There is no comparison when it comes to better food in the areas.
That being said, there are two eateries that I do miss about the South Bend area, one of them being Bruno's, and the other being Macri's. I remember being in South Bend for the 2018 Ball State game, and by the time my wife and I got back to our hotel, it was already getting pretty late, so we went to Villa Macri right next to that Holiday Inn Express.
Imagine my joy when I saw the original menu for Macri's Deli when it came to their excellent sandwiches, and wolfing down an Old Chicago sandwich. They're just as good as when Macri's occupied a hole in a wall at a run down strip mall in the 80's and 90's.