going to be good.

Billy's High Hat Diner is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and open until 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, so you can be sure to get a nice breakfast later in the day if needed.

Thai Spice Noodle House

725 Mormon Trek Boulevard, Iowa City

Thai Spice is a name known to most Iowa City foodies, but they just opened a new location off of Mormon Trek, so that means diners west of the Iowa River won't need to drive into the city to get Thai Spice's classic dishes anymore.

From staples like Pad Thai, red and yellow curry and spring rolls, to adventurous dishes like pineapple fried rice with shrimp, the new Thai Spice delivers all of the classic dishes Iowa Citians have come to love.

Thai Spice opens at 11 a.m. most days, but closes between lunch and dinner from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, so be sure not to show up at 3:30 p.m.

Fuzzy's Taco Shop

201 East Ninth St., Coralville.

One of the newest occupants of Coralville's Iowa River Landing is a Mexican food chain restaurant called Fuzzy's Taco Shop. With the first location opening in Fort Worth, Texas back in 2001, Fuzzy's now has 115 locations across the country. There's a reason for its growth: it's menu is massive.

Appetizers, soups, salads, tacos, burritos, burrito bowls, nachos, dinner plates, quesadillas, breakfast items, side dishes, desserts and a kids menu populate the menu along with beer, margaritas and other drinks. Also, they have Oreo churros. Who else has Oreo churros? That's enough of a reason right there to try Fuzzy's.

Reach Zach Berg at 319-887-5412, zberg@press-citizen.com or follow him on Twitter at @ZacharyBerg.