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Inside 10 From the Editor Let Us Eat Cake

13 Conversation 13 Snapshots 15 Contributors 16 Epilogue 13 years after her Evansville Living cover, Sadia Ragland still loves to dance

112 Final Detail Christmas goes big in Staff Writer Riley Guerzini’s family

GOOD LIVING 19 Start Your Engines Dan Sauls’ restored 1969 Dodge Super Bee is a nostalgic labor of love

20 Center of Attention Feed Evansville is tackling the TriState’s food deserts, one box at a time

20 Mental Health Holiday traditions connect us to who and what we love most

21 Q&A Robin Lawrence finds strength in cultivating Monarch butterflies

22 Worth The Drive See Vincent van Gogh in a new light at LUME

DEPARTMENTS 36 Journeys Ryan and Lucinda Embry honor loved ones with Sophie Grace’s Bed and Breakfast

42 Encyclopedia Evansvillia Take a tour of High Street, Evansville’s long-ago red-light district

HOME & STYLE 55 What’s In Store Enjolé Interiors settles into its new home in Newburgh

56 In The Details

58 Style File As Hanukkah approaches, menorahs adopt a wide range of shapes and personalities

58 On The Market This Bellemeade Avenue home offers more than meets the eye

59 Creating Tom O. Reed’s wooden utensils inject style into any kitchen

FOOD & DRINK

25 Art Talk

93 Think Drinks

26 Shelf Life Add these titles to your book collection this winter

27 Entertainment Center Shiver for a different reason with “13 Slays Till X-Mas”

28 The Guide See what’s happening in November and December

32 15 Minutes A lover of singing, Madeline Beeson now instructs a new generation of vocalists

34 Social Life

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Unique anchor plates dress up East Side chimneys

CULTURE Eclectic wood-burned art fuels Debbie Krugman Goldman’s retirement hobbies

Raise a glass minus the booze with these craft mocktails

94 In The Kitchen Pam Riley Heironimus cooks up two recipes for a holiday dinner menu

95 Chew On This Tasty tidbits on the dining scene

96 Chain Reaction Drake’s puts a twist on contemporary cuisine

103 Dining Directory Peruse the cuisine of Tri-State restaurants

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Inside SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS Inserted after page 48 Holiday Gift Guide Find something special for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Local shops, makers, and more showcase their top products for the season in our annual gift guide

64 Top Docs Based on an online voting process of doctors by their peers, the 2021 Top Doctors list highlights medical professionals in the Evansville metropolitan area practicing a wide range of specialties

80 Junior Achievement Hall of Fame This special collaboration highlights the organization’s 2021 laureates

Join us in saying an enormous “Thank you” to all of our local health care workers who are heroically risking their own well being in order to help our community safely navigate life in the time of COVID-19. For the sacrifices being made the extra hours… the special care … the additional diligence

86 WNIN Program Guide Discover WNIN’s upcoming program highlights, guide listings, and station-wide happenings for December and January

Let us all help to keep everyone as safe and healthy as possible by wearing a face covering in public.

COMING IN THE JANUARY/FEBRUARY ISSUE OF EVANSVILLE LIVING HEALTHY LIVING Keep your New Year’s resolutions with tips from health care professionals, nutritionists, trainers, and more

WEDDING BOOK Be inspired by our annual wedding guide and find ideas for your perfect day, including advice from local experts and newlywed couples

SENIOR LIVING Enjoy your golden years to the fullest by planning your future early with experts in finance, health care, and long-term residences

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Thanks Evansville Living for the write up on the Expert Tattooing in the Midwest exhibit (in the story “Curious Canvas” in the July/August issue). Crescent City Tattoo & Museum via Facebook

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Thank you (Staff Writer) Dallas Carter and Evansville Living magazine for believing in little ole Taylor’s Grill on Wheels. Thank you for the article (“The Grill of a Lifetime”) in your September/ October 2021 edition. Go check us out on page 165. Taylor’s Grill on Wheels via Facebook

HOME SWEET HOME

My September/October issue of (Evansville Living) arrived; I was so excited and happy. Our apartment, and us, are in it, yah! We love the article (“West Side Wonder”) and the pictures. Let’s hope people will take the time and drive to Boehne Camp Road, look at the building, and learn about Evansville’s history. Being in the magazine, recognized as Evansvillians, makes us feel like we really belong here. Evansville gave me a big present. Hetty Sloots, Evansville

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Alison Petrash of Clarksville, Indiana; Jane Duesterberg of Evansville; Kristen Burckhartt of Evansville; Leesa Kuhn of Evansville; and Lynne Demond of Massachusetts and Evansville pose in September with the July/August 2021 issue of Evansville Living magazine while visiting Torralbenc Winery in Alaior, a municipality on the Balearic Island of Menorca, Spain.

We’re so excited to announce our Evansville Living “Best of Evansville” win as Best Bookstore. Thank you all for voting for us, shopping with us, telling people to shop with us, liking and sharing our social media stuff, and petting our dogs. We really couldn’t have done it without you all. Bluestocking Social via Facebook

Evansville Living readers have voted Azzip the 2021 Best Place for Pizza (and Best Business That Gives Back). This is a huge accomplishment for our team, and we are so proud of the reputation we have built here in Evansville. Also, thank you to all of our supporters in Evansville. You are the reason we do what we do. We will keep trying to make Azzip a great place for you to come eat. Azzip Pizza via Facebook

We are so excited to announce that we are Evansville Living’s editor’s pick and winner of “Best Place to Find Your New Favorite Thing.” Thank you to everyone who supports us, we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for shopping local. Rare Bird Uncommon Gifts via Facebook

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In August, Owensboro, Kentucky, natives Lillie, Mark, Natalie, and Creative Director Laura Mathis visited Walt Disney World and posed in front of Spaceship Earth at Epcot with the May/June 2021 issue of Evansville Living. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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Contributors MORGAN DEAN “Ever since I can remember, I have been fascinated by colors, typography, and layout. Being able to pursue these passions daily through graphic design is an absolute dream. I am ecstatic to join the TPG team and am delighted to have found a new home through my job and coworkers.”

organ Dean joined Tucker Publishing Group in September 2021 as a graphic designer. She previously was the Branding, Marketing, and Design Coordinator with Chatham Park Development in Indianapolis, Indiana. In May 2020, Morgan graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ball State University, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in public relations with concentrations in graphic design and event planning. She was raised in Newburgh, Indiana, and graduated from Castle High School in 2016.

LEXI BAILEY “Baking has always been a way for me to express myself through the things I create. Growing up, my grandma made all of our birthday cakes, the best cinnamon rolls, and so many other baked goods. She was a huge inspiration, and I absolutely fell in love with baking because of her. As stressful as running this business has been, when I am baking, I am completely in my element. Everything is blocked out, and I just get to be creative and express myself. I am blessed with customers who give me creative freedom and let me have fun with it. I am also blessed to have a career choice that makes loving my job so easy.”

exi Bailey created the spice cake that Evansville Living featured on the cover of this issue. A 2017 Reitz Memorial High School graduate, she started Lexi Bailey Baking in 2018. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Purdue Global, Lexi plans on baking full time and expanding her business.

SARAH THURMAN “As an eighth grader at Evansville’s McGary Middle School, I won a writing contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Until then, writing had only meant making a grade. But when the emcee read my excerpt aloud at the awards ceremony, I got hooked on the feeling of connecting with the audience. Now, I love to share stories that inspire me — stories that can spread hope and amplify everyday angels.”

vansville native and University of Evansville alumna Sarah Thurman began her career at Albion Fellows Bacon Center, where she specialized in community outreach. After holding positions at Tucker Publishing Group in Evansville and Twentieth Century Fox in Los Angeles, California, Sarah earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. She now supports the Executive Leadership Team and manages special projects at Cornerstone OnDemand, a learning technology company in Santa Monica, California.

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Epilogue

LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR

adia Ragland was born to dance. In 2008, she graced the cover of Evansville Living’s November/December issue, handpicked from a list of local models for her exuding confidence. The issue was also historic, being the only one in the magazine’s 21-year history with two covers. “She had a big, pretty smile and good mix of positivity and confidence,” says Evansville Living Creative Director Laura Mathis. “Especially when we saw the dress from Caché, we knew that was the one and she would make a great cover model. We liked her on the cover so much that we designed two and decided to include them both in the issue.” Ragland, now a 38-year-old art teacher at Reitz High School and a ballet instructor at the Children’s Center for Dance Education, began her dance career in middle school, taking ballet classes at the Children’s Center through high school before

teaching there herself. She currently instructs pre-ballet and ballet three days a week. After graduating from Central High School in 2001, Ragland joined the Indianapolis Colts cheerleading squad — an opportunity she says she couldn’t pass up despite recently having a child and attending school at the University of Evansville. She cheered for the Colts from 2003 to 2006. “I had my first baby, and she was probably two at the time. I was a junior at UE, and I would drive to Indianapolis three times a week and then do practices every other weekend, or there’d be a game and we’d have appearances the whole day,” she says. Ragland went back to school in 2009 to

Sadia Ragland instructs ballet dancers at Children’s Center for Dance Education

earn a teaching certification from the University of Southern Indiana. She taught at Joshua Academy for a few years before accepting her present job at Reitz in 2013. Through all the twists and turns of her career and family life — she has four children: Jazmine, Maya, Jada, and Mila — Ragland always comes back to the dance studio. “Dance has always been there,” she says. “I could always go back to it no matter what’s going on or if I’m stressed with kids or with work or with life, I can always go back to the bar.” — BY RILEY GUERZINI

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For almost 20 years, Dan Sauls restored his nostalgic dream car from a rusted shell to a shining collector’s item. He purchased his 1969 Dodge Super Bee in 2000 after a four-year search.

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DAN SAULS’ DEEP BLUE 1969 Dodge Super Bee is the product of nearly 20 years of restoration and a lifetime of nostalgia. Purchased in 2000, the Super Bee is the same year, make, and model as his very first car. Sauls grew up in Evansville as the youngest of five siblings. In the 1970s, his father Virgil purchased a ’69 Super Bee for his children to share. Sauls graduated from Bosse High School in 1982 and sold the car about two years later. “I had to sell it because it wasn’t really practical as a daily driver,” he says. “When I had to sell my original one, I was like, ‘Someday, I’m going to find another one and restore it.’” Sauls studied business management at the University of Evansville, where he met his wife Susan. In 1996, his mother Lois died, leaving him money that he used to purchase his new old Super Bee. After a four-year search, Sauls found the rusted car in a junkyard in Georgia through Hemmings Motor News collector’s magazine. Using skills he learned from his grandfather and brother-in-law, Sauls restored the body, original 383 Magnum engine, transmission, and paint. During the almost two-decade process, Sauls also restored and sold four other cars, including a 1967 Ford Mustang. After retiring last year as Old National Bank’s vice president of IT project management, Sauls is redoing his retirement home at Lake Barkley, Kentucky, complete with a pole barn for his Super Bee. Susan calls the space “the beehive.” “This is a piece of history,” he says. “It’s a piece of America, and they don’t make these anymore.” NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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ONE BOX AT A TIME Feed Evansville counters pandemic food insecurity

t the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of volunteers handed out about 7,000 USDA farm-tofamily food boxes per week at Hartke Pool on Evansville’s East Side. Now known as Feed Evansville, the group was only hitting the tip of the food insecurity iceberg. Feed Evansville chair Lisa COMMUNITY Vaughan moved to Evansville EFFORT from her native Cleveland, Feed Evansville Ohio, in 2006. An avid volchair Lisa unteer, former hospital chapVaughan and her group of lain and children’s minister at volunteers Newburgh United Methodist distributed Church, and Junior League 500,000 boxes member and former presiof food to local dent, she started Feed Evansfamilies in 2020. ville alongside Evansville City Council President Alex Burton in March 2020. “We’ve always been community driven,” she says. “I love volunteering and I love working with other leaders and community members and neighbors to make the place that I live effective and efficient and better for everybody.” On March 18, 2021, the group was recognized at Leadership Everyone’s 26th annual Celebration of Leadership awards. Burton and Vaughan were also named the 2020 McGary Jones Visionary & Humanitarian Award recipients by Mayor Lloyd Winnecke. “I’m extremely honored any time there’s been any recognition,” says Vaughan. “It’s nice to be appreciated. However, this work is important. It’s essential, it’s needed, and it’s really driven by the volunteerism of the community. So, these awards are really meant for everybody.” Vaughan oversaw several other Feed Evansville food drives with 500,000 boxes given away in 2020, and neighborhood handouts continued through Sept. 15, 2021. Throughout the pandemic, the group also worked with the Mayor’s Office FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Reopening Task Force, establishing a Food Security Commisfeedevansville.com sion with members from Feed Evansville, local pantries, food distributors, restaurants, and more. “Feed Evansville is a COVID-19 task force … it was very much for the crisis needs,” says Vaughan. “Feed Evansville is folding into the food commission, and we are looking at systematic changes and making suggestions and policy suggestions for all of the food sharing opportunities that are in our Evansville area.” Donations still can be made to Feed Evansville online and volunteers can join via inquiries on its official Facebook page. — DALLAS CARTER

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The Importance of Traditions BY GRACE STEVENS, M.A., LMHCA

TRADITIONS ENRICH THE HOLIDAY SEASON

by allowing loved ones to recognize the culture and history that has shaped their identities. They add meaning to our experiences and enhance a sense of belonging with others. In an uncertain world, we find security in something remaining the same over time that can also be passed down through the generations. When we move from one phase of life to the next, the traditions we cherish and our values can remain a constant. The smells, tastes, and sounds we look forward to each year are predictable, familiar, and comforting. Traditions do not have to be about what religion a person practices or the specific cultural beliefs they hold. Traditions are about creating and holding meaning with the people who are important to us. Family is not always nuclear, but it is where love and connection are cherished. Tradition recognizes what we hold sacred, whether it be a recipe, a song, a game, or an order of doing things. These rituals nurture our relationships and foster positive memories that we hold dear and keep with us over time. The holidays — no matter how they are celebrated — allow the community to take a much-needed pause. People step away from work with the expectation that friends, families, neighbors, and community become the priority. During this time, we call more attention to the things that really matter to us. We feel grateful for the opportunity to spend time, to share in a meal, to support one another, and to give. We count our blessings, instead of focusing on what is lacking, missing, or not good enough. This recognition and appreciation elevate our state of mind, mood, and spirit. Though holidays can bring stress and imperfection, take the time this season to recognize and appreciate how your traditions can connect you to what you love most. To learn more about psychotherapy and Grace Stevens, check out Growing through Grace at growingthroughgrace.info.

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Overcoming the Odds Despite cancer diagnosis, Robin Lawrence stays positive through ‘Robin’s Nest’ BY RILEY GUERZINI

ROBIN LAWRENCE HAS HURDLED MANY OBSTACLES

throughout her life, from battling melanoma in the early 2000s to now facing Stage 4 anal and rectal cancer with heavy metastasis to the liver. Through it all, she has maintained her positivity, drawn strength and courage from her beloved daughter and caretaker Kori June, and found a way to inspire others. Lawrence, a former marketing director at the Evansville Cancer Center, now spends her days in her garden, focused on tending to her Monarch butterflies. In September 2018, nine months after she was diagnosed, Lawrence’s friends took her to John James Audubon State Park in Henderson, Kentucky, for her birthday to tag and release Monarch butterflies during their annual migration to Mexico. It was then she came up with the idea to raise and release Monarchs of her own as a therapeutic way to cope with her disease. Later that year, she began sharing news of her butterflies’ metamorphoses on a Facebook page called “The Robin’s Nest,” an affectionate name given to her home by friends. Along with raising and releasing the Monarchs, the Evansville-born, Richland, Indiana-raised Lawrence spends her time in the winter on her newfound artistic talents, painting and drawing scenes from her garden that she has photographed in the Spring and Summer. Initially reluctant to sell her work, she has now sold several artworks to friends and family, depicting the wildlife found in her garden including robins and cardinals and of course, Monarchs. To date, Lawrence, 61, has raised and released more than 700 Monarchs, and her garden is a Monarch Waystation certified by Monarch Watch — one of nine in Newburgh — that provides food and habitat for the Monarch population. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, Monarchs themselves are on the brink of extinction, and Lawrence’s efforts benefit the ecosystem as much as her own mental health. How did you react when you found out you had terminal cancer? I was in total shock when I found out I had cancer, because I had been so athletic and so health conscious. Everything I ate, everything I did was for my health. So that came as a shock to me. Dr. (Christopher) Braden said (I had) the worst liver he’s ever seen. So right away, I had to go on a very, very aggressive treatment called cisplatin and then 5FU chemotherapy, and I got down to 90 pounds. After a few appointments, he said, “I only gave you six to seven months to live, and here you are at 15 months now. Whatever you’re doing, keep it up.” What is your connection to Monarch butterflies? Why do you raise and release them? I’ve always loved butterflies, especially Monarchs, and the reason I take PHOTOS BY AUDRA STRAW

FLUTTERING ON HIGH Robin Lawrence has spent more than three years battling cancer, but she has maintained her positivity and found strength in raising and releasing Monarch butterflies. She has released more than 500 this year alone.

them inside is because outside, they have less than a 10 percent chance of survival. They get eaten by birds, praying mantises, spiders. I was so sad that something so beautiful would be close to extinction. I stand back here for hours, and I just watch them flutter from flower to flower. In the wintertime, I stay busy doing my artwork, and then in the summertime, I’m out here working on my flowers and I’m already trying to figure out where I’m going to put more milkweed (a native host plant for Monarch butterfly caterpillars). How has raising Monarchs become therapeutic for you? They need me as much as I need them. They gave me a purpose to get out of bed and to focus on something other than cancer. Every morning when I wake up, I know I have cancer. I could dwell on it and I could be negative about it, but I won’t do that. Yeah, I’m afraid of dying. Who isn’t, you know? I just want people to start to live their life with purpose and to give them hope. I’m not supposed to be here, but for the grace of God, I am. He’s given me another three years already, and I’m fighting it. RISING ABOVE. facebook.com/pages/TheRobinsNest,Newburgh,IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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IL-LUME-INATING EXPERIENCE Van Gogh exhibit immerses Indianapolis in Post-Impressionist art

et to the delicate traces of “Suite Pastorale: Idylle” by composer Emmanuel Chabrier, sunny yellow irises gracefully bloom underfoot and spread across the surrounding walls before fading from view. A cobblestone street appears, leading to such a lifelike projection of Vincent van Gogh’s 1886 painting “View of Paris” that guests feel perched atop a Seine river overlook. Rather, they’re inside LUME, an immersive exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on the Newfields campus. Among a tidal wave of Van Gogh-centric exhibits across the U.S., LUME stands out for its engaging presence and relaxed atmosphere. “Newfields wanted to do an exhibit like this, but we needed the right partner,” says Jonathan Berger, deputy director for marketing and external affairs. That partner came in the form of Grande Experiences, an Australia-based company that has staged multisensory exhibits throughout Europe. LUME is its largest production to date. The museum committed to building a permanent spot that could host long-term exhibits. The result is a 30,000-square-foot area brimming with multiple galleries, top-of-the-line audio and visual capabilities, and nearly limitless potential. Since opening July 27, LUME has proved to be an inspired introduction to immersive art. Tour guides refer to LUME as an “experience” rather than an “exhibit,” because the entire walk-through has been tuned for engagement. 150 projectors frame four featurettes of Van Gogh’s artwork and life history across the walls and floor of the multisensory galleries, playing simultaneously so guests can walk back and forth through the experience without missing a moment. An adjacent “360 room” provides relief from overstimulation by offering a tone-down version of the current featurette. Nearby, Café Terrace 1888 was custom built for LUME, designed after Van Gogh’s 1888 painting of the same name, and offers sit-down drinks for guests over 21 years old. A family favorite is the Gogh Play! gallery, in which guests interact with Van Gogh’s works of art. One station lets visitors “Van Gogh yourself” by having their photo taken and overlayed with a Van Gogh painting filter. At anWHEN YOU GO other station, guests can take a deep dive LUME Indianapolis into three of Van Indianapolis Museum Gogh’s paintings of Art at Newfields — “Starry Night,” 4000 Michigan Road “Landscape at SaintIndianapolis, IN Rémy (Enclosed 317-923-1331 Field with Peasant),” discovernewfields.org/lume and “Sheaves of Wheat” — by using

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DEEP DIVE Vincent van Gogh’s canvas comes alive inside LUME at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Through May 2022, visitors can immerse themselves in the artist’s Post-Impressionist work and take a deeper dive through multiple interactive stations.

their hands to zoom in on the works projected on the wall. This particular station transitions to LUME’s Impressionist gallery. As guests finish studying the fine details of a Van Gogh painting, they turn a corner and come face-to-face with the original. A longtime part of IMA’s permanent collection, “Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant),” alongside Cezanne’s “House in Provence,” and Gauguin’s “Landscape Near Arles,” are drawing a captive crowd of admirers. “Guests are responding to the Van Gogh painting in our collection when they’re coming from Gogh Play. That painting has been there since 1944, and guests are lining up to look at it now. That’s never happened before,” Berger says. In September, IMA exchanged “Landscape at Saint-Rémy” for Van Gogh’s “Sheaves of Wheat” from the Dallas Museum of Art; the latter painting will remain on display at LUME through February 2022 and then return to Dallas. Rounding out the LUME experience is a production set straight out of Van Gogh’s “Bedroom in Arles.” Custom fabricated by Indianapolis-based Sapphire Theater Company, the set is a 3D recreation of Van Gogh’s 1888 painting, right down to the lacquered jacket hanging on the wall and twinsize wooden bed frame. Guests can venture into the set to analyze these mind-bending art techniques up close. The chance to perch oneself on a true theatrical set is perhaps the most grounding part of the LUME experience. Even LUME’s classical musicladen soundtrack is loaded to a Spotify playlist for guests to enjoy whenever they wish. “It’s special to have this world-class exhibit space,” Berger says. “We consume art differently than we used to. By looking at Van Gogh’s art this way — if people do a deeper dive into art — we’re doing good on our promise as Indiana’s No. 1 cultural institution.” — BY JODI KEEN PHOTOS BY JODI KEEN

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BURNING BRIGHT Using her wood burner, Debbie Krugman Goldman creates circles, swirls, dots, and more patterns on the live oak driftwood she collects from Hunting Island, South Carolina.

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rom the shores of the Ohio River to the sandy beaches of Hunting Island, South Carolina, driftwood finds new life inside the third-story workspace of Debbie Krugman Goldman’s Riverside Historic District home. There, she burns intricate patterns onto the smooth, twisted wood, refurbishing an otherwise discarded object. Goldman began collecting long, dark planks of driftwood commonly found by the Ohio River after retiring in 2019 from her almost 40-year career as a Tri-State pediatrician. Soon after, during one of her frequent vacations to South Carolina, she discovered the area’s live oak driftwood, a more suitable canvas as each piece has a unique shape. PHOTOS BY AUDRA STRAW

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After retirement, Goldman — who says she had always been the friend who worked — was left searching for a hobby. A lifelong art lover and collector with her husband Bob, Goldman took inspiration from her late friend Neil Cobb, a retired sales executive at Anchor Industries who burned, painted, and embellished tobacco sticks he called snake sticks. The wood-burned pieces now find homes with Goldman’s friends and family as gifts, or around her own home pieced together in puzzle-like stacks or perched on metal frames and stands made by her friend Jim Keck. “It’s very relaxing; the time you put into it is mentally very nice,” says Goldman. “It’s good for your health to have something you lose yourself in. It’s not the finishing that’s fun, it’s the process.” NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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Goldman, who also does gourd-burning, has developed many new patterns over time. Circles, dots, swirls, and even eyes make up visually appealing designs on the driftwood, which she cleans before using. “To me, they look like things. I have a lot that look like octopi because of the circle element,” says Goldman. “When I put the patterns on them, they have this natural way — I follow the grain of the wood. A lot of it is the wood; if you don’t have a pretty piece of driftwood, it’s not going to turn out. It’s boring.” While she says art shows could possibly be in her future, Goldman has yet to sell any of her work or feature it in a gallery. “I have people that have asked to buy it. I just haven’t done that yet,” she says. “I do this for myself, and when other people admire it, (I) think, ‘Oh, they’re just being nice.’”

SHELF LIFE “We live together in society —now made even smaller with easy access to social media — and empathetic people are witness to what others lack or need and can work to redress the inequity.” — pg. 4

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Edited by Bill Hemminger, a professor emeritus at the University of Evansville and former chair of its English department, “Growing Good” is a collection of essays focused on ordinary citizens who have made their communities a better place through serving non-profits; one study is of Evansville’s Patchwork Central non-profit. 26 EVANSVILLE LIVING NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021

“Mary was in the kitchen when she heard the white folks, as she called them, talking in the parlor about a lynching. She could tell the conversation was getting heated. The baby she carried inside of her kicked. ‘They done kilt another poor Black man,’ she thought while straining to hear more.” — pg. 14

Black in Indiana 2020 INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED

Black slaves in pre-Civil War Southern Indiana were sometimes emancipated and then immediately made indentured servants, but Vincennes resident Mary Bateman Clark’s historic 1821 lawsuit helped eventually end the practice. Written by Eunice Trotter, a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame and the first Black editor at the Indianapolis Star, this book looks beyond typical stories about slavery and explores previously buried history about early Indiana.

“It has been eight months since Shelby left Orange Beach. Eight months since her life changed forever.” — pg. 8

Love is a Storm 2020 INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED

The sequel to Ashlynn Johnson’s “Love on Shore,” “Love is a Storm” segues to the story of Callie’s best friend Shelby and her own journeys in romance. Johnson, an Evansville native and University of Southern Indiana alumna, shows readers the ups and downs of young love and the unexpected surprises of lust.

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Slay Away Horror anthology brings holiday jeer BY RILEY GUERZINI

CHRISTMAS TIME TENDS TO BE FILLED WITH MERRIMENT — a pleasant season of good tidings and joy. But what happens when the jolly holiday turns into yuletide terror? “13 Slays Till X-Mas,” a horror film anthology produced by Owensboro, Kentucky-based Blood Moon Pictures, tells the story of five random people brought to a dive bar on Christmas Eve by a mysterious email. To pass the time, they tell scary stories. As the tales unfold, the group realizes they may be connected to a terrible tragedy. Uncharacteristic of most films, each “story” told is shot by different filmmakers from across the country, with the majority shot in Owensboro. Each filmmaker — 15 in total — was given full creative control, with only a list of technical guidelines to adhere to, in order to make sure the film, which was released in March 2021, was visually cohesive. “It was probably the hardest project I’ve ever produced, because I haven’t done it before where everyone was completely spread out and producing an entire movie where you can’t be on every single set,” says Blood Moon Pictures co-owner P.J. Starks. Starks has produced two other horror anthologies out of Owensboro through Blood Moon Pictures: “Volumes of Blood” and “Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories.” “When we were making our second one, I P H O T O S P R O V I D E D B Y P. J . S TA R K S / B L O O D M O O N P I C T U R E S

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had come up with the idea for ‘13 Slays Till X-Mas,’” he says. “We kind of put it on the shelf and didn’t necessarily plan on doing anything. When we were struggling to get the third feature anthology financed, I decided to pull this one off the shelf, because I knew it was something that could be quick and fun and easy and not take a whole lot of capital to make.” Music for “13 Slays Till X-Mas” was scored by Rocky Gray, best known as the former drummer of alternative rock band Evanescence. The film’s actors include Kevin Roach, an Evansville resident and managing artistic director for the Evansville Civic Theatre, who has also worked on Starks’ previous two horror films. “Horror movies at Christmas are some of my favorites because you don’t see them that much. This is kind of the anti-Christmas movie,” says Roach. “It was definitely a neat experience to finally be a part of one of those.” “13 Slays Till X-Mas” is currently available on Blu-ray through screamteamreleasing.com. Starks says Blood Moon Pictures also has a contract with Comcast to begin streaming on its platforms starting in December.

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Christmas on North Main Parade

The Evansville Christmas on North Main Parade is estimated to have more than 100 entries this year, along with some surprises. The Christmas parade includes local bands from area high schools as well as floats, clowns, cars, dignitaries, other marching and performing groups, and of course Santa. PNorth Main Street. 2:30 p.m. facebook.com/ ChristmasOnNorthMain/

Marty Stuart Concert

Victory Theatre will welcome Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Marty Stuart on Nov. 18. He’s played alongside other well-known artists from Johnny Cash to Lester Flatt, who discovered him. PVictory Theatre, 600 Main St. 7 p.m. 812-4228000 or victorytheatre.com

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The Homeless Experience Project: 48 Hours in the Life

have packed arenas across the world. Now, Dunham and his world-famous cast of characters are on touring their new show. PVictory Theatre, 600 Main St. 7 p.m. 812422-8000 or victorytheare.com

Evansville Rescue Mission Drumstick Dash 5K

This event to benefit Aurora invites 10 members from the community to live on the streets as a person experiencing homelessness for 48 hours. The immersive experience event will serve as an educational tool, raising awareness in the community about the homeless population that Aurora serves. During these 48 hours, each participant will work within their sphere of influence to raise funds.

For 10 years, the Evansville Rescue Mission’s Drumstick Dash has helped put a Thanksgiving meal on more than 19,000 Tri-State families’ tables. All race proceeds directly support Gobbler Gathering, Evansville Rescue Mission’s Thanksgiving food box giveaway.

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PCK Newsome Center, 100 E. Walnut St. 8 a.m. 812-421-3800 or evansvillerescuemission. org/drumstick-dash.

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Jeff Dunham — Seriously!?

For more than 12 years, Jeff Dunham and his delightfully twisted cohorts Peanut, Walter, José Jalapeño, Bubba J., and Achmed the Dead Terrorist

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Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s Fall Concert

Enjoy a performance by the EPO Youth Orchestras conducted by Brian Onderdonk and Lee Veazey. EPYO II consists of Tri-State students in sixth through ninth grades, and EPYO includes Tri-State students in ninth through 12th grades. PVictory Theatre, 600 Main St. 7 p.m. 812425-5050 or evansvillvephilharmonic.org.

Turkey Day 5K

Join Fifth Third Bank this Thanksgiving Day for the annual Turkey Day 5K. The race helps fund resources to Evansville Goodwill’s job placement and training programs, which aids Tri-State residents in overcoming barriers to employment. Pricing is $25 per person for youth, $30 per person for adults, and $25 per person for a family. Race fee increases by $5 after Nov. 20. PDoubleTree Hilton Evansville, 601 Walnut St. 8 a.m. evvgoodwill.org/32nd-annual-turkey-day-5k/.

Mater Dei Band Craft and Vendor Show

The Mater Dei Band is gearing up for its second annual craft and vendor fair. The high school and cafeteria will host more than 80 vendors celebrating Small Business Saturday. Concessions will be available, and the entrance fee is $1. All proceeds will go to Mater Dei’s band programs. PMater Dei High School, 1300 Harmony Way. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. facebook.com/materdeihighschool.

Small Business Saturday

Celebrate Small Business Saturday by shopping and dining at a myriad of stores across Downtown Evansville. Retailer hours and sales will vary per location. Enjoy music from local artists as you shop and dine. Downtown maps and free shopping bags will be available at Third and Main streets. PDowntown Evansville. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. downtownevnasville.com

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Lighting the Way 2021-2022 Broadway in Evansville: CATS

CATS, the Tony Awardwinning musical spectacular by Andrew Lloyd Webber that has captivated audiences in more than 30 countries and 15 languages, is now on tour across North America. Audiences and critics alike are rediscovering this beloved musical with breathtaking music. PAiken Theatre, Old National Events Plaza, 715 Locust St. 812-435-5770 or oldnationaleventsplaza.com

Nov. 25 — Jan. 1 EACH DECEMBER SINCE 1993, Garvin Park undergoes a bright and colorful transformation, spreading holiday cheer as the street is lined with a mile of festive light displays. The 28th annual Ritzy’s Fantasy of Lights will be available from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day to drive through and see sparkling lights and elaborate “fantasyland” scenes. This year’s event will include a record 70 LED light displays to view from your vehicle or carriage ride, weather permitting. Tickets are $30 per carriage ride, $7 per vehicle up to six people, and $10 per vehicle up to 14 people.

“The park should be brighter and more colorful than ever before and it’s going to be the largest it’s ever been,” says Carolyn Franklin, director of special events at Easterseals Rehabilitation Center. Last year, Easterseals brought in a record-breaking $241,000 from the event with proceeds funding therapy services for children and adults with disabilities. Total net proceeds have reached more than $3.89 million throughout the past 28 years as a fundraiser for Easterseals. Each display in the park is sponsored by an organization or family and Franklin says volunteer staff put in about 3,500

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PMesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden, 1545 Mesker Park Drive. 812-435-6143 or meskerparkzoo.com.

Breakfast with Santa

Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden is decking the halls to welcome Santa. Enjoy a hot breakfast while sharing your list with the guest of honor and taking fun photos. Children will receive treats and make a special holiday craft, and guests can enjoy animal encounters.

A Downtown Christmas

Celebrate the holiday season on Main Street with music, a snow machine, pony rides, photo booth, Christmas crafts, hot cocoa, letters to Santa, and caroling. PMain Street, Downtown Evansville. 812-492-4536 or downtownevansville.com.

Rockport’s Family Christmas

Celebrate the holiday season in Rockport, Indiana. Don’t miss out on a free pancake breakfast with Santa, craft show, and parade, as well as the third annual “Treemendous” Christmas in the Village at the Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum.

hours every year. Along with the traditional drive-thru event, Ritzy’s Fantasy of Lights will host two special events — Bright Lights, a 5K/1-mile walk on Dec. 1, and Polar Bear Express, a chance for families to ride on a bus with Santa through the Fantasy of Lights each Tuesday starting Nov. 30. Bright Lights is the only night that the Fantasy of Lights is closed to traffic. — RILEY GUERZINI PGarvin Park, Evansville. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. 812-437-2607 or eastersealsrehabcenter.com

favorite holiday songs and carols. Santa may even make an appearance! PVictory Theatre, 600 Main St. 2 p.m. 812-4255050 or evansvillvephilharmonic.org.

2021 Evansville Rotary Club’s Santa Run

This seventh annual 5K run/walk is a great way to get into the holiday season. The race begins at the Buffalo Trace Council, travels west to Vann Avenue, and then winds through East Side neighborhoods. Participants are encouraged to wear a Santa suit as they raise funds to support local organizations. PEykamp Scout Center, 3501 E. Lloyd Expressway. 9 a.m. 812-962-4687 or evansvillerotary.com.

PRockport Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum, 928 Fairground Dr., Rockport, Indiana. 9 a.m. 812-649-9147

Candy Cane Express

The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Roger Kalia present a one-hour matinee geared toward families and younger children. The Evansville Philharmonic Chorus and Children’s Choir join EPO onstage for a performance of your NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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PCastle High School, 3344 IN-261, Newburgh, IN. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.castlebands.org/craftshow

Christmas in New Harmony Festival

If a small-town holiday right out of a Hallmark movie is your style, don’t miss this year’s Christmas in New Harmony. A Christmas parade Saturday morning kicks off a host of events, including a tour of some of New Harmony’s beautiful homes decorated for Christmas, vendors featuring Christmas items, and lots of food and shopping at New Harmony’s charming shops and eateries. PDowntown New Harmony, New Harmony, IN. 405-412-5413 or visitnewharmony.com.

Leanne Morgan

Comedian Leanne Morgan combines her southern charm and hilarious storytelling about her own life into an act that keeps fans coming back for more laughs. POld National Events Plaza, 715 Locust St. 7 p.m. 812-893-8732 or oldnationaleventsplaza.com.

Castle High School Bands Arts and Crafts Show

Castle High School’s popular arts and crafts fundraiser is back. Browse booths of handmade works of art, homemade crafts, seasonal décor, baked goods, jewelry, apparel, and more. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for students. Concessions will be available, and all proceeds from the arts and crafts show will support Castle’s band programs.

Santa’s Little Helpers

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discover the many magical secrets of Santa’s workshop at the Children’s Museum of Evansville’s Elf Academy. This annual fundraiser for cMoe provides a signature holiday tradition for Tri-State families. Open to children ages 2-12, the Elf Academy teaches young participants how to be an honorary North Pole elf by visiting several activity centers, culminating in children earning their official elf badge from Santa. Activities include a large inflatable snow slide, indoor snowball play area, woodcraft and art area for hands-on toymaking, tap and twirl dancing with the Children’s Center for Dance, a dance party with a DJ, and festive holiday brunch. “Children have told us in the past they would do it again the next week if it was happening,” says cMoe Executive Director Stephanie Terry. “It’s the perfect way for us to start the holiday season.” Tickets are $50 for adults and $35 for children. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Terry says cMoe hopes to raise about $15,000 from the fundraiser. — RILEY GUERZINI

POld National Events Plaza, 715 Locust St. 9 a.m. 812-464-2663 or cmoekids.org.

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Peppermint Pops

The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and Masetro Roger Kalia present one of Evansville’s most beloved holiday performances: the annual Peppermint Pops. The chorus and children’s choir join EPO to bring your favorite holiday songs and carols to life. PThe Victory Theatre, 600 Main St. 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. 812-425-5050 or evansvillvephilharmonic.org.

Kenny G Concert

Grammy- and American Music awardwinning musician Kenny G brings his holiday sound to the Victory Theatre. A

phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings routinely made the pop, R&B, and jazz charts during the 1980s and 1990s, Kenny G’s smooth saxophone has been a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations for years. PVictory Theatre, 600 Main St. 7 p.m. 812-4367050 or victorytheatre.com

Straight No Chaser Concert

Chart-topping Tri-State a cappella group Straight No Chaser hits the road this fall and makes its traditional stop in Evansville. Its “Back in the High Life” tour gives fans the opportunity to

see the group perform its take on the Silk Sonic hit “Leave The Door Open,” new tracks from last year’s holiday album “Social Christmasing,” and a mix of new arrangements and fan favorites. POld National Events Plaza, 715 Locust St. 7:30 p.m. 812-893-8732 or oldnationaleventsplaza.com.

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Ballet Indiana Presents ‘The Nutcracker’

Ballet Indiana presents “The Nutcracker” with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra at the Victory Theatre. This performance includes professional guest artists and music provided by the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. Ballet Indiana has also invited dancers from studios from all over the Tri-State area to perform. PVictory Theatre, 600 Main St. 7 p.m. 812-893-8732.

‘Messiah’ by Candlelight

Under Philharmonic Music Director Roger Kalia, a Baroquesize orchestra drawn from the Evansville Philharmonic joins forces with voices from the Evansville Philharmonic Chorus and four accomplished soloists to present this 18th-century masterpiece in its traditional setting at Trinity United Methodist Church.

Wreaths Across America

Wreaths Across America is a national nonprofit organization whose mission — to remember, honor, and teach — is carried out each year in part through the laying of wreaths on National Remembrance Day each December. This year’s local event includes a remembrance ceremony held on the Veterans Plaza just inside the main gate of Oak Hill Cemetery. POak Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, 1400 E. Virginia St. 11 a.m. 812-435-6045.

Ernie Haase and Signature Sound

See Ernie Haase and Signature Sound’s “A Jazzy Little Christmas” at Living Word Christian Church in Newburgh. From the group’s formation in 2003, Haase has built Signature Sound into one of the most popular quartets in southern gospel music. The group has traveled all over the world, offering energy, excitement, and encouragement through its powerful brand of gospel music. PLiving Word Christian Church, 3888 IN-261, Newburgh, Indiana. 6 p.m. erniehaase.com.

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5th Annual Evansville Resolution Run

Kickstart your 2022 New Year’s resolutions with the fifth annual Evansville Resolution Run, which includes a children’s 1-mile run/walk, 5K, 10K, and 15K run through Evansville’s East Side. All three races will feature professional timing by To The Finish. PWesselman Park, 551 N. Boeke Road. 8 a.m. EvansvilleResolutionRun.com.

PTrinity United Methodist Church, 216 S.E 3rd St. 7 p.m. 812-425-5050 or evansvillvephilharmonic.org.

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Reba McEntire Concert

The legendary Reba McEntire will make a tour stop in Evansville. One of the most successful female recording artists in history, McEntire has sold more than 58 million albums worldwide and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. PFord Center, 1 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 8 p.m. 812-422-8000 or fordcenter.com. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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Madeline Beeson fosters new singers at her local studio BY DALLAS CARTER

MADELINE BEESON’S PARENTS LIKE to say she started singing even before speaking. She now fosters the next generation of singers through vocal lessons at Beeson Studio of Voice in Downtown Evansville. An Owensville, Indiana, native, music has defined Beeson’s life. She’s starred in 32 musicals throughout her schooling and attended the Music Academy International Young Artist program in summer 2018. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music and vocal performance from the University of Evansville — where she served as treasurer and vice president of membership for the Beta Epsilon chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music fraternity for women performance — in 2019. After graduating from East Carolina University in 2021 with a master’s degree in music with concentrations in vocal pedagogy (the study of the art and science of voice instruction) and vocal performance, she returned to Evansville with her husband Craig to open her studio on the first floor of the Court Building at 123 N.W. Fourth St., Ste. 22 in June 2021. Through weekly 30- or 60-minute sessions, in person or virtual, Beeson gives students a deeper understanding of their voices. The studio accepts students of all ages and experience levels, representing Beeson Studio of Voice’s tagline: singing is for everyone. “I want to make sure my students are working toward a goal,” says Beeson. “And each student has a different goal.” When did you decide to share your passion for music through lessons?

I’ve always been singing and interested in singing activities. My first real interest was musical theater and community theater, and that’s really where I fell in love with music. And I always knew that I wanted to do something with that when I grew up, I just didn’t know what because the wonderful thing about art is that there are a million different things you can do. You can teach, you can perform, you can be behind the scenes. The world is kind of your oyster. So, I just fell in love with working with, especially, younger people. It’s been a really great experience working with people who are older and hearing kind of what got them interested in music in the first place. So, it’s really cool to be able to work with people of all ages and all experiences.

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How did vocal pedagogy change your understanding of singing, and how does it influence your lessons? Vocal pedagogy is a fairly new thing. Even some of the greatest singers of all time … for the longest time people (have asked) them how they do what they do, and they’ve not been able to give them an answer because they don’t know physically what’s going on when they’re singing. I really want to make that just a natural part of my teaching. With the younger students who have never taken lessons before, I have the privilege of introducing that to them at a young age, because one of the things I struggled with when I was a young kid is, I didn’t know what to do. I was straining or pushing to achieve a certain sound. It’s taken me at least six years to unlearn all of that stuff. My teachers didn’t do anything wrong; there wasn’t language, or not everybody knows the language, around fixing these problems.

Live performances and the music industry have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. How has it affected your work?

I did a couple of Zoom lessons when I was in my master’s, and those are a little bit challenging. But one of the great things that did come about all of this is the ability to connect with people online, and we’ve all kind of had to learn how to adapt with technology. And now that we are sort of coming out of it, we have that skill that we didn’t have before. If I had a student who can’t come in, has to stay home for whatever reason, I could still have that lesson with them if they wanted it. A lot of us didn’t think about that being an option a long time ago, but it just kind of became normal.

Your motto is “singing is for everyone.” What advice do you have for singers at the start of their musical journey?

During your lesson, I would be acting as not only your teacher, but your cheerleader. I am here to support you, and we are going to make mistakes together, and I’m here to kind of be the comic relief or be the support, be your advisor. Also, I just want to encourage people to try new things. There is no wrong thing to sing, there’s no wrong style of singing. Music is so personal; that’s what’s great about it. Everyone has a different story with music and how it’s affected their life. Embrace that artistic side of you and that thing that makes you who you are.

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WELCOME HOME This Arts & Crafts Tudor-style home in New Harmony, Indiana, now welcomes guests as Sophie Grace’s Bed and Breakfast. A restoration project undertaken by Lucinda and Ryan Embry, the house serves as a spot to rest and honors of the memory of the Embrys’ daughters who have passed away.

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ife has loveliness to sell,” Sara Teasdale wrote in her 1918 poem “Barter.” Indeed, innkeepers Ryan and Lucinda Embry enjoy and share that loveliness at Sophie Grace’s Bed and Breakfast. Nestled on tranquil Maple Hill less than a mile from downtown New Harmony, Indiana, the Arts & Crafts Tudorstyle home sparks imagination while its peaceful surroundings calm the spirit. “The house has the historic elements, the location — we just love so many things about it,” Ryan says. On the summer day the Embrys found the home that would become their bed and breakfast in 2018, they had When it was time to leave, Lucinda said, “Instead planned to just pass through Posey County. But when their of turning left to go home, let’s go right,” not knowing where this afternoon plans changed, they stopped in New Harmony for detour would take them. lunch and a stroll at The Labyrinth State Memorial. Taken The journey to that moment had been difficult for Evansville with the town’s charm and history, Ryan and Lucinda had native Ryan and Lucinda, originally from Parkersburg, West Virdreamed of one day living there, but it was only a dream. ginia. Before they met, both had suffered profound losses.

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In November 2016, on their way home from the Bands of America Grand National Championship in Indianapolis, Lucinda’s middle daughter Sophie Rinehart — a member of the Marching Knights band at Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana — was killed in a tragic car accident along with Sophie’s father David and his mother Ruth. Their car was stopped and pulled over on the side of Interstate 69 when it was hit by a drunk driver. Older sister Josie was the collision’s only survivor; youngest sister Rylie wasn’t on the trip. Nine months later, Ryan’s wife of nearly 15 years, Natalie Hunt Embry, lost her battle with lipodystrophy, a condition that attacks the body’s fat distribution process. Her passing was 13 years after the couple lost their daughter, who did not survive a premature birth in 2004. (Ryan has two adult children, Ryan Jr. and Samantha, from a prior marriage.) When Ryan and Lucinda met in 2018, it did not take them long to realize they wanted to meet life’s challenges arm in arm. They married a few months later. “We just want to make the minutes matter. I think we’ve probably always felt that way,” Lucinda says, “but after losing loved ones, it’s even more important that we have something to tell them when we see them.” Navigating their path together, Ryan and Lucinda made that right turn, spotted an F.C. Tucker Emge Realtors sign,

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and discovered the place they would later name for their daughters Sophie and Grace. The couple remembers, as they pulled up to the house, feeling as though they had stepped back in time. They quickly fell in love with the home. “There was something very special,” Ryan says. “We walked through the front door, and nothing had changed. It was just like it had been preserved.” “We were in exactly the right place at the right time,” says Lucinda. “It was completely God’s timing.” Ryan adds, “The Realtor had the easiest [sale]. All she had to do was open the door and let us go, and it was a done thing.” They also were entranced by the house’s history. Built in 1929, this was the nuptial home of New Harmony native and rodeo cowboy Fred Gentry and North Carolina widow Susie Proctor Hooks, who established the land as a horse farm. “She had money, which she used to back his ventures and build this house,”

ORIGIN STORY Sophie Grace’s Bed and Breakfast began in 1929 as a family home for New Harmony, Indiana, native and rodeo cowboy Fred Gentry and his wife Susie Proctor Hooks.

says Lucinda. Later, Susie’s daughter Bettie lived there with her husband Don Blair, who had come up from Tennessee to oversee construction of the Harmony Way Bridge. The house was passed down through Don

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Before opening the bed and breakfast in 2019, Lucinda and Ryan restored the furniture themselves to fill their three beautifully decorated guestrooms. Original features such as wooden doors, detailed crown molding, and vintage fixtures are mixed with bright paint, knotted rugs, colorful quilts, and antique decor. Guests share a spacious full bathroom with clawfoot tub on the second floor. To honor the home’s rich history, pictures of the previous owners are displayed proudly in the hallways and stairwell along with the Embrys’ family photos. Restoration of the past continues, with extra accommodations added to the property. “I love to camp and hike … so I got this wild and crazy idea to take the smokehouse and retrofit it as a hostel. That was kind of a labor of love for us. Well, maybe not for this one” Lucinda says, pointing to Ryan, “but he went with my idea.” Open seasonally, the spartan hostel sits behind the main house and sleeps two in a bunk bed arrangement. Guests can use the home’s restroom facilities.

“Other than the house, the biggest thing we’ve done would have to be the barn,” says Lucinda. “The barn predates the house,” Ryan adds. “They actually disassembled it from a different property and brought it to this location when they built the house. The barn is probably 150 years old or so.” Now, a picturesque spot for weddings, rehearsal dinners, and retreats, the barn can hold events for up to 50 guests.

RESTFUL SURROUNDINGS The accommodations at Sophie Grace’s Bed and Breakfast have beautifully preserved the home’s original charm and include restored furniture from prior owners, colorful knotted rugs, cheerful quilts, and antique light fixtures.

“It’s quiet. It’s peaceful. There’s a reverence in that place,” Lucinda says. “We kept part of the hayloft as a balcony. I’ve been up there to read. It’s just beautiful in there.” The events, like the breakfasts, are catered

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solely by chef Lucinda and sous chef Ryan. “She’s a really, really good cook,” Ryan says. “Nothing is pre-packaged or frozen. We try to use as much out of our garden as possible.” Lucinda tends the gardens and dries her own herbs. Eggs come courtesy of their lucky 13 chickens. “People say you must love to cook. But what I love is taking care of people, making them feel comfortable, and having a place for them to rest. I love people sitting around my table and caring for them. We both do,” Lucinda says. “After the accident, the world was out of order, and there was very little peace. So, my thought with the B&B was a peaceful place where people can rest or where people can wrestle because that journey to peace is often a wrestle.” Guests have heralded from neighboring Tri-State towns to travelers venturing across the country. Whether enjoying countryside views from the front porch swing, taking a reflective walk on the nature path, or coasting down Maple Hill on one of the couple’s bicycles, visitors get to live in the Embrys’ world and become part of their story. Like Ryan and Lucinda, they too can find wisdom, grace, and loveliness. “When people come to the bed and breakfast,” Ryan says, “they experience the things that we love.”

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Once the city’s red-light district, High Street now only exists in legend BY KELLEY COURES

he next time you attend an event at the Tropicana Conference Center on N.W. First Street, turn and look at the flood wall running along the property line of the adjacent OneMain Financial building. The large expanse beyond was once a whole neighborhood that disappeared to the wrecking ball, urban renewal, and maybe a bit of social anxiety in the late 1950s. The featured avenue was known as High Street. It angled off Fulton Avenue as did N.W. First Street; above it, emanating from what was Ohio Street, was N.W. Second Street. In the 19th century beginning at Court Street (which was called Division), streets were designated Upper (N.W.) and Lower (S.E.). The area between Fulton, Second, Court, and Riverside Drive was known as “The District,” or the “Tenderloin,” or — in the phrase used by young men on the search for adventure — “The Line.” Beginning at Evansville’s creation in 1812, this area developed into a small maze of streets and buildings that became the city’s red-light district. From the Civil War to World War II, houses of prostitution existed here, operating 24 hours a day and owned by some of the most colorful women in our city’s past. At its height in the 1930s, the district employed about 60 women. Many of the men who visited the growing city would stop on High Street. The city administrations in the 19th and early 20th centuries turned a blind eye toward activities there; the city’s political leaders and police felt it best to have vice concentrated in one area as it was easier to patrol and control. In 1919, a venereal disease clinic was opened and paid for with federal and state funds. Mayors and police chiefs made it their priority that the women who worked in the houses got medical care from the clinic, and the rumor spread that Evansville had the only government-supported redlight district in the nation. Standing out from the usual rundown homes was the house operated by Nell Evans at 1 Walker St. (now North Fourth Avenue). Reportedly built by a well-to-do businessman whose wife refused to live near the district, it was the only house with a manicured yard and was said to be furnished like an upper-class home. It was known as the most expen-

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LOST IN TIME For more than 100 years, the High Street area of Downtown Evansville was known as the city’s red-light district. After a continuing period of decline, the neighborhood was razed in the late 1950s, all but erasing it from the Evansville map.

sive house on the street, and Evans guarded her privacy and girls closely. Evans had been disfigured by a jealous employee who threw acid in her face. She would wear a dark veiled hat when out in public, taking her girls to the department stores on Main Street to buy clothes. Women shopping downtown would instantly spot “High Street girls.” In an Aug. 3, 1957, obituary of the district in The Press by longtime business reporter Ed Klingler, he wrote High Street girls could be identified by their “downcast eyes, looking neither left nor right,” and they tended to wear “funeral black.” Evans passed away in 1949 and famously left her house to a former employee who stayed with her until the very end. Evans’ family protested and sued, but the will was left intact.

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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR II, HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION EXISTED HERE, OPERATING 24 HOURS A DAY AND OWNED BY SOME OF THE CITY’S MOST COLORFUL WOMEN. Another famous madame of the district was Sadie “Fay” Edwards, who died in 1923 and was originally the operator of the Three Treys, an unsavory tavern that stood at 333 Upper First St., which is now the parking lot across from the Tropicana Evansville Executive Conference Center. Edwards’ obituary declared she had once been worth nearly $200,000, but she lost her fortune as she aged and died at the old county poor house. In this neighborhood also resided a community of African Americans, one of several smaller enclaves open to Black ownership in the days of segregation. Mixed-race neighborhoods were rare. The first Black high school, Frederick Douglass, was built in 1869 and stood

at the corner of Clark and Carpenter streets where WEVV-TV’s studio now is; it was demolished when Lincoln School on Lincoln Avenue opened in 1928. The district finally eroded during World War II when the military brass at Camp Breckinridge in Morganfield, Kentucky, threatened to make Evansville off limits to soldiers on leave if then-Mayor Bill Dress didn’t close High Street. Many war workers took over the old houses and drove out the madams and their girls to various other parts of town. (What is now Haynie’s Corner Arts District was one.) After the war, there was an attempt to restore the district, but it was never the same, becoming one of the worst slum areas in town.

The Evansville Redevelopment Commission raised federal dollars in the late 1950s to bulldoze everything, and High Street disappeared from maps. As Klingler wrote in 1957, “Soon the district will exist only in memory. High Street a thoroughfare two blocks long will be swept away in the march of progress. Parties of young men inspired by enthusiasm no longer will suggest ‘let’s do the line,’ because without the district, there can be no line.”

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White (Cake) Christmas BY JODI KEEN • PHOTOS BY ZACH STRAW

o matter the season or the reason, we love a good tradition. One of the best times of year at Evansville Living is planning our November/December issue. Since ours is a bi-monthly publication, we can’t devote an entire issue of the magazine to the holidays, but we certainly dress it up and give it a full dose of holiday cheer. We enjoy sharing family recipes (“All In The Family,” 2020), poring over antique ornament collections (“Shiny & Bright,” 2013), exploring gifts that reflect individuality (“Presents with Personality,” 2004), and encouraging our readers to rest, reflect, and find peace (“A Moment Of Reflection,” 2001). Our 2015 cover featured one of Evansville’s foremost holiday gems: a gorgeous, gilded Reitz Home spruced up and resplendent in Christmas decorations. We’ve delved into all the unique ways to celebrate the holidays in the Evansville area (“Our Winter Traditions,” 2016.) We have even replicated an early holiday favorite cover (“The 12 Doors of Christmas,” 2000) nearly 20 years later. So, you can imagine our delight in Southern Living magazine’s long-held tradition of staging a beautifully decorated white Christmas cake on its holiday cover. As Southern Living Senior Food Editor Lisa Cericola said in her Decem-

ber 2020 article chronicling 25 years of white cakes, “It all began in 1995 with a CoconutLemon Cake from Sissy Nash and her daughter, chef Kathy Nash Cary of Louisville, Kentucky. Our former Editor in Chief John Floyd chose it as the cover, and it was an instant hit across the South.” Since then, Southern Living has cultivated a legacy of white Christmas cake magazine covers. Some cakes have featured classic embellishments, such as elegant whipped frosting and green icing artfully piped to create garland. Others have exemplified holiday decadence: intricate gingerbread men standing guard on each side of a square cake; glittering snowflakes delicately placed in the frosting; fondant-crafted ribbons cascading down to the plate below. No matter the theme or accoutrements, Southern Living readers can count on being presented a Christmas cake that evokes the joy, friendship, and spirit of the season. The familiarity of the tradition, mixed with the novelty of a unique cake design each year, feels like a gift itself — something warm and comforting that, nearly two years into an at-times crippling pandemic, is especially treasured. Thanks to more safety measures regarding COVID-19, this Christmas has more opportu-

nity to be shared with loved ones than in 2020, but gatherings will still be far from what we’re used to. Menus, activities, and travel plans will likely remain simplified compared to years past. But good cheer is not in short supply. Local artisans and retailers are still sharing their holiday wares. Residents are gifting their time, talent, and money to help others. Even across great distances, many of us are closer than ever before. So to celebrate this season, Evansville Living asked Lexi Bailey, a talented baker in Newburgh, Indiana, to create a spe-

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“Spice cake is warm and comforting, and perfect for winter. It’s very easy to make, and it’s so versatile.” — LEXI BAILEY cial white cake for our readers. Lexi chose a spice cake flavored with brown sugar and buttermilk, and dressed in a delectable cream cheese frosting. Artfully trimmed in glittered pine cones, snaps of fir trees, sugared cranberries, and an eye-catching drip

glaze, the resulting white cake is simple, elegant, and the perfect centerpiece for your holiday table. Although Lexi’s two-tiered cake was prepared in about five hours under her professional direction, she says bakers of any skill level can bring the accompanying recipe to life. “Spice cake is warm and comforting, and perfect for winter,” she says. “It’s very easy to make, and it’s so versatile.” To us, a white Christmas cake symbolizes comfort, kindness, and good cheer. We invite you to pull up a chair and enjoy this holiday treat with us. From our family to yours, we wish you a happy, healthy holiday season, served with a delicious slice of white cake.

Brown Sugar Buttermilk Spice Cake Recipe by Lexi Bailey of Lexi Bailey Baking

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INSTRUCTIONS For the cake:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease and flour three 8-inch cake pans and line with parchment paper.* In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, cream the brown sugar and butter. Add vanilla and then eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, spices, and salt. Alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk to batter, starting and ending with flour, mixing well, but not over-mixing. Pour batter evenly into greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely on wire racks and then invert onto parchment paper. (Cling wrap-covered layers can also cool in the freezer for one hour prior to frosting.)

• 2 cups brown sugar • 3 large eggs, room temperature • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract • 2½ cups all-purpose flour • ¼ cup cornstarch • 2 teaspoons baking powder • ½ teaspoon salt • 2 teaspoons ground ginger • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg • ½ teaspoon ground allspice • ½ teaspoon ground cloves • 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature

For the frosting: • 2 sticks plus 3 tablespoons butter, softened • 16 oz of cream cheese, softened • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the frosting: In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together the butter and cream cheese until silky smooth. Add vanilla and mix on high approximately two minutes, or until fluffy. Add powdered sugar, half a cup at a time, until frosting is thick, smooth, and spreads easily. For a stiffer frosting, use the full amount of powdered sugar. Fill and frost your cake as desired.

• 4-5 cups powdered sugar Note: For this cake, Lexi separated the batter between two 6-inch cake pans, let it cool, and then torted the two cakes to make four even layers of cake. If choosing to make two 6-inch layers, bake on 335 degrees for 40 minutes due to the layers’ thickness. This recipe could be baked in a double batch and used to make a tiered cake using 8-inch and 6-inch pans.

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WHAT’S IN STORE

WELCOME HOME Director of Operations Tammy Stallings and owner Sharon Lemond show off Enjolé Interiors’ new showroom. After four years of celebrated success, Enjolé outgrew its Main Street digs and moved into the former location of BJ’s Home Accents in nearby Newburgh, Indiana.

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aving a comfortable living space is essential for any homeowner, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only does Enjolé Interiors’ design stylish spaces for their customers, but now they have their own new enchanting environment. The custom interior design studio and retailer for furniture, home decor, accessories, and unique gifts was opened in 2016 on Main Street in Downtown PHOTOS BY AUDRA STRAW

Evansville by owner Sharon Lemond with the help of Director of Operations Tammy Stallings. Enjolé — a French-Cajun word meaning “enticing” or “enchanting” — thrives on the ability to deliver current interior design trends and home décor options. The shop exhibits unique pieces shoppers won’t see most other places, as Lemond and Stallings have a keen eye for studying products on the market. Looking to expand outside its space on Main Street, Enjolé opened a new storefront and property in June inside an

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1850s Greek Revival-style historic home in Newburgh, Indiana. The former residence of BJ’s Home Accents, owners Bill Fortson and John Clements put their business up for sale last year after 41 years in business. Both Fortson and Clements are now working with Lemond at Enjolé. “Moving out here was a good NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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WHAT’S IN STORE NEW DIGS Enjolé Interiors is enjoying its new location’s increased square footage, giving its designers, consultants, and logistics team members more room to work and the business’ operations more space to grow.

choice. We have more square footage and room to grow. We have our own parking now, and we added more parking. We built on a warehouse, our own warehouse, so the trucks can just pull right up to the back door,” says Lemond. “We also have our own work room now, so we can do all our custom window treatments and beddings and pillows and so forth right here, which is huge.”

Enjolé’s 20 designers, consultants, and logistics team members help customers with every aspect of their homes, from picking a paint color and drapes to designing an entire residence from the ground up. The team designs in all styles and works within each client’s budget. “We want everyone’s home to be unique in nature and not look like a blogger,” says Stallings. “We want everyone to have a unique style.” — RILEY GUERZINI

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ARTFUL EMBLEMS EVANSVILLE’S EAST SIDE is well known and loved for its many takes on the brick Tudor-style abode. But some homes also feature iron emblems dressing up their chimneys. Most come in an “S” shape; some are elongated and tilted to one side, while others are in a Gothic script design. Others feature lions, stars, and even ships with sails unfurled. Beautiful as they are unique, they’re also far from just decorative. Known as anchor plates, these accents function as a critical part of each home’s infrastructure. Iron plates are placed on the center of exterior masonry — in this case, chimneys — to help reinforce the brick. Often bolted to a tie rod that attaches to the home’s roof, anchor plates center the masonry’s gravity to prevent dangerous bowing. While most anchor plates on the East Side are molded into the aforementioned “S” design, some appear to have special meaning, such as the lion regalia perched atop the cross-gabled home in the 600 block of South Willow Road. “We have our speculations (that) it was one of the signs of their faith,” homeowner Jackie Lannan says of the

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Clarence and Delia Kahn family, which settled in the Anderson & Veach spec house soon after its completion in 1928. “The Lion of Judah is an emblem of someone of Jewish descent — it symbolized a prominent Jewish family in the community.” When they first viewed their future home in 2007, Lannan says her family was delighted by the lion for sentimental reasons. “We’re originally from Loogootee, Indiana, and the lion was our class symbol,” Lannan says. “The lion (anchor plate) was one of the things that initially drew us to the house.” Although anchor plates are built to last, years of weather exposure can take their toll. That’s why once each decade, Keith Goy has removed the scrolled anchor plate from the chimney on his 1948 home in the 200 block of South Villa Drive, sanded down the rust and rough edges, and applied a protective coat of Rust-Oleum. “It’s a thick piece of metal,” Goy says. “As long as you can get the rust off it before it eats its way through, it should last a long time.”

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Festival of Lights Menorahs celebrate Hanukkah in style

ach year, the Tri-State’s Jewish residents observe Hanukkah by displaying beautiful, nine-branched menorahs. A daily symbol of love, faith, and celebration during the eight-day holiday, each menorah is as unique and different as the owners themselves. Evansville resident Tory Schendel Cox’s collection includes a small sterling menorah brought back from a trip to Israel. Molded into a traditional “U” shape, its “candle zero” — a taller candle from which each of the other eight candles are lit each day — sits in the middle and is flanked by four candles on each side. The joyful nature of Hanukkah celebrations opens the door to more whimsical, humorous menorahs. Jeffrey Berger of Evansville owns one selected by his daughters that features eight floppy-eared dogs awash in gentle pastels, each with a candle holder perched atop its head like a halo. Also in Berger’s collection is a silver menorah adorned with a mosaic of colored glass squares, its candle zero anchored on the right side. Nancy Drake and her husband Michael converted to Judaism about 15 years ago, and in the time since, the Evansville residents have amassed a variety of wildly different

menorahs: electric-lit pieces with colored light bulbs; a sterling candelabra purchased in Florida; a brass menorah in the shape of the Star of David found at a flea market in France; a green ceramic piece with painted florals reminiscent of a Jay Armstrong jeweled picture frame; a folding menorah hand-carved from Israeli olive wood; even a delightful snow globe. The Drakes enjoy inviting loved ones of all faiths to join them in lighting their menorahs each year, as a way of observing Judaism’s encouragement to “take care of your fellow man and take care of what’s around you,” Drake says. Menorahs often represent true works of art. A friend once gifted Berger with a design carved from heavy plexiglass with a flutter of blue and silver flecks scattered throughout its curves. To signify its custom design, the artist’s signature is etched into the front left corner of the platform. “It’s one of the most meaningful menorahs I own,” Berger says. After each Hanukkah concludes, he displays it prominently on his home’s mantel the rest of the year. — JODI KEEN

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NEAR ASCENSION-ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL on Evansville’s East Side is a shaded tract originally part of a four-lot development. Split into thirds, each of the three owners bought a share of the fourth lot, allowing a 1960s white brick home to occupy the 5,181 square feet it does today. “One of the biggest, most unique factors of this house is its size,” says Marc Hoeppner with F.C. Tucker Emge Realtors. “The amount of space you get in the living rooms and in the backyard is incredible.” Five bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths are tucked inside, along with a two-car attached garage, eat-in kitchen, and rec room in the finished basement with billiards, theater space, and a wet bar. “Two bedrooms and a bathroom were added on later. They blended it in really well; you’d never notice they weren’t part of the original house,” says Hoeppner. Fresh paint, a new roof, and replacement windows and doors throughout the house signal an infrastructure that’s “definitely been well taken care of,” adds Hoeppner. “The quality of the house is pretty incredible.” Colonial Classics redesigned the well-maintained landscaping along the front and back yards. “The formal living room has attached dining space. On the other side of the double-sided fireplace is a cozy living room for the family,” Hoeppner says. “Both living rooms walk out into the back yard. If you have children or people coming over, you can spill down into the basement rec room. There are so many ways to entertain.” — JODI KEEN

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eep in the small garage workshop behind his Sandborn, Indiana, home in Knox County, you can find Tom O. Reed absorbed in his craft, sanding away on homemade wooden kitchen utensils. But these are no ordinary cooking tools. Each has an artistic flair that resembles an accent piece in any kitchen, yet still provides function as a usable tool. Reed’s high-quality utensils, from Pudding Ploppers to Peanut Butter Spreaders, are carved and then thoroughly sanded with 3,000 grit sandpaper, leaving a smooth, almost glossy finish. The 17-step process is so particular that Reed doesn’t use domestic woods because he finds them too soft. Most of his pieces come from exotic tropical woods, known for being some of the rarest types of wood in the world, costing up to $150 per board foot. “It’s a testament to my sanding prowess, if that’s what you call it, but without using these tropical exotic woods, you would never achieve that kind of fine finish,” he says. “The tropical exotic woods have so much more color, character, and grain, plus the added bonus of being so much harder and dense.” Originally from San Diego, California, Reed worked in the music industry, signing artists to recording contracts. In 1988, he began looking for an occupation more reflective of his creativity, inspired by the idea of working with nature and, specifically, crafting cooking utensils. Without using templates or tracing devices, Reed enjoys the challenge of shaping each utensil individually and creating something wholly original, with no two pieces looking exactly the same. “I don’t worry about historical norms,” he says. “That’s the art part. That’s the freedom of being creative, and that’s what I love about my art.” — RILEY GUERZINI

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Secret hangout adds flair to this Downtown home BY JODI KEEN PHOTOS BY ZACH STRAW

is tucked in an inconspicuous corner at the back of an 1860s Victorian house in Downtown Evansville. Its placement looks so natural that you wouldn’t notice it — unless you were looking for it. Inside, a darkened stairwell leads down to the basement and The Red Polka Dot. Hearkening back to the era of Prohibition, this speakeasy-style spot started as coal storage for the home’s boiler. After considering several renovation options, the homeowners realized it was the perfect size for a private bar. The brick walls have been painted black and meet plush red carpet and a white shag rug. Exposed ductwork is camouflaged by twinkling lights and a veil of billowing black fabric. Hanging on the wall is a reproduction of a hand-drawn map of speakeasies in 1920s Harlem. Behind the bar, top-to-bottom shelving is fully stacked with an impressive liquor collection, including about 100 bottles of bourbon. HED GE-LADEN D O OR

STEP INTO STYLE On a red-carpeted stairwell flanked by custom steelwork and twinkling lights, guests descend to The Red Polka Dot, a private, subterranean speakeasy in a home in Downtown Evansville.

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DRINK HEARTY The Red Polka Dot features a full bar stocked with top-shelf distilled spirits, luxe decor, custom steelwork, cozy fireplace, sizeable vinyl record collection, bartending book library, strands of lights strung across the veiled ceiling, and branded swag. The speakeasy is hidden from public view by a faux hedge, lending credence to its tagline: If you’re invited, you’d know.

wanted it to look “my first like“Wea definitely speakeasy. We’ve been to and really enjoyed the thought several atmosphere,” say the homeownwho remain unnamed here was, that’s ers, to preserve the speakeasy’s air of mystery. Darin Evans, owner of D. Blackthe girl I’m smith Metal of Honor in OwensKentucky, fashioned the going to boro, entrance handrail, martini glass leg, and lighted speakeasy marry.” table sign. Guests can walk away with coasters, T-shirts, and matchbooks emblazoned with The Red Polka Dot’s tagline: “If you’re invited, you’d know.”

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The catch? They must promise not to share the speakeasy’s location. The Red Polka Dot gets its moniker from the memory of its owners’ first meeting: As children, she visited his fifthgrade Sunday school class, resplendent in a white dress with red polka dots and a red hat. “My first thought was, that’s the girl I’m going to marry,” the homeowner says. They dated in high school, reunited in college, and celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary in 2019. The speakeasy’s glamorous yet relaxed setting comfortably accommodates chatting with visiting friends, smoking cigars, enjoying a drink, or reading. “You lose your sense of time down here; we discovered that while renovating,” the homeowner says. “It’s like being in a casino.” But the best part about The Red Polka Dot? Well, you’ll have to be invited to find that out.

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Edward Fox Ascension 812-471-1200

John O. Grimm Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558

Carrye Troyer Daum Women’s Health Care PC 812-858-4600

Sheryl Ziegler Ascension 812-471-1200

OPTHALMOLOGY Omar M. Dukar Eye Group of Southern Indiana 812-423-3131 Judy Englert Southern Indiana Eye Associates LLC 812-482-6424 Gregory Hayden Hayden Vision 812-461-6265 Michael R. Hodges Eye Group of Southern Indiana 812-423-3131 Sally G. Primus Eye Group of Southern Indiana 812-423-3131 Andrew W. Tharp The Vision Care Center LLC 812-490-3937

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY David L. Hayhurst Oral Surgery Group 812-425-5194 David E. Yates Oral Surgery Group 812-425-5194

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Dennis J. Beck Jr. Orthopaedic Associates 800-264-1208 Michael B. Boyd Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 Anthony P. Czaplicki III Orthopaedic Associates 800-264-1208 Daniel J. Emerson Orthopaedic Associates 800-264-1208 Isaac W. Fehrenbacher Orthopaedic Associates 800-264-1208 Zachary C. Hamby Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 Peter A. Knoll Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 Douglas J. Lowery Orthopaedic Associates 800-264-1208 Gary R. Moore Orthopaedic Associates 800-264-1208 R. Keith Moore Advanced Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine 270-926-4100

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

David L. Whitney Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558

PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY

PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

OTOLARYNGOLOGY EAR NOSE THROAT

Maria Aljabi Deaconess Riley Children’s Specialty Center 812-856-5300

William A. Ante Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558

John Bizal Deaconess Clinic 812-425-2646 Chris Chacko Deaconess Clinic 812-425-2646 Laura Finch Deaconess Clinic 812-425-2646

Rebecca G. Carey Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Center 812-485-6694

PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Mark Logan Midwest Ear, Nose, & Throat Surgery 812-473-2060

Enrico Stazzone Ascension 812-485-7425

Young S. Paik Midwest Ear, Nose, & Throat Surgery 812-469-3434

PEDIATRICS GENERAL

Ryan Palmer Midwest Ear, Nose, & Throat Surgery 812-473-2060 Curtis Shinabarger Deaconess Clinic 812-425-2646 David Wahle Deaconess Clinic 812-425-2646 Todd Wannemuehler Deaconess Clinic 812-425-2646

PAIN MANAGEMENT Sridhar Bhaskara Deaconess Comprehensive Pain Center - West 812-450-7246 William Roberts Deaconess Comprehensive Pain Center 812-450-7246

Antoinette Caldwell Ascension 812-485-7240 Brent Cochran Peyton Manning Children’s Hebron Pediatrics 812-473-8986 Joshua Fife Peyton Manning Children’s Henderson Pediatrics 270-830-1010 Julie Hurlock Deaconess Clinic 812-853-5300 Rachel Kirkman Peyton Manning Children’s Evansville Pediatrics 812-485-7240 Barry Phillips Deaconess Clinic 812-853-5300 Pamela Rogers Deaconess Clinic 812-853-5300

Nicolaus D. Winters Good Samaritan Hospital Health Pavilion 812-316-0327

Anthony Schapker Peyton Manning Children’s Hebron Pediatrics 812-473-8986

PATHOLOGY

William Selby Ascension 812-473-8986

Meredith Gamblin Ascension - Tri-State Pathology 812-485-4347 Lori Lynch Ascension Tri State Pathology 812-485-4347

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Huda Elshershari Deaconess Riley Children’s Specialty Center 812-858-3131 Deepa Kumbar Ascension 812-473-2642

Lata Shukla Peyton Manning Children’s Hebron Pediatrics 812-473-8986 Jon Voyles Peyton Manning Children’s Hebron Pediatrics 812-473-8986 Albert L. Walsh Ascension 812-428-2746 Thomas Weinzapfel Peyton Manning Children’s Westside Crossing Pediatrics 812-485-1566

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Judith Canlas Ortho Neuro Specialty Services 812-842-3990

PULMONOLOGY

RHEUMATOLOGY

Victor Chavez Ascension 812-485-6030

Richard Bell Deaconess Clinic 812-426-9311

Raghav Gupta Deaconess Pulmonary Critical Care 812-450-7720

Leela Saripalli Deaconess Clinic 812-426-9311

Jason T. Franklin Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558

David Harris Deaconess Pulmonary Critical Care 812-450-7720

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Jessica Jeffries Deaconess Pulmonary Critical Care 812-450-7720

Benjamin Kittinger Owensboro Health Medical Group 270-688-3700 Janae Kittinger Owensboro Health Medical Group 270-688-3700

Roger F. Johnson Ascension 812-485-6030 Robert Rieti Ascension 812-485-6030

Richard Orr Jr. The Orr Clinic 812-428-4139

David Ryon Deaconess Pulmonary Critical Care 812-450-7720

PODIATRY

Matthew Tucker Deaconess Pulmonary Critical Care 812-450-7720

Terence A. Alvey Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 Paul T. Daines Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 Jason Denton Deaconess Clinic - Columbia 812-450-8350 Brandt Dodson Deaconess Clinic 812-858-5786 Tyler J. Kelly Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 Phillip Richardson Orthopaedic Associates 812-424-9291 Sarah Voelkel Ascension 812-485-7330

PSYCHIATRY J. Mark Boling Deaconess Cross Pointe 812-476-7200 Juan C. Cabrera Jr. Juan C. Cabrera Jr. MD 812-479-1511 Louis B. Cady Cady Wellness Institute 812-389-0877 Henry Kaplan Midwest Behavioral Health 812-401-8008 C. Phillip Rhoton Deaconess Cross Pointe Outpatient 812-471-4611

Thomas Waring Owensboro Health Medical Group Pulmonology 270-417-7515

RADIATION ONCOLOGY Jon Frazier US Oncology Network 812-474-1110 David H. Kim Ascension 812-471-1200 Noah Taylor Deaconess Chancellor Center for Oncology 812-858-2273

Mujtaba Tapal Deaconess Clinic 812-426-9311

SLEEP MEDICINE Avi Arora Deaconess Sleep Center 812-450-3852 John Rodrigues Ascension 812-485-6030 Manaf Zawahreh Deaconess Sleep Center 812-450-3852

SPINE SURGERY Jason M. Conaughty Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 David Eggers Neurosurgical Consultants 812-426-8410 Eric Goebel Neurosurgical Consultants 812-426-8410 Christopher L. Sneed Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558 Neil Troffkin Neurosurgical Consultants 812-426-8410 Robert T. Vraney Orthopaedic Associates 812-424-9291 David Weaver Neurosurgical Consultants 812-471-3676 Brett T. Weinzapfel Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558

RADIOLOGY

SPORTS MEDICINE

Steven C. Basinski Ascension - Southern Indiana Imaging Consultants 812-485-6020

Timothy S. Hamby Tri-State Orthopaedics 812-477-1558

Reynaldo N. Gonzales Evansville Radiology PC 812-422-3254 David M. Sullivan Evansville Radiology PC 812-422-3254

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY Daniel Griffin Boston IVF at The Women’s Hospital 812-842-4530

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Andrea L. Jester Evansville Surgical Associates 812-424-8231

UROLOGY Adam Becker Deaconess Clinic 812-426-9855 Michelle Boger Ascension 812-473-1111

Phillip M. Gilson Ascension 812-473-1111 Joseph Klink Deaconess Clinic 812-426-9855 Todd Renschler Ascension 812-473-1111

Bill Samm Ascension 812-473-1111

Lexie Beuligmann

Colleen Davis

Boston IVF

Kimberly Blanford

Dana Dolletzski

Ascension St. Vincent

Chandra S. Cherukupalli Evansville Surgical Associates 812-424-8231

Charles Vincent Deaconess Clinic 812-426-9855

TOP NURSES 2021

Ascension St. Vincent

Ashlie Broster

Julie Evans

The Women’s Hospital

Deja Vu Skin & Health Center

Amy Burkett

Brianna Garcia

William Blume, MD

Deaconess Hospital

Cristina Chenoweth

Abigail Guessfield

Rhea Hayden

Martha McCaffry

Tasia Hein

Kara McDonald Ascension St. Vincent Medical Group Cardiology

St. Vincent Evansville

Kynedi Holder

Tri-State Orthopaedics

Suzanne Jameson Ascension St. Vincent

Gina Lipking

Ascension St. Vincent

Lois Davidson

Deaconess Midtown Hospital

Christina Hamby

Danielle Hall

Lauren May

Owensboro Health Medical Group

Summary: DataJoe Research is a software and research company specializing in data collection and verification, and conducts various nominations across the United States on behalf of publishers. To create the “top doctors” list, DataJoe Research facilitated an online peer-voting process, also referencing government sources. DataJoe then tallied the votes per category for each doctor to isolate the top nominees in each category. After collecting nominations and additional information, DataJoe checked and confirmed that each published winner had a current, active license status with the state regulatory board. If we were not able to find evidence of a doctor’s current, active registration with the state regulatory board, that doctor was excluded from the list. In addition, any doctor who has been disciplined, up to the time-frame of our review process for an infraction by the state regulatory board, was excluded from the list. Finally, DataJoe presented the tallied result to the magazine for its final review and adjustments. Final note: We recognize that there are many good doctors who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals within the region. Inclusion in the list is based on the opinions of responding doctors in the region and the results of our research campaign. We take time and energy to ensure fair voting, although we understand that the results of this survey nomination are not an objective metric. We certainly do not discount the fact that many, many good and effective doctors may not appear on the list. Disclaimers: DataJoe uses best practices and exercises great care in assembling content for this list. DataJoe does not warrant that the data contained within the list are complete or accurate. DataJoe does not assume, and hereby disclaims, any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions herein whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. All rights reserved. No commercial use of the information in this list may be made without written permission from DataJoe. Questions? For research/methodology questions, contact the research team at surveys@datajoe.com.

Tri-State Orthopaedics

Hayden Vision

Ascension St. Vincent

Primary Care Plus

Donald E. Patterson Evansville Surgical Associates 812-424-8231

Prasad V. Gade Evansville Surgical Associates 812-424-8231

Tri-State Orthopaedics

Ascension St. Vincent

Angela H. Martin Evansville Surgical Associates 812-424-8231

VASCULAR SURGERY

Doctor PROFILES

Denise McDowell

Deaconess

Sarah Mcquay

Deaconess Midtown ICU

Shannon Mooney Ascension St. Vincent

Ashley Parker

Tri-State Orthopaedics

Jennifer Rogers

Deaconess VNA Plus Home Care and Hospice

Haley Sisk

Ascension St. Vincent Medical Group Cardiology

Ellen Stratman

Ascension St. Vincent

Jennifer Summers

Tammy Nixon

Ascension St. Vincent

Deja Vu Skin & Health Center

Amanda Oxby

Stephaine Weishart

Boston IVF

Ascension Cancer Center

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GREGORY L. HAYDEN, MD

pecializing in LASIK and advanced technology cataract surgery, he has been selected as one of America’s Top Ophthalmologists for LASIK & Cataract Surgery and was named as a Top 10 Doctor in Indiana. Additionally, he has been awarded for being in the top ten percent of doctors in America. Dr. Hayden can help free you from contacts and glasses through all-laser precision LASIK when the time is right for you. And, he provides unparalleled surgical expertise for cataracts with advanced lens implants to reduce your need for glasses if you have cataracts. 3801 Bellemeade Ave. Ste 320 812-477-3937 haydenvision.com NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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EVANSVILLE SURGICAL ASSOCIATES

vansville Surgical Associates was formed after three surgeons came together and combined their practices to form one surgical group. Since its founding in 1969, the practice has grown to include 20 surgeons and offices in eight locations, making it the largest general surgery practice in the Tri-State. Our vascular affiliate, Vascular Surgical Associates, is the largest vascular practice in the region. Our surgeons all are certified by the American Board of Surgery and many have subspecialty training and certification in vascular surgery, trauma/critical care, minimally invasive surgery, and hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery. When you’re looking for experts in surgery, look to Evansville Surgical Associates. We provide expertise in general, colon and rectal, peripheral vascular and endovascular, breast, thoracic, endocrine, complex abdominal wall hernia, hepatobiliary, bariatric (obesity), and oncologic (cancer) surgeries, utilizing advanced laparoscopic, thoracoscopic, and endovascular techniques to carry out these procedures. ESA surgeons also direct and staff the two American College of Surgeons Level II Trauma Centers at Ascension St. Vincent Evansville Hospital and Deaconess Midtown

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Hospital, providing care for more than 3,000 trauma patients a year. It is our intention to continue our leadership role in the Tri-State medical community, maintain state-of-the-art surgical care, and strive continually to improve the health of those we serve. Deaconess Physician Center • 520 Mary St., Ste. 520 • 812-424-8231 St. Vincent Medical Building • 801 St. Mary’s Drive, Ste. 405W St. Vincent Breast Center • 100 St. Mary’s Epworth Crossing, Ste. A400 St. Vincent Warrick • 1116 Millis Ave, Boonville, IN evansvillesurgical.com

Front row: Dr. Matthew Field, Dr. Donald Patterson, Dr. Angela Martin, Dr. Erik Throop, Dr. Joshua Aaron, and Dr. Brian Schymik. Back row: Dr. Andrea Jester, Dr. Chandra Cherukupalli, Dr. Kristi Peck, Dr. Dharmesh Patel, Dr. Jay Woodland, Dr. Roberto Iglesias, Dr. Katharine Lasher, Dr. Alex Baronowsky, Dr. Prasad Gade, Dr. Anthony Kaiser, Dr. Todd Burry, Dr. Mallory Bray, and Dr. Kevin McConnell.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

Congratulation to our “Top Docs!”

Fiwad Bilal, MD, Neurology Thomas Waring, MD, Pulmonology Tseday Sirak, MD, Cardiology Thomas Tabb, MD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Alan Mullins, MD, General Surgery Janae Kittinger, MD, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Kittinge MD, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Benjamin Kittinger,

We are proud of our physicians who were chosen by their peers as "Top Doctors" in our region. Owensboro Health Medical Group oﬀers more than 230 excellent providers in 31 specialties across 18 counties in Southern Indiana and Western Kentucky. Learn more at OwensboroHealth.org.

Lauren May, RN “Exceptional Nurse”

DR. CINDY BASINSKI & DR. RUPAL JURAN A peaceful patient environment and innovative surgical care define Dr. Cindy Basinski’s and Dr. Rupal Juran’s practice. Their goal is for a thoughtful and personalized approach to each individual patient.

Unique offerings of the practice include: • 16 years of experience with in-office procedures such as endometrial ablation (Novasure), Hysteroscopy, D&C, Myosure removal of fibroids and polyps, evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding, cystoscopy • Specialists in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical techniques of both simple and complex female conditions • Extensive training in both robotic and laparoscopic surgery

Dr. Basinski has dual board certification in OBGYN and Urogynecology (Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery). Urogynecology focuses on the treatment of female vaginal prolapse and urinary incontinence. Dr. Basinski also enjoys performing complex hysterectomy cases with large fibroids or women with history of many previous surgeries using minimally invasive laparoscopic/robotic techniques. Dr. Juran is board certified in OBGYN and completed a 2-year fellowship in minimally invasive GYN surgery. Dr. Juran’s interests included treatment of female pelvic pain, endometriosis, PCOS, sexual pain, heavy bleeding, and fibroids.

Dr. Basinski has been in practice in the TriState for over 22 years. 8 years ago Dr. Juran joined the practice and together they strive to create a comfortable and private environment to serve the GYN and UroGYN needs of patients of the region and beyond.

2021 has been an exciting year for the practice! Both doctors received a Certification in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery from the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology based on official review of laparoscopic surgical cases and knowledge-based testing. Additionally, the office was remodeled to create a contemporary spa-like atmosphere for improved comfort and relaxation of our patients. Contact the office for your GYN and UroGYN needs!

3922 Venetian Way, Ste. 1, Newburgh, IN • 812-853-3500 • drbasinski.com

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LOUIS B. CADY, MD CADY WELLNESS INSTITUTE

ady Wellness Institute believes your mind isn’t going to be happy and optimally functioning if your hormones are shot. That’s why we treat patients using Age Management Medicine (also known as “functional medicine”), which focuses on optimizing the biological platform and treating aging as something that can be stabilized. The Institute is led by Dr. Louis Cady, who first began practicing medicine in Evansville in 1993 at Welborn Hospital. He established an independent private practice in 1998, and in 2005, Dr. Cady founded, built, and moved into Cady Wellness Institute. Dr. Cady specializes in resistant depression and anxiety disorders, complex ADHD, difficult cases of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and mood disorders and general malaise relating to low levels of key hormones — something frequently misdiagnosed as “depression.” Cady Wellness Institute offers services in psychiatry, such as treating ADD, depression, anxiety, bipolar, and schizophrenia; limited forensic psychiatric work; and an integration of age management concepts with the psychiatric issues when it is appropriate. At Cady Wellness Institute, there is no “one size fits all” program. Our treatment plans are as unique as our patients, and each plan is tailored for their specific needs. We want our patients to realize an optimum mood state and a desire for a full and exciting life. Let us help you be well!

4727 Rosebud Lane, Ste. F, Newburgh, IN 812-429-0772 • cadywellness.com

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Doctor PROFILES

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Front row: William Ante, M.D., Peter Knoll, M.D., Jeana Lee, M.D., and Timothy Hamby, M.D. 2nd row: Ryan Wetzel, M.D., Zachary Hamby, M.D., Paul Perry, M.D., Jason Franklin, D.O., Andrew Saltzman, M.D., Paul Daines, D.P.M., Michael Boyd, D.O., David Whitney, M.D., and Christopher Sneed, M.D. 3rd row (stairs): Brett Weinzapfel, M.D., Ph.D., Tyler Kelly, D.P.M., Craig Carter, M.D., Terence Alvey, D.P.M, Jason Conaughty, M.D., and Glenn Johnson II, M.D.

TRI-STATE ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS

he surgeons of Tri-State Orthopaedic Surgeons are proud and grateful to be recognized to be among the very best doctors in our field. We offer highly specialized care for all facets of orthopedic and spine difficulties. It is our privilege to be of service to our community. We strive to provide timely, compassionate, and dignified care that is centered on you, our patient. TSOS doctors use the most advanced surgical techniques, including minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, robotic surgery, and the most modern, sophisticated orthopedic technologies. Our talented surgeons care for patients in state-of-the-art facilities alongside an all-star team of highly skilled healthcare professionals. In 2019, the surgeons of TSOS transitioned our surgical procedures to the Ascension St. Vincent 76

EVANSVILLE LIVING NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021

Orthopedic Hospital. At this new facility, TSOS doctors perform state-of-the-art surgical procedures in an innovative, modern orthopedic dedicated surgical facility. Tri-State Orthopaedic Surgeons has a proud, 70-year tradition of excellence and innovation here in the Tri-State. Our singular purpose is treating our families, friends, and neighbors with the world’s most advanced technology, in our region’s most advanced orthopedic-only specialty facility at Ascension St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital. 225 Crosslake Drive 812-477-1558 tristate-ortho.com

Doctor PROFILES

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HEARING AND SPEECH ASSOCIATES

t Hearing and Speech Associates, we know that hearing loss can lead to communication breakdowns, frustration, and even depression. That’s why our goal is to improve the quality of life for hearing-impaired individuals and their families. As an independent practice, our Doctors of Audiology have the freedom to determine and implement the best hearing solution for each patient. From preventing noise-induced hearing loss through the use of custom hearing protection, to restoring missing conversations by fitting the most appropriate hearing technology, our audiologists will provide the service you need to keep you connected to those you love. 350 W. Columbia St., Ste. 300 812-425-1500 evansvillehearing.com

Kara McCormick, Au.D., CCC-A and Megan Grable, Au.D., CCC-A

RICHARD R. ORR, JR., M.D. THE ORR CLINIC FOR PLASTIC & COSMETIC SURGERY

r. Richard Orr is a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery options for the face, body, and breasts. In practice since 1990, Dr. Orr has extensive experience in helping patients realize their goals. He offers both surgical and non-surgical treatments. Look no further than The Orr Clinic for compassionate and exceptional patient care. When it comes to plastic and cosmetic surgery, patients deserve to have all of their questions answered and the highest level of quality care. Call today to schedule your free consultation with Dr. Orr. 7525 E. Virginia St., Ste 410 812-428-4139 bodybyorr.com

EVANSVILLE LIVING NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021

Recognized as leaders in providing compassionate care Congratulations to the Ascension St. Vincent “Top Docs” who have been recognized as leaders in providing compassionate, personalized care to the patients they serve. Every day our doctors demonstrate the importance of listening to their patients so that they may deliver the care that’s right for them. ascension.org

SPONSORED CONTENT

CRANE CANDLELIGHT CONCERT 2020: CHRISTMAS PAST, CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Airs at 9 p.m. Dec. 23 on 9.1 WNIN PBS

This concert looks a bit different from other years. Filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, a large-scale concert with an orchestra and full chorus was not possible. The concert is a compilation of new socially distanced performances from students and faculty, alongside highlights from years past by the renowned Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Postdam. This concert includes traditional Christmas and seasonal hymns from around the world with popular favorites.

CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2021 Special airs at 8 p.m. Dec. 25 and 2019 Special airs at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 26 on 9.1 WNIN PBS

DECEMBER 2021/JANUARY 2022

January 2022 Highlights AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

AMERICAN MASTERS ‘AILEY’ Airs at 8 p.m. Jan. 11

Airs at 7 p.m. Sundays starting Jan. 2 on Masterpiece

Get ready to set sail in the hot air balloon with Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Fix in a new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel” starring David Tennant (“Good Omens,” “Doctor Who”).

BIG PACIFIC

Airs at 9 p.m. Wednesdays starting Jan. 5

This portrait focuses on legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey, a trailblazing pioneer who founded his influential studio Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958 at age 27. The documentary traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with inimitable grace and power.

MUHAMMAD ALI

Airs at 8 p.m. Fridays starting Jan. 28

PBS KIDS CHRISTMAS SPECIALS

PBS and WNIN kick off the winter holiday fun specials airing between December 1 and 26. The seasonal specials include:

• Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 4 airings in December • Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas - 5 airings in December • Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 3 airings in December • Let’s Go Luna: Luna’s Christmas Around The World - 4 airings in December • Peg+Cat+Holidays - 2 airings in December • Arthur’s Perfect Christmas - 5 airings in December • Cat in the Hat Knows A lot About Christmas - 2 airings in December

Over five cinematic episodes, “Big Pacific” breaks the boundaries between land and sea, moving throughout the Pacific Ocean to present a broad range of locations, species, natural phenomena, and behaviors. The series presents the ocean and its denizens in ways never before seen on television, exploring the monstrous to the minute.

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL: SEASON 2

Written and co-directed by Sarah Burns and David McMahon under acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, this film follows the life of one of the most consequential men of the 20th century. Three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali captivated billions of fans with his combination of speed, agility and power in the ring, and his charm, wit and outspokenness outside of it. At the height of his fame, Ali challenged Americans’ racial prejudices, religious biases, and notions about what roles celebrities and athletes play in our society, and inspired people all over the world with his message of pride and self-affirmation.

Airs at 8 p.m. Sundays starting Jan. 9 on Masterpiece

This “charming… ravishing (and) transportive” show — as described by the New York Times — returns for a second season of heartwarming and humorous stories based on James Herriot’s beloved bestselling novels about a young vet and his surrogate family in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales of the 1930s. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

PRIMETIME TV SCHEDULE MONDAY

December/January TV Channel 9.1 and FM 88.3 Guides

6 p.m.

PBS Newshour

7 p.m.

Antiques Roadshow

8 p.m.

Antiques Roadshow

11:30 a.m. Clifford

MONDAY - FRIDAY

Noon

5 a.m.

Xavier Riddle

5:30 a.m. Arthur 6 a.m.

Molly of Denali

6:30 a.m. Wild Katts 7 a.m.

Hero Elementary

7:30 a.m. Alma’s Way 8 a.m.

Curious George

8:30 a.m. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9 a.m.

Donkey Hodie

9:30 a.m. Elinor Wonders Why 10 a.m.

Sesame Street

10:30 a.m. Pinkalicious & Peteriffic 11 a.m. Dinosaur Train

8 p.m. Specials 10 p.m. Amanpour & Company 11 p.m.

This Old House

11:30 p.m. Ask This Old House

9 p.m. P.O.V./ Independent Lens

FRIDAY

10 p.m. Amanpour & Company

6 p.m.

PBS Newshour

7 p.m.

Washington Week

11 p.m.

DAYTIME TV SCHEDULE

7:30 p.m. School of Greatness

7:30 p.m. Firing Line

Great British Baking Show

TUESDAY

8 p.m. Arts

Sesame Street

6 p.m.

PBS Newshour

10 p.m. Amanpour & Company

1:30 p.m. Let’s Go Luna

7 p.m.

Finding Your Roots

11 p.m. NOVA

2 p.m.

Nature Cat

2:30 p.m. Wild Kratts 3 p.m.

Alma’s Way

3:30 p.m. Xavier Riddle 4 p.m.

History Detectives

8 p.m.

Rick Steves’ Specials

6 p.m.

Molly of Denali

9 p.m. Specials

Antiques Roadshow PBS Newshour

7 p.m. Nature 8 p.m. Nova 9 p.m.

5 a.m. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Specials/Big Pacific

10 p.m. Amanpour & Company

5:30 a.m. Arthur

11 p.m. Nature

Molly of Denali

THURSDAY

6:30 a.m. Wild Kratts 7 a.m.

7 p.m.

10 p.m. Amanpour & Company

10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

6 a.m.

SATURDAY

11 p.m.

Odd Squad

4:30 p.m. Arthur 5 p.m.

8 p.m. American Experience 9 p.m. Frontline

6 p.m.

Hero Elementary

PBS Newshour

7 p.m. Newsmakers

Austin City Limits

11 p.m. Specials

SUNDAY 9 p.m. Call the Midwife/ Around The World in 80 Days on Masterpiece

8 p.m.

All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece

9 p.m.

All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece/ Vienna Blood

1 p.m.

Live Wire A Way With Words

88.3 FM SCHEDULE

7 p.m.

Fresh Air

Considered

MONDAY - FRIDAY

8 p.m.

Classical Music

5 p.m.

It’s Been A Minute

2 p.m.

SATURDAY

6 p.m.

Live Wire

3 p.m. Radiolab

7 a.m. Weekend Edition Saturday

7 p.m.

The Song Show

8 p.m.

American Routes

4 p.m. Weekend All Things Considered

10 p.m.

Night Lights Jazz

5 p.m.

Snap Judgement

6 p.m.

Planet Money/ How I Built This

7 p.m.

It’s Been a Minute

4 a.m.

Morning Edition

9 a.m. 1A 11 a.m.

Fresh Air

Noon

All IN

1 p.m.

Mon.-Wed. - Here and Now Thurs. - 2 Main Street Fri. - Science Friday

2 p.m.

Mon.-Thurs. - Here and Now Fri. - Science Friday

3 p.m. All Things Considered

9 a.m.

Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!

10 a.m.

A Way With Words

11 a.m.

2 Main Street

11 p.m. Afterglow

SUNDAY

Noon

This American Life

7 a.m. Weekend Edition Sunday

1 p.m.

Milk Street Radio

9 a.m.

The Song Show

2 p.m.

Latino USA

10 a.m.

Hidden Brain

3 p.m.

Ted Radio Hour

11 a.m.

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SATISFYING SIP Bar Louie’s “Sober A.F. (Alcohol Free)” menu includes the peach Shake-It-Up tea, the Hibiscus Blossom Cooler, and the Cherry Vanilla Fizz.

MOCKTAIL MADNESS Non-alcoholic movement gains popularity on local menus

BY DALLAS CARTER

IF YOU ENJOY HITTING THE TOWN but want an alcoholfree drinking experience, you aren’t alone. Data from the global market research firm Mintel found 45 percent of millennials would give up alcoholic beverages to improve their health in 2019. Enter mocktails. Non-alcoholic cocktails are increasingly popular with anyone looking for a drink that sacrifices alcohol but not flavor and aesthetic. Several Tri-State businesses already take an inclusive approach to the non-alcoholic movement by featuring these unique drinks on their menus. PHOTO BY ZACH STRAW

“People like to go out and enjoy a good drink and maybe not have alcohol in it,” says Chase Oswald, co-owner of Evansville’s Bar Louie. “This gives a little more excitement for sure, and they’re aesthetically appealing.” Bar Louie’s corporate mixologist concocted three $3.50 mocktails last year for its “Sober A.F. (Alcohol Free)” menu. Shake-It-Up freshly shaken teas come with a choice of four different fruit purees. The Cherry Vanilla Fizz is a smooth, sugar fix made with black cherry puree, vanilla syrup, club soda, and amarena cherries, while the Hibiscus Blossom Cooler’s hibiscus tea, simple syrup, and Sprite pack a refreshing punch. Locally, Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano also offers five unique mocktail recipes, and Mo’s House serves up two non-alcoholic craft cocktails and three alcohol-free beers. “I think we will see more of these kinds of drinks moving forward,” Oswald says. DRINK UP barlouie.com NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

Food & Drink CHIMICHURRI SALMON SIDE EN PAPILOTTE

IN THE KITCHEN

Chimichurri salmon side en papilotte Ingredients Chimichurri sauce • • • • • • • • • • • • •

4 cloves fresh chopped garlic 1 shallot, finely chopped 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves 2 tablespoons packed chopped fresh oregano leaves 1 cup ice cubes 1 jalapeño, stemmed, seeded, chopped 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley; chop leaves, discard stems 1 teaspoon cumin 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Salmon main dish • 2 pounds raw whole side of salmon • 15 inch-by-50-inch sheet of parchment paper, folded in half lengthwise • 1 teaspoon kosher salt • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper • 1 lemon, thinly sliced • 1/4 cup chimichurri sauce • 2 tablespoons olive oil

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BY JODI KEEN RECIPES BY PAM RILEY HEIRONIMUS

Set your table with two simple, savory dishes Evansville Living asked local chef Pam Riley Heironimus —who once commanded the kitchen at Evansville’s famed Petroleum Club — to recommend easy, flavorful recipes for holiday gatherings. The result: chimichurri salmon side en papilotte and baked Brie en Croute, both recipes of her own creation. 94

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For the chimichurri sauce, add each ingredient as listed to a food processor, stirring midway. (Chimichurri can be chunky or pureed; go with the consistency you prefer.) Reserve a quarter cup and pour the rest in a bowl to chill. Line a baking pan with parchment paper; depending on the salmon’s thickness and length, excess parchment paper may need to be trimmed. Center salmon skin-side down on pan and sprinkle evenly with kosher salt and pepper. With a pastry brush, spread reserved quarter cup of chimichurri sauce over surface of fish and then arrange six shingled slices of lemon on top. Tightly crimp edges of parchment paper over salmon and bake for 25 minutes at 375 degrees, or until thickest part of fish reaches 145 degrees. Remove from oven and transfer fish to serving platter. Drizzle with two tablespoons olive oil, garnish with lemon wedges and fresh herbs, and serve with sliced Batard and chilled chimichurri sauce. PHOTOS BY AUDRA STRAW

Ingredients • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 medium yellow onion, finely sliced (roughly 1 1/2 cups) • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt • 1 tablespoon brown sugar • 1 tablespoon butter • 1/4 cup red wine • 1 tablespoon coarsegrained French mustard • 2 tablespoons mild yellow prepared mustard • 3 tablespoons honey • 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and finely diced • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed • 8 oz Brie round

CHEW ON THIS NOW OPEN Owned by La Campirana, new food truck Mex Evansville serves street tacos, quesadillas, gringas, and more. On Aug. 17, Inkas Charcoal Grill & Bar opened at 8401 N. Kentucky Ave., former location of Iwataya Japanese Restaurant, and serves authentic Peruvian cuisine. Need a versatile bar for your next event? Jake and Kristi Luebbe’s new Piaggo Ape (a Vespa scooter) tap truck Just One More is your solution, with four taps used for beer, wine, cold brew, cocktails, and more. Pier 17 Cajun Seafood Restaurant and Bar is now open at 600 N. Green River Road. The restaurant’s second location (the first is in Louisville, Kentucky) serves appetizers like fried calamari, combo specials, fried baskets of shrimp, oysters, catfish, and seafood boils. Walton’s Smokehouse and Southern Kitchen, the BBQ-based rebrand of the former Walton’s International Comfort Food, opened in its original location at 956 Parrett St. on Oct. 21.

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Baked Brie en Croute with honey mustard, Granny Smith apples, and caramelized onions BAKED BRIE EN CROUTE WITH HONEY MUSTARD, GRANNY SMITH APPLES, AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Assembly Add mustards in small bowl and stir with fork. Add one tablespoon of honey at a time and whisk, eventually mixing in all three tablespoons of honey, and set aside. In a skillet, cook sliced onions with olive oil — and sprinkle with salt — over medium heat, stirring frequently until onions are translucent. Add brown sugar and stir well, add butter and cook for another five minutes. Add red wine, reduce for three minutes, and then set onions aside. Roll puff pastry into a 14-inch square and place on baking sheet atop parchment paper. Use Brie round to mark dough’s center; use this impression as a guide when placing ingredients. Evenly distribute caramelized onions, diced apples, and honey mustard in dough and top with Brie round. Gather dough into a bundle, twist, and cut off excess with kitchen scissors. After flipping pastry over to smooth side, brush an egg wash (one egg and one tablespoon of water) over surface. Bake for 20 minutes on 400 degrees until pastry is golden brown. Let Brie en Croute rest 45 minutes and then serve with fruit.

NIBBLES Entwined Wine & Cocktail Bar (303 Main St.) has brought back its lunch menu after halting service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Order soups, salads, sandwiches, flatbreads, and weekly specials and combos from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Spudz-NStuff has permanently closed all local restaurants except its shop at 2403 Washington Ave. Restaurant owner Richie Patel recently announced updates to The Rooftop Food and Drinks (112 N.W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) and the neighboring Party Central. An addition of garage doors will enclose The Rooftop’s patio for year-round use, while Party Central will be transformed into Birdies, an entertainment space with duck pin bowling, golf simulators, and more. Second Language Patisserie (401 N.W. Second St., Ste. A) is expanding: The Black Lodge Coffee Roasters (610 Church St., New Harmony, Indiana) will carry homemade croissants from the local eatery. Meanwhile

Second Language’s much anticipated Asian cuisine dining room is hiring staff as it continues to prepare for opening. Chefs Wess Rose (formerly of The Dapper Pig, RiRa Irish Pub, and Lorenzo’s Bakery & Bistro) and Kent Thrun (Sodexo at the University of Southern Indiana) are the newest members of the team at The Hornville Tavern at 2607 W. Baseline Road. Ghost Quesadilla (4222 Bell Road, Newburgh, Indiana) will open a new location at 5501 Pearl Drive this year. Casey Todd, owner of Hometown Roots (136 Second St., Henderson, KY), will open Homer’s Barbecue next door later this year. After closing the drive-thru at all locations on Aug. 30, Donut Bank has reopened everywhere for dine-in, carry-out, and drive-thru services from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hours are subject to change daily based on location. DEARLY DEPARTED Duffy’s PubHouse closed on Sept. 4 after opening in February 2021. Following the retirement of Larry “Bubbles” Pollock after selling the historic The Pub property (1348 E. Division St.), Carne Asada is now closed. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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Triple Threat Drake’s takes contemporary cuisine to the next level MANY CHAIN RESTAURANTS fill their menus with common but complicated and overpriced dishes, but Drake’s keeps it simple and sticks to what it does best — beer, burgers, and sushi. Originating in 2007 in Lexington, Kentucky, Drake’s is owned by Bluegrass Hospitality Group and has since expanded to 18 locations across Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Alabama, and Illinois. The Evansville location at 1222 Hirschland Road opened in December 2020. Drake’s features a diverse menu focused on their three bestselling items: beer, burgers, and sushi, running a special every month. “There’re not many places you can go and eat siracha wings, a burger, fries, and get a sushi roll in one order, while drinking craft beer,” says Manager Zach Rhodes. All of Drake’s sushi — including its popular Crab Rangoon roll — is rolled in house by Aqua, a separate entity owned by Bluegrass Hospitality that works exclusively in BHG restaurants. For diners more in the mood for cooked dishes, Drake’s fried fish is coated with an in-house beer batter that Rhodes says makes it his goto meal. Drake’s menu also stars 12 sirloin steak burgers, including the BBQ

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Burger topped with pepper jack cheese, bacon, crispy onion straws, and honey-jalapeno barbecue sauce. Along with its unique food menu, Drake’s offers 24 draft beers — 21 of which are craft — including its own Drake’s Lager brewed by Goodwood Brewing in Louisville, Kentucky. Drake’s also runs a $5 special each month on its seasonal cocktail menu, which features indulging spices and flavors. “We like to offer a unique selection, something you can’t go to any restaurant and get,” says Rhodes. — RILEY GUERZINI

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Dining Directory

RESTAURANTS THAT DEFINE OUR CITY

FINE DINING CAVANAUGH’S: 421 N.W. Riverside Drive (inside Tropicana Evansville), 812-433-

4000. Steaks, fresh seafood, overlooking the Ohio River, and entertainment in piano bar. CORK ‘N CLEAVER: 650 S. Hebron Ave., 812-479-6974. Steak, prime rib, chicken, seafood, salad bar, soup, and sandwich lunches. HAUB STEAK HOUSE: 101 E. Haub St. (next to railroad tracks), Haubstadt, IN, 812-768-6462. A la carte menu. Steak, prime rib, seafood, chicken, pork, vegetable side dishes, and desserts. MA.T.888 CHINA BISTRO: 5636 Vogel Road, 812-475-2888. Specialties include lemongrass fish, Peking duck, and chicken lettuce wraps. MADELEINE’S FUSION RESTAURANT: 423 S.E. Second St., 812-491-8611. Appetizers, soups, salads, entrées, including day catch seafood and prime steaks, extensive bar selections, and wine cellar. Special dietary requests honored. Private meeting rooms and in-season patio dining available. RED GERANIUM: 520 North St., New Harmony, IN, 812-682-6171. Contemporary American cuisine and extensive wine list.

UPSCALE CASUAL AMY’S ON FRANKLIN: 1418 W. Franklin St., 812-401-2332. Comfort food influenced by the French Quarter, Mexico, and Texas.

BAR LOUIE: 7700 Eagle Crest Blvd., 812-476-7069. Full bar, expansive menu with mini Kobe hot dogs, the Luigi sandwich with shaved rib eye, and large hamburger selection. BIAGGI’S RISTORANTE ITALIANO: 6401 E. Lloyd Expressway, 812-421-0800. Italian cuisine. BILL’S RESTAURANT: 420 Frederica St., Owensboro, KY, 270-852-8120. A variety of New American cuisine for lunch, dinner, and dessert. BONEFISH GRILL: 6401 E. Lloyd Expressway, 812-401-3474. Wood-burning grill, fish, steaks, pasta dishes, soups, salads, and its famous Bang Bang Shrimp. H BRU BURGER BAR: (Restaurant with the Best Burger, 2021) 222 Sycamore St. in the former Greyhound bus terminal, 812-302-3005. Signature burgers, classic sandwiches, salads, appetizers, desserts, and an extensive drink menu. CAMBRIDGE GRILL: 1034 Beacon Hill, 812-868-4653. Salads, sandwiches, pizzas, entrées, and an expanded wine menu. THE COLLECTIVE: 230 Main St. above Comfort by the Cross-Eyed Cricket. 812-202-8051. Specialty, fresh appetizers and entrees and an extensive beverage list. COMFORT BY THE CROSS-EYED CRICKET: 230 Main St. 812-909-3742. Full breakfast menu, home-style favorites, sandwiches, and salads. COPPER HOUSE: 1430 W. Franklin St., 812-909-8089. Unique cuisine meets comfort food. ENTWINED WINE AND COCKTAIL BAR: 303 Main St., 812-550-1393. A robust wine, beer, and cocktail list and a seasonal tapas menu. HOUSE OF COMO: 2700 S. Kentucky Ave., 812-422-0572. Baked chicken dishes, lamb chops, fish entrées, and oversized steaks with Lebanese and Middle Eastern influence. JENNINGS STREET PUBLIC HOUSE: 300 W. Jennings St., Newburgh, IN. 812-5184007. Local craft beer, wine, domestics, scratch cocktails, and spirits. RIVERWALK RESTAURANT & CATERING: 6 Walnut St. (inside the Hadi Shrine building), 812-758-4644. Cocktails, burgers, sandwiches, seafood, fish, and specialty plates from the Acropolis menu. SCHYMIK’S KITCHEN: 1112 Parrett St., 812-401-3333. Globally influenced restaurant and wine bar. SIP OWENSBORO: 101 Frederica St., Owensboro, KY, 270-297-3031. Wine bar with charcuterie boards and small dishes. WALTON’S SMOKEHOUSE AND SOUTHERN KITCHEN: 956 Parrett St., 812-4674255. Formerly Walton’s International Comfort Food, serving smokehouse delights in a unique atmosphere. THE WINE DOWN: 8666 Ruffian Lane, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-0066. A wide selection of wine with appetizers, flatbreads, and desserts.

PRIVATE CLUBS EVANSVILLE COUNTRY CLUB: 3810 Stringtown Road, 812-425-2243. Executive chef on staff. Diverse menu selection. Member-only dining.

OAK MEADOW COUNTRY CLUB: 11505 Browning Road, 812-867-1900. Chefcreated menu in full-service dining room and diverse options ranging from traditional to cutting edge. Breakfast served on weekends. Member-only dining.

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ROLLING HILLS COUNTRY CLUB: 1666 Old Plank Road, Newburgh, IN, 812-9253336. Executive chef on staff. New and classic dishes including chicken, seafood specials, and pastas. Member-only dining.

DELIS THE BISTRO: 1 Main St. (Old National Bank), 812-424-5801. Fresh soups, salads, sandwiches, paninis, desserts, and daily specials. Catering available.

BITS AND BYTES: 216 N.W. Fourth St., 812-423-5113. Breakfast, deli-style sandwich lunches, and desserts.

THE DELI: 421 N.W. Riverside Drive (inside Tropicana Evansville), 812-4334000. Deli sandwiches, salads, hot dogs, polish sausage, and pizza.

PANERA BREAD: 220 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-476-7477; 5201 Pearl Drive, 812-250-

7088; 4015 Gateway Blvd., Newburgh, IN, 812-706-6386. Breads, sandwiches, paninis, soups, salads, and specialty coffee drinks. PENN STATION EAST COAST SUBS: 137 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-479-7366; 4827 Davis Lant Drive, 812-402-7366; 5310 Pearl Drive, 812-434-7366; 8887 High Pointe Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-401-7366; 1111 Barrett Blvd., Henderson, KY, 270-826-7361; 3525 Frederica St., Owensboro, KY, 270-683-1515. Grilled, made fresh-to-order sub sandwiches, homemade hand-cut fries, and fresh-squeezed lemonade. SICILIANO SUBS: 2021 W. Franklin St., 812-303-3382. Specialty sandwiches like the Cuban and Siciliano subs. WHICH WICH: 5401 E. Lloyd Expressway, 812-471-2818; 6401 N. Green River Road, 812867-0826. An extensive menu of customizable sandwiches and sides.

EMGE’S DELI AND ICE CREAM: 3848 N. First Ave., 812-422-3026. Sandwiches, homemade deli salads, soups, and daily specials.

FIREHOUSE SUBS: 1031 N. Green River Road, 812-909-4445. Hot and cold subs with toppings such as smoked turkey, sliced chicken, veggies, and white chicken salad. HONEYBAKED HAM: 1446 N. Green River Road, 812-471-2940. Boxed lunches, sandwiches, salads, as well as whole, half, or slices of ham. Variety of desserts and side items. JASON’S DELI: 943 N. Green River Road, 812-471-9905. Sandwiches, salads, and other healthy meals with fresh ingredients and no artificial trans fats, MSG, or high fructose corn syrup. JIMMY JOHN’S: 701 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-401-5400; 130 N. St. Joseph Ave., 812-402-9944; 330 Main St., 812-402-5653; 2320 N. Green River Road, 812-402-5747; 8680 High Point Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-7111. Delistyle sandwiches, fresh-baked bread, vegetables prepared daily, and cold cut meats. H LIC’S DELI AND ICE CREAM: (Best Ice Cream, 2021) 800 E. Diamond Ave., 812-424-4862; 4501 Lincoln Ave., 812-477-3131; 2311 W. Virginia St., 812423-4173; 2001 Washington Ave., 812-473-0569; 11 N.W. Fifth St., 812-4222618; 8700 Ruffian Lane, Newburgh, IN, 812-858-0022. Deli-style soups, salads, sandwiches, locally made ice cream, and sorbets. MCALISTER’S DELI: 2220 N. Green River Road, 812-618-2050; 5301 Pearl Drive, Ste. 100, 812-228-4222. Deli sandwiches, salads, spuds, and sweet tea. NORTH MAIN ANNEX: 701 N. Main St., 812-250-4551. Gourmet catering from breakfast to dessert, and a daily, fresh-made menu of breakfast, salads, baked goods, and deli classics. OLD TYME DELI & MEAT SHOP: 307 N. 1st Ave., 812-401-1030. A traditional deli and meat shop offering plate lunches.

BAKERIES, COFFEEHOUSES, AND ICE CREAM 3 CHICKS FUDGERY: 305 Main St., Mount Vernon, IN, 812-457-2633. Fresh fudge, gourmet coffee, unique gifts and décor, and charcuterie from Board and Wheel.

2ND STREET BISTRO & BAKERY: 115 S. Second St., Boonville, IN, 812-573-8887. Freshly baked desserts, cookies, cakes, pies, and more.

2ND LANGUAGE: 401 N.W. Second St. 812-401-2500. Authentic Patisserie with European pastries, flavorful cronuts, and Asian street foods.

BE HAPPY PIE COMPANY: 2818 Mount Vernon Ave., 812-449-7718. Made-fromscratch pies, cookies, scones, and cookie pies.

BEA SWEET TREATS: 4111 Merchant Drive, Newburgh, Indiana, 812-454-7728. Custom cakes and cookies, macarons, cookies, and other baked goods.

BEANS & BARISTAS: 800 N. Green River Road (inside Eastland Mall), 812-475-8566.

Full coffee bar, gourmet coffees and teas, Italian sodas, and various pastry treats. Retail gourmet coffee beans and teas and unique gifts. BECAUSE BREAD: 300 W. Jennings St., Newburgh, IN, 812-518-9190. Fresh homemade breads, pastries, and desserts. BEN & PENNY’S: 20 W. Water St., Newburgh, IN (behind Café Arazu), 812-858-2556. Ice cream and espresso bar, wine and cheese baskets, fine chocolates, and Ben’s Breakfast Deli. BLACK LODGE COFFEE ROASTERS: 610 Church St., New Harmony, IN, 812-682-2449. Pour-overs, presses, cold-brew iced coffee, espressos, and more. CLEO’S BAKERY & BROWN BAG LUNCHES: 9 W. Jennings St., Newburgh, IN, 812-853-0500. Full bakery with cookies, scones, muffins, cupcakes, coffee, and lunches including signature sandwiches paired with choice of chips, pickles, and homemade soup.

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, restaurants are handicapped-accessible and accept major credit cards. City and county

ordinances prohibit smoking in many facilities. We suggest calling ahead to check which venues are exempt. Evansville Living has made every attempt to present an accurate guide. Please notify us of significant changes in a restaurant’s management, location, or menu. This directory is compiled by editorial staff and not based on advertising.

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THE DAIRIETTE: 711 Atkinson St., Henderson, KY, 270-826-2401. Hamburgers, tenderloins, fries, milkshakes, and soft-serve sundaes.

D-ICE: 800 N. Green River Road (inside Eastland Mall), 812-319-9071. Thai-

fried ice cream rolls. H DONUT BANK BAKERY AND COFFEE SHOP: (Best Bakery, Cup of Coffee, 2021) 210 N. St. Joseph Ave., 812-426-1011; 2128 N. First Ave., 812-426-2311; 1031 E. Diamond Ave., 812-426-0011; 5 N. Green River Road, 812-479-0511; 1950 Washington Ave., 812-477-2711; 3988 State Highway 261, Newburgh, IN, 812-858-9911; 1200 Lincoln Ave., 812-402-4111; 1303 W. Broadway St., Princeton, IN, 812-385-3711; 2630A U.S. Highway 41, Henderson, KY, 270212-0181. Donuts, coffee, cookies, other baked goods, and smoothies. DUNKIN’ DONUTS: 3960 N. First Ave., 812-550-1500; 850 N. Green River Road, 812-303-5797. Donuts, pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and a variety of coffees. GAYLACAKE: 320 N. Main St., 812-454-9791. Homemade cakes, mints, chocolate caramel pretzels, and candies. GREAT HARVEST BREAD COMPANY: 423 Metro Ave., 812-476-4999. Fresh-baked bread, breakfast items, sandwiches, salads, homemade soups for lunch, and specialty sweets. HENDERSON JUICE CO.: 13 S. Main St., Henderson, KY, 270-832-3767. Fresh juices, smoothies, breakfast items, soups, and wraps. HONEY + MOON COFFEE CO.: 612 S. Weinbach Ave., 812-602-3123; 1211 Tutor Lane, 812-893-2945. Curated coffee, drinks, fresh food, and Bliss Artisan ice cream. JUST RENNIE’S COOKIE CO.: 100 S.E. Fourth St., 812-490-8098. Gourmet lunches, chicken salad sandwiches, club wraps, and cookies. MILK & SUGAR SCOOP SHOPPE: 2027 W. Franklin St., 812-602-1423; 10931 Highway 66. Premium ice cream shop. MR. BUBBLE TEA: 503 N. Green River Road, 812-550-3166. Smoothies, Asian beverages, and bubble tea in different flavors. MULBERRY JEANS: 600 State St., Newburgh, IN, 812-490-5835. High tea served with sandwiches, desserts, an extensive collection of premium coffee beans, and a variety of loose-leaf tea. NIKO’S BAKERY AND CAFE: 601 Emory Drive, Owensboro, KY, 270-478-4441. Fresh-baked breads and pastries, breakfast, salads, sandwiches, and soup. ORANGE LEAF: 701 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-401-5215. Up to 70 flavors of frozen yogurt. PANADERÍA SAN MIGUEL: 2004 Washington Ave., 812-814-8037. Traditional Mexican bakery with cakes, pastries, and bread. PARLOR DOUGHNUTS: 301 N. Green River Road, 812-303-4754; 12 N.W. Third St., 812-303-5906. Fresh doughnuts, croissant doughnuts, and coffee from Proper Coffee Roasters. PENNY LANE COFFEEHOUSE: 600 S.E. Second St., 812-421-8741. Fair trade organic espresso and espresso drinks, gourmet coffees, Italian sodas, freshbaked pastries, and vegetarian soups. PIECE OF CAKE: 210 Main St., 812-424 2253. Customized cakes, cookies, coffee, sodas, breakfast items, and more. PROPER COFFEE ROASTERS: 301 N. Green River Road, 812-429-0110. Coffee, espresso drinks, specialty beverages, and breakfast and brunch options THE REFINERY: 224 W. Jennings St., Newburgh, IN, 812-202-1113. Specialty coffee and espresso drinks. RIVER CITY COFFEE + GOODS.: 223 Main St., 812-550-1695. Espresso bar, brewed coffees, pour-overs, and teas. RIVER KITTY CAT CAFE: 226 Main St., 812-550-1553. Coffee, tea, croissants, cookies, biscotti, and savory pastries. SMALLEY COFFEE: 2955 Newton St., Jasper, IN, 812-482-2442. Handcrafted drinks including lattes, cappuccinos, Americanos, iced coffees and teas, and frozen drinks. STARBUCKS: 624 S. Green River Road (inside Barnes & Noble), 812-475-1054; 504 N. Green River Road, 812-476-7385; 6401 E. Lloyd Expressway, Ste. 16, 812-401-1771; 4700 W. Lloyd Expressway, 812-549-4053; 4650 First Ave., 812-421-0461; 601 Walnut St., 812-423-5002; 7755 State Highway 66, Newburgh, IN, 812-858-0234. SUGAR FIX: 333 State St., Newburgh, IN, 865-851-1164. A candy shop with a variety of candies, chocolates, and sweet treats. TF ICE CREAM: 1002 E. Walnut St., Boonville, IN, 812-715-3367. Ice cream, sherbet, and more. TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFÉ: 2101 N. Green River Road, 812-297-9727. Smoothies, flatbreads, wraps, sandwiches. WHITE SWAN COFFEE LAB AT THE HUB ON FRANKLIN: 2025 W. Franklin St. 812604-9529. Espresso drinks, brewed coffee, and teas.

DINERS, CAFÉS, AND FAMILY RESTAURANTS 6 A.M.: 800 N. Green River Road (inside Eastland Mall), 812-679-6710. Breakfast foods, like biscuits and gravy, omelets, and French toast.

1820 CAFÉ: 5721 E. Virginia St. (in the Vineyard Bookstore), 812-479-8777. Croissants with chicken salad, gourmet coffees, and fruit smoothies.

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BIG-TOP DRIVE IN: 1213 W. Maryland St., 812-424-7442. Sandwiches, chicken strips,

and ice cream. BISCUIT BELLY: 945 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-777-8300. Shareable breakfast dishes, biscuit sandwiches, biscuits and gravy, and more. BJ’S RESTAURANT AND BREWHOUSE: 1000 N. Green River Road, 812-550-9320. Soups, salads, pizza, pasta, burgers and sandwiches, and other entrées. BURGER BANK: 1617 S. Weinbach Ave., 812-475-2265. Mini-burgers, cheeseburgers, fries, and more. CAFÉ COURT (RIDGWAY UNIVERSITY CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE): 1800 Lincoln Ave., 812-488-2951. Hot entrées, salad bar, deli and grill; Chick-fil-A; Starbucks Coffee, sandwiches, and salads at Rademacher’s Cafe; convenience store Aces Place. CAFE ON WATER STREET: 104 N. Water St., Henderson, KY, 270-577-9402. Casual American fare with homestyle classics. THE CAROUSEL: 5115 Monroe Ave., 812-479-6388. Classic American cuisine. CARRIAGE INN: 103 Gibson St., Haubstadt, IN, 812-768-6131. Plate lunches, sandwiches, soups, salads, steaks, and assorted dinner entrées. CATFISH WILLY’S: 5720 E. Virginia St., 812-401-2233. Chicken, burgers, and seafood like crab, lobster, shrimp, and gator. CHICKEN SALAD CHICK: 1414 Hirschland Road, 812-594-9820. More than 12 flavors of chicken salad, soups, sides, and desserts. CLEAVERS: 5501 E. Indiana St., 812-473-0001. A casual restaurant serving sandwiches including pulled pork, Chicago-style Italian beef, pork loin, and steak. COMMANDER’S GRILL: 118 W. Locust St., Boonville, IN, 812-715-0055. A sandwich shop with fried chicken, salads, steaks, and pork chops. CROSS-EYED CRICKET: 2101 W. Lloyd Expressway, 812-422-6464. Traditional American cuisine. DOUBLE D’S RESTAURANT & CATERING: 1206 E. Main St., Boonville, IN, 812-897-8813. American fare including salads, steaks, and seafood. Fried catfish and chicken are the house specialities. Full catering packages available. FARMER & FRENCHMAN: 12522 U.S. Highway 41-S, Robards, KY, 270-748-1856. Café featuring cheese and charcuterie trays, salads, Napolitana pizzas, pasta, sandwiches, desserts, beer, and Farmer & Frenchman wines. FLOURISH PLANT-BASED EATERY: 222 S. Red Bank Road, 812-602-3202. A rotating menu of vegan meals, juices, smoothies, and wellness shots. FRIENDSHIP DINER: 834 Tutor Lane, 812-402-0201. Breakfast, sandwiches, pasta, and home-style favorites. G.D. RITZY’S: 4810 University Drive, 812-425-8700; 4320 N. First Ave., 812-421-1300; 601 N. Green River Road, 812-474-6259. Grilled hamburgers, grilled chicken, chicken strips, kids meal, hot dogs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, ultrathin shoestring-style French fries, old-fashioned ice cream, and milkshakes. GASTHOF AMISH VILLAGE: 6747 E. Gasthof Village Road, Montgomery, IN, 812-4864900. Amish-style buffet. THE GRANOLA JAR AT 111: 111 S. Green River Road, 812-401-8111. Café serving a variety of sandwhiches and salads, cookies, and granola. THE GRANOLA JAR CAFÉ & BAKERY: 1033 Mount Pleasant Road, 812-437-1899. Specializes in house-made granola, breads, and vegetarian and vegan options. HOMETOWN ROOTS: 136 Second St., Henderson, KY, 270-212-3653. Southern comfort food like mac and cheese, pulled pork, and fried chicken. HOOSIER BURGER CO.: 325 S. Green River Road, 812-437-0155. Fresh-to-order burgers, fries, ice cream, and milkshakes. THE HORNET’S NEST: 11845 Petersburg Road, 812-867-2386. Soups, sandwiches, salads, daily lunch specials, steaks, seafood, and chicken. JUICY SEAFOOD: 865 N. Green River Road. 812-303-6869. Seafood boils, fried seafood, and appetizers.

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JOURNEY FISH AND CHICKEN: 825 S. Green River Road, 812-303-2420. Sandwiches, gyros, fried fish, and fried chicken.

THE KITCHEN BUFFET: 421 N.W. Riverside Drive, second-level mezzanine, Trop-

icana Evansville, 812-433-4000, ext. 6059. Home-style buffet options for breakfast and lunch. Dinner buffet available Friday and Saturday nights. KITE & KEY CAFÉ: 2301 W. Franklin St., 812-401-0275. Breakfast and lunch options, coffee, espresso drinks, and desserts. THE LANDING: 1 E. Water St., Newburgh, IN, 812-518-1200. Flatbreads, burgers, sandwiches, pasta, and other entrées. LIBBY AND MOM’S: 2 Richardt Ave., 812-437-3040. Home-cooked meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. LOG INN: 12491 Country Road 200 E., Haubstadt, IN, 812-867-3216. Fried chicken, ham, roast beef, and fiddlers. MAJOR MUNCH: 101 N.W. First St., 812-499-0160. Cheeseburgers, chili, grilled chicken sandwiches, grilled cheese, and catfish. MERRY-GO-ROUND RESTAURANT: 2101 Fares Ave., 812-423-6388. Traditional American cuisine. MR. D’S: 1435 S. Green St., Henderson, KY, 270-826-2505. Classic American cuisine. NELLIE’S RESTAURANT: 8566 Ruffian Lane, Newburgh, IN, 812-629-2142. Breakfast and lunch items, such as omelets, pancakes, waffles, sandwiches, burgers, and salads. THE NEW FRONTIER RESTAURANT AND BAR: 12945 Highway 57, 812-867-6786. Bloody Mary bar, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, salads, steak, fried chicken, and pork chops. THE NEW OLD MILL: 5031 New Harmony Road, 812-963-6000. Steaks, chicken, catch of the day, sandwiches, soups, and salads. ON THE ROCKS: 305 Walnut St., Rockport, IN., 812-438-6344. Local bar favorites such as wings, burgers, and pizzas, as well as fresh sandwiches and specialty appetizers. PATTIE’S SAND TRAP AT FENDRICH GOLF COURSE: 1900 E. Diamond Ave., 812-4356028. Burgers, sandwiches, chicken, and other entrées. PIE PAN: 905 North Park Drive, 812-425-2261. Traditional American cuisine. Homemade pies sold by the slice and whole. PIER 17 CAJUN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR: 600 N. Green River Road., 812303-6338. Cajun classic appetizers like fried calamari and seafood from shrimp and oysters to catfish served in combo specials, fried baskets, and boils. R’Z CAFÉ AND CATERING: 104 N. Main St., Fort Branch, IN, 812-615-0039. Classic comfort food to modern cuisine, including breakfast and lunch combinations as well as daily specials. THE RED WAGON: 6950 Frontage Road, Poseyville, IN, 812-874-2221. Catfish, oyster, shrimp scampi, and grilled salmon. SAM’S SOUTHERN EATERY: 420 S. Green River Road, 812-410-2220; 3904 N. First Ave., 812-602-3062; 1765 S. Green St., Henderson, KY. Southern-style food including po’ boys, chicken, and seafood. SAVANNAH’S CAFÉ: 1802 Stringtown Road, 812-773-5001. Family restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Daily plate lunches and homemade cakes and pies available. Catering also available. SIDEWALK CAFE: 228 Second St., Henderson, KY, 270-831-2233. Gourmet chicken salad, Italian beef, tomato basil turkey wrap, loaded potato soup, and strawberry cake. SILVER BELL RESTAURANT: 4424 St. Wendel Road, Wadesville, IN, 812-9630944. Sandwiches, fiddlers, pizza, salad bar, and vegetable side dishes. Family-style fried chicken dinner specials. Now serving Flavor Burst soft serve ice cream.

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2006; 1950 U.S. Highway 41-N., Henderson, KY, 270-826-9427; 5120 Frederica St., Owensboro, KY, 270-926-3472. Soups, sandwiches, salads, and various dinner entrées. BEN’S SOFT PRETZELS: 800 N. Green River Road (inside Eastland Mall), 812-4717905. Amish-inspired, fresh-baked pretzels and pretzel dishes. BOB EVANS: 1125 N. Green River Road, 812-473-9022. “Homestyle” American menu. CHEDDAR’S: 2100 N. Green River Road, 812-491-9976. Garden-fresh salads, homemade soups, and varied entrée selections including pasta, lemon pepper chicken, and tilapia. CRACKER BARREL: 8215 Eagle Lake Drive, 812-479-8788. Classic American cuisine. CULVER’S: 1734 Hirschland Road, 812-437-3333; 4850 W. Lloyd Expressway, 812492-8000. ButterBurgers and frozen custard. DRAKE’S: 1222 Hirschland Road, 812-401-2920. An American chain known for craft beer, burgers, and sushi. FIVE GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES: 5402 E. Indiana St., 812-401-1773. Burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, and Cajun fries. FREDDY’S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS: 2848 N. Green River Road, 812909-4395; 5501 Pearl Drive, 812-303-6137. Steakburgers, various sandwiches, and frozen custard. GOLDEN CORRAL FAMILY STEAK HOUSE: 130 N. Cross Pointe Blvd., 812-473-1095; 1320 N. Green St., Henderson, KY, 270-869-9310. Large buffet selections, steaks, shrimp, and chicken. JAKE’S WAYBACK BURGERS: 115 Cross Pointe Blvd., 812-475-9272; 624 E. Diamond Ave., 812-422-4999. Burgers, hot dogs, and hand-dipped thick milkshakes. LOGAN’S ROADHOUSE: 5645 Pearl Drive, 812-421-0908. American fare including handcut steaks, baby-back ribs, mesquite-grilled chicken, appetizers, salads, and seafood. LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE: 320 N. Green River Road, 812-473-2400; 2974 Heartland Crossing Blvd., Owensboro, KY, 270-686-2220. Steak, chicken, ribs, seafood, sandwiches, and burgers. O’CHARLEY’S: 7301 E. Indiana St., 812-479-6632; 5125 Pearl Drive (at Red Bank Road and Lloyd Expressway), 812-424-3348. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and dinner entrées. OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE: 7201 E. Indiana St., 812-474-0005. Specialty steaks, chicken, seafood entrées, salads, and vegetable side dishes. PANDA EXPRESS: 2445 Menards Drive, 812-479-8889. Chinese fast food like orange chicken, sesame chicken, and fried rice. PHILLY GRILL: 600 E. Boonville New Harmony Road, Ste. D, 812-602-4027. Philly cheese steaks made-to-order, wraps, hot dogs, burgers and grilled chicken sandwiches, wings, and salads. RAFFERTY’S: 1400 N. Green River Road, 812-471-0024. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and dinner entrées. RED LOBSTER: 4605 Bellemeade Ave., 812-477-9227. Soups, salads, sandwiches, seafood entrées, fresh-catch, and daily specials. RED ROBIN: 6636 E. Lloyd Expressway, 812-473-4100. A variety of hamburgers including the “Banzai Burger,” the “Royal Red Robin Burger,” and the “Whiskey River BBQ Burger.” Full bar menu. TEXAS ROADHOUSE: 7900 Eagle Crest Blvd., 812-477-7427. Ribs, steaks, side items, and fresh baked bread. TGI FRIDAY’S: 800 N. Green River Road (in Eastland Mall food court), 812-4918443. Specialty salads, sandwiches, burgers, steaks, chicken, pasta, and seafood entrées. WINGSTOP: 499 N. Green River Road, Ste. B, 812-909-3445. Classic, boneless, and crispy tenders wings in 11 flavors.

PIZZERIAS ARCHIE & CLYDE’S RESTAURANT & BAR: 8309 Bell Oaks Drive, Newburgh,

IN, 812-490-7778. Pizza, fried cheese ravioli, wraps, salads, soups, gyros, and barbecue. H AZZIP PIZZA: (Best Pizza, Business The Gives Back 2021) 5225 Pearl Drive, 812-401-3572; 8680 High Pointe Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-518-3810; 2121 N. Green River Road, 812-901-0490; 3800 Frederica St., Owensboro, KY, 270215-7741. All personal sized pizzas (8 or 11 inches) made with one meat and all the vegetable toppings included. Thin and crispy pizza. Warm cookies, salad, beer, and wine also available.

DONATOS PIZZA: 710 S. Greeen River Road, Ste. 3, 812-618-3868. Pizza, oven-

baked subs, salad, calzones, and desserts. DONTAE’S HIGHLAND PIZZA PARLOR: 6669 Kratzville Road, 812-777-0016. Pizzas, strombolis, paninis, and salads. DONTAE’S ON MAIN PIZZA PARLOR: 606 N. Main St., 812-437-8080. The second location of Dontae’s Highland Pizza serves its traditional menu as well as exciting new twists on classic pizzas. FARM 57: 3443 Kansas Road, 812-626-9315. Wood-fired, brick-oven pizza from The Pizza Revolution and weekly food truck events. FAT BOY’S PIZZA: 10722 Highway 662 W., Newburgh, IN, 812-518-3061. Local unastyle pizza serving take out orders only. FRANKLIN STREET PIZZA FACTORY: 2033 W. Franklin St., 812-602-3028. Pizza, sandwiches, appetizers, and salads. GARDO’S ITALIAN OVEN: 13220 Darmstadt Road, 812-868-8071. Pizza, sandwiches, wings, appetizers, and salads. GATTITOWN: 316 N. Green River Road, 812-473-3800. Buffet-style pizzas, pastas, salads, and desserts all in a kids’ festival-like arcade. HEADY’S PIZZA: 4120 N. First Ave., 812-437-4343. Pizza, subs, wings, and pasta. Late night delivery available. KIPPLEE’S STADIUM INN: 2350 Division St., 812-476-1963. Fried appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, and pizza. LITTLE CAESARS: 2007 Washington Ave., 812-471-5755; 7755 B Fruitwood Lane, Newburgh, IN, 812-858-2984; 130 N. St. Joseph Ave., 812-401-9555; 2411 Stringtown Road, 812-401-8555; 2539 Highway 41 N., Ste. A, Henderson, KY, 270-831-1800. Pizzas and breads, including cheese bread, pepperoni cheese bread, and crazy bread. THE LOBO LOUNGE: 1200 Edgar St., 812-550-1001. Pizza, adult beverages, and more. LOMBARDI’S NEW YORK PIZZA AND WINGS: 3311 N. Green River Road, 812602-5255. Authentic New York-style pizza sold by the slice or whole and buffalo wings. LYLE’S SPORTSZONE PIZZA & PUB: 1404 E. Morgan Ave., 812-425-7729. Home of Lyle’s original loaded stromboli. Also serves pizza and sandwiches. MELLOW MUSHROOM: 101 W. Second St., Owensboro, KY, 270-684-7800. Appetizers, salads, specialty and build-your-own pizzas, sandwiches, desserts, and lunch specials. MISTER B’S: 2611 U.S. Highway 41, Henderson, KY, 270-826-1111; 1340 Hirschland Road, 812-402-2090. Pizza, wings, sandwiches, soup, salad, and pasta.

PIZZA OVEN: 5806 Stringtown Road, 812-425-1455. Pizza, strombolis, and Texas barbecue sandwiches.

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MOD PIZZA: 6401 E. Lloyd Expressway, Ste. C, 812-602-5525; 2710 Heart-

land Crossing, Ste. C, Owensboro, KY, 270-240-2646. Custom, artisanstyle pizzas. NOBLE ROMAN’S: 222 S. Red Bank Road, 812-303-4010; 1216 Washington Square Mall, 812-473-4606. Pizzas, salads, breadsticks, garlic bread, hand-sauced chicken wings, pasta, and sandwiches. H PANGEA KITCHEN: (Best Restaurant Atmosphere, Bartender 2021) 111 S. Green River Road, Ste. E., 812-401-2404. Offering authentic Neapolitan and Detroit-style pizzas, Thai cuisine, and Italian gelato. PAPA JOHN’S PIZZA: 4814 W. Lloyd Expressway, 812-423-7272; 5436 E. Indiana St., 812-473-5200; 3955 Haley Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-858-7272; 303 N. Weinbach Ave., 812-477-7700; 4204 N. First Ave., 812-425-2345; 2510 Frederica St., Owensboro, KY, 270-684-3300; 418 Center St., Henderson, KY, 270826-4444. Pizza, cheese sticks, bread sticks, chicken strips, and hot wings. PIZZA CHEF: 423 W. Main St., Boonville, IN, 812-897-1600. Pizza, baked Italian entrées, sandwiches, salad bar, and hot food bar. PIZZA KING: (dine-in facilities) 220 N. St. Joseph Ave., 812-424-7976; 7777 State Highway 66, Newburgh, IN, 812-853-3368; 1033 S. Weinbach Ave., 812-4764941. Pizza and baked stromboli-type sandwiches.

salads, pasta entrées, pizza, steaks, and chicken. Live entertainment and patio dining. ROCA BAR NORTH: 12301 U.S. Highway 41-N., 812-868-8898. Pizza, salad, sandwiches, and entrées. ROUNDERS PIZZA: 510 W. Mill Road, 812-424-4960; 12731 N. Green River Road, 812-867-7172. Specialty pizzas including the Nameless Special, a pie with the tomato sauce on top, and the Bavarian, a pie served with mustard. SAM’S PIZZERIA: 2011 W. Delaware St., 812-423-3160. Pizza, sandwiches, calzones, and breadsticks. SANDY’S PIZZA: 609 S. Main St., Fort Branch, IN, 812-753-3972; 111 E. Broadway St., Princeton, IN, 812-635-9128. Pizza, strombolis, sandwiches, and spaghetti. THE SLICE: 2011 Lincoln Ave., 812-402-8518. Pizza by the slice or pie. Nontraditional varieties. SPANKEY’S UNA PIZZA: 4404 W. Lloyd Expressway, 812-402-6776. A pizza joint with a variety of specialty pizzas such as The Westsider with an assortment of meat toppings, and the Alfredo chicken bacon. STEVE’S UNA PIZZA: 1005 S. St. James Blvd., 812-477-5411. Dinner-only takeout, thin-crust pizzas and extras. TASTE OF NYC: 800 N. Green River Road (inside Eastland Mall), 812-477-4848. Pizzas, pastas, strombolis, calzones, and more. TURONI’S FORGET-ME-NOT-INN: 4 N. Weinbach Ave., 812-477-7500. Pizza, salads, and sandwiches. TURONI’S PIZZERY AND BREWERY: 408 N. Main St., 812-424-9871. Pizza, salads, sandwiches, and fresh-brewed beers. TURONI’S PIZZERY AND BREWERY NEWBURGH:8011 Bell Oaks Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-5555. Pizza, salads, sandwiches, and fresh-brewed beers. TWISTED TOMATO PIZZA CO.: 2333 St. George Road, 812-401-2323; 1101 Harmony Way, 812-242-8882. Specialty pizza and sandwiches.

BARBECUE BANDANA’S BAR-B-Q: 6636 Logan Drive, 812-401-9922. Pork, beef, chicken, and

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CHEFWHAT BBQ & MORE: 422 7th St., Henderson, KY., 270-212-0742. Breakfast sandwiches and fresh barbecue lunch specials made to order daily.

FEED MILL RESTAURANT & BAR: 3541 State Highway 60-E., Morganfield, KY, 270389-0047. Seafood and barbecue.

HAWG N’ SAUCE: 6580 Leonard Road, Mount Vernon, IN, 812-838-5339. Barbecue entrées and home-style side dishes.

HICKORY PIT STOP: 1521 N. Main St., 812-422-6919. Barbecue chicken, turkey, pork, mutton, and a variety of side dishes.

J & B BAR-B-CUE AND CATERING: 48 S. Holloway St., Henderson, KY, 270-

830-0033. Chicken, turkey, ham, and pork with a variety of salads and sides. MARX BBQ: 3119 W. Maryland St., 812-425-1616. Barbecue chicken, pork, and ribs. MISSION BBQ: 1530 N. Green River Road, 812-213-0200. Barbecue, made-fromscratch sides, and sandwiches. MOONLITE BAR-B-Q INN: 2840 W. Parrish Ave., Owensboro, KY, 270-684-8143. Barbecue chicken, ribs, pork, mutton, beef, fiddlers, ham, burgoo, and sandwiches. NISBET INN: 6701 Nisbet Station Road, Haubstadt, IN, 812-963-9305. Homemade soups, desserts, and barbecue. READ ST. BBQ: 421 Read St., 812-303-6397. House-smoked, Memphis-style barbecue and home-style sides. TAYLOR’S GRILL ON WHEELS: 130 N. Water St., Henderson, Kentucky, 270-8544302. Classic smoked meats, barbecue favorites, loaded mac & cheese, and desserts. Take out only. THOMASON’S BARBECUE: 701 Atkinson St., Henderson, KY, 270-826-0654. Barbecue varieties of pork, mutton, ribs, chicken, ham, or turkey, with sides like potato salad, slaw, and barbecue beans. WOLF’S BAR-B-Q: 6600 N. First Ave., 812-424-8891. Barbecue pork, chicken, beef, pork ribs, large variety of vegetable side dishes, homemade soup, and chili.

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CANTON INN: 947 North Park Drive, 812-428-6611. Cantonese and Americanstyle appetizers, soups, poultry, beef, pork, and seafood dishes.

CHINA KING: 590 E. Diamond Ave., 812-423-1896. Traditional Chinese entrées. CHINA VILLAGE: 8423 Bell Oaks Center, Newburgh, IN, 812-858-8238. CHOPSTICK HOUSE RESTAURANT: 5412 E. Indiana St., 812-473-5551. Chinese buffet.

CRAZY BUFFET: 701 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-437-8833. Chinese buffet. DOMO JAPANESE HIBACHI GRILL, SUSHI, AND RAMEN: 215 N. Green River Road,

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812-491-0003. Authentic Japanese dishes, bento boxes, sushi, ramen, and hibachi. FUJI YAMA: 915 North Park Drive, 812-962-4440. Soups, salads, noodles, rice, sushi, hand rolls, chicken, beef, and shrimp dishes. GANGNAM KOREAN: 518 Main St., 812-550-1171. Korean cuisine, rice and noodle dishes, seafood, and sushi rolls. GOLDEN BUDDHA: 3221 Taylor Ave., 812-473-4855; 5066 Highway 261, Newburgh, IN, 812-853-2680. GRACIE’S CHINESE CUISINE: 12500 U.S. Highway 41-N., 812-868-8888. JAYA’S RESTAURANT: 119 S.E. Fourth St., 812-422-6667. Authentic Korean cuisine and sushi. JIMMY GAO’S SZECHWAN CHINESE RESTAURANT: 669 N. Green River Road (in Eastland Place), 812-479-7600. Extensive Chinese menu. KANPAI: 4593 Washington Ave., 812-471-7076. International fare, Japanese sushi bar, beer, wine, and sake. LINCOLN GARDEN: 2001 Lincoln Ave., 812-471-8881. Chinese appetizers, soups, lunch platters, and entrées including crab rangoon and General Tso’s chicken. MAMA’S KITCHEN: 1624 N. Green River Road (inside Aihua International Market), 812-479-7168. Stir-fried dishes and soups. NINKI JAPANESE BISTRO: 4222 Bell Road, Ste. 7, Newburgh, IN, 812-518-3055. Authentic Japanese cuisine. OSAKA JAPANESE HIBACHI AND SUSHI: 5435 Pearl Drive, 812-303-0359. Hibachistyle cuisine, sushi bar, and specialty dishes for dine-in and carry-out. POKÉ PIRATE: 315 E. Diamond Ave., 812-303-2131. Signature bowls and build-your-own poke. POKÉ RIVER: 6240 E. Virginia St., 812-303-8003. Poke and sushi dishes, like poke bowls, sushi burritos, or poke salads. ROPPONGI JAPANESE STEAK & SUSHI: 7221 E. Indiana St., 812-437-5824. Sushi, filet mignon, New York strip, and hibachi. SAKURA: 4833 Highway 261, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-0553, Japanese cuisine like sushi, sashimi, fried rice, tempura, and hibachi dinners. SHING LEE: 215 Main St., 812-463-6969. Traditional Chinese dishes. TASTE OF CHINA: 4579 University Drive, 812-422-1260.

GHOST QUESADILLA

HERRADURA MEXICAN RESTAURANT BAR & GRILL: 4610 Bellemeade Ave., 812402-0355. Mexican restaurant, bar, and grill.

HOT HEAD BURRITOS: 5625 Pearl Drive, 812-437-5010. Burritos, salad bowls, ta-

THAI CHOW ORIENTAL FOODS: 1007 S. McCreary St., Fort Branch, IN, 812-753-

3878. Classic Thai food. THAI PAPAYA CUISINE: 1434 Tutor Lane, 812-477-8424. Authentic Thai cuisine, including Pad Thai, papaya salad, spicy prawn soup, and satay. TOKYO JAPAN RESTAURANT: 3000 N. Green River Road, 812-401-1020. Hibachi grill: chicken, beef, shrimp, and scallops. TOKYO TEPPANYAKI: 2222 U.S. Highway 41-N., Henderson, KY, 270-869-1968. Hibachi grill. VIETNAMESE CUISINE: 4602 Vogel Road, 812-479-8818. Vietnamese fare, including traditional noodle dishes. WASABI EVANSVILLE: 1122 Hirschland Road, 812-602-3737. Sushi, hibachi meals, appetizers, soups, and salads. YAK & YETI: 815 S. Green River Road, 812-909-2022. Family recipes passed down from multiple generations from the Himalayan region. YANG’S SHABU SHABU: 4700 Vogel Road, 812-471-8889. Chinese, vegetarian, seafood, Japanese, and more. YEN CHING: 406 S. Green River Road, 812-474-0181. Weekday lunch specials and evening menu items. H ZUKI: (Best Sushi, 2021) Japanese Hibachi Grill & Sushi Lounge: 1448 N. Green River Road, 812-477-9854; 222 Main St., 812-423-9854. Sushi and hibachi-grilled foods. GERMAN

H GERST HAUS: (Best Beer Selection, 2021) 2100 W. Franklin St., 812-424-1420. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and dinner entrées. Traditional German cuisine. Large imported beer list. SCHNITZELBANK RESTAURANT: 393 Third Ave., Jasper, IN, 812-482-2640. Authentic German food. INDIAN

BOMBAY SPICE BAR AND GRILL: 1003 Diamond Ave., 812-402-0707. Tra-

ditional Indian dishes like chicken tikka masala, tandoori chicken, and curry. ROYAL INDIAN CUISINE: 7799 Highway 66, Newburgh, IN, 812-5184018. Authentic Indian cuisine like samosas, tandoori chicken, curry, and more. TAJ MAHAL: 900 Tutor Lane, 812-476-5000. Tandoori chicken, paneer tikka, panjabi curry, kadai paneer, and more. ITALIAN/MEDITERRANEAN

ANGELO’S: 305 Main St., 812-428-6666. Pasta, chicken, seafood, veal, and pizzas. CAFÉ ARAZU: 17 W. Jennings St., Newburgh, IN, 812-842-2200. Pitas, wraps, and shish kebabs with lamb, chicken, and beef.

DILEGGE’S: 607 N. Main St., 812-428-3004. Plate lunches, soups, salads,

sandwiches, and pasta specialties. Dinners include pasta specialties, Italian veal, seafood, and chicken entrées. KABOB XPRESS: 3305 N. Green River Road, 812-402-0244. Hummus, stuffed grape leaves, falafel, fresh salads, sandwiches, gyro plate, and many kabob plate options. LITTLE ANGELO’S: 8000 Bell Oaks Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-853-8364. Italian cuisine featuring appetizers, sandwiches, pizzas, pasta, and chicken.

LITTLE ITALY: 4430 N. First Ave., 812-401-0588. Italian and Mediterranean pizzas, soups, salads, pasta, chicken, and sandwiches.

MANNA MEDITERRANEAN GRILL: 2913 Lincoln Ave., 812-473-7005. Stuffed grape leaves, gyros, and shish kebabs.

MILANO’S ITALIAN CUISINE: 500 Main St., 812-484-2222. Pizzas, pasta, baked sandwiches, and dinner entrées.

OLIVE GARDEN: 1100 N. Green River Road, 812-473-2903. Soups, salads, pasta, and luncheon entrées.

RAFFI’S OASIS CAFÉ: 5702 E. Virginia St., 812-602-3622. Mediterranean grill offering hummus, kabobs, gyros, falafel, and more.

SAUCED: 1113 Parrett St., 812-402-2230. Pasta, steak, and seafood. SMITTY’S ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE: 2109 W. Franklin St., 812-423-6280. Premium steak, pasta, pizza, and Italian favorites.

MEXICAN/TEX MEX

AGAVES MEXICAN GRILL: 2003 Stapp Drive, Henderson, KY, 270-957-5028. Mexican fare like burritos, quesadilla, enchiladas, and chimichangas.

cos, nachos, quesadillas to order with meat options including chicken, steak, pork, barbacoa, and taco meat. INKAS CHARCOAL GRILL & BAR: 8401 N. Kentucky Ave., 812-810-0325. Authentic Peruvian/American restaurant. JALISCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT: 4044 Professional Lane, Newburgh, IN, 812490-2814. Authentic Mexican cuisine. LA CAMPIRANA: 724 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-550-1585. Fresh Mexican cuisine and fresh juice bar. LAS AMERICAS STORE AND RESTAURANT, INC.: 1016 S. Weinbach Ave., 812-4753483. Offers Mexican ingredients for purchase and food made in house. LOS ALFARO’S RESTAURANT: 1021 S. Weinbach Ave., 812-550-1186. Authentic food from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, El Salvado, Columbia, and four other countries. Home to the 2-foot California Breakfast Burrito and the Foot Long Taco. LOS BRAVOS: 3534 N. First Ave., 812-424-4101; 6226 Waterfront Blvd., 812-4749078; 4630 W. Lloyd Expressway, 812-464-3163; 3311 Liberty Blvd., Boonville, IN, 812-897-3442. Traditional Mexican menu. LOS PORTALES MEXICAN GRILL: 3339 N. Green River Road, 812-475-0566. Authentic Mexican dishes, grilled steak dinners, and more. LOS TORIBIO: 1647 S. Green St., Henderson, KY, 270-831-2367. Traditional Mexican cuisine. LOS TRES CAMINOS: 12100 U.S. Highway 41-N., 812-868-8550. Authentic Mexican cuisine including chimichangas, burritos, Mexican pizza, and quesadillas. MOE’S SOUTHWEST GRILL: 6401 E. Lloyd Expressway (inside The Evansville Pavilion), 812-491-6637. Fresh Mexican cuisine. NACHOS GRILL: 821 S. Green River Road, 812-471-9481. Authentic Mexican fare made from scratch with fresh ingredients. QDOBA MEXICAN GRILL: 922 N. Burkhardt Road, 812-401-0800. Mexican eats. RIVIERA MEXICAN GRILL: 10604 Highway 662, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-9936. Fajitas, quesadillas, nacho platters, taco salads, and chimidogs. SALSARITA’S: 3910 E. Morgan Ave., 812-437-2572; 4077 State Route 261, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-5050. Mexican cuisine like burritos, tacos, taco salads, and its signature Quesorito. TACOHOLICS EXPRESS: 122 First St., Henderson, KY, 270-957-5001; 2630 Highway 41 N., Henderson, KY, 270-212-0096. Enchiladas, sopes, quesadillas, Mexican street tacos, and more. THE TAQUERIA COMPANY: 800 N. Green River Road (inside Eastland Mall), 812-297-0258; 2519 N. First Ave., 812-550-1505. Tacos, quesadilla, nachos, fajitas, and burritos with homemade tortillas. TUMBLEWEED TEX MEX GRILL AND MARGARITA BAR: 1868 U.S. Highway 41-N., Henderson, KY, 270-869-9800. Southwestern-style meals, chicken, steak, fajitas, and salads.

CANCUN MEXICAN RESTAURANT: 341 S. Green St., Henderson, KY, 270-826-0067.

Fajitas, burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas, seafood, Mexican-style steaks, and more. CARIBBEAN CUISINE: 1010 S. Kentucky Ave., 812-303-0631. Caribbean and Haitian dishes like red beans and rice, oxtail, and fish. CASA FIESTA MEXICAN RESTAURANT: 2121 N. Green River Road, 812-401-4000. Traditional Tex Mex entrees are offered alongside Evansville-centric dish such as chicken on the beach. CHAVA’S MEXICAN GRILL: 4202 N. First Ave., 812-401-1977. Authentic Mexican cuisine offering burritos, tacos, and more. CHICKEN ‘N SALSA: 122 N. Weinbach Ave., 812-303-3004. Authentic Mexican breakfast, lunch, and dinner made with fresh ingredients. CHIPOTLE: 499 N. Green River Road, 812-471-4973. Tacos, burritos, salads, drinks, chips, and guacamole. EL CHARRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT: 720 N. Sonntag Ave., 812-421-1986. Occasional mariachi band performances. Specialties include paella and chimichangas. EL PAISANO GROCERY AND TAQUERIA: 225 S. Green River Road, 812-602-3536. Authentic Mexican dishes like tacos, tortas, and burritos with a small grocery store attached. EL PATRON: 943 N. Park Drive. 812-402-6500. The owners of El Charro opened this restaurant on the North Side, offering authentic Mexican cuisine. EL RIO: 1919 N. Green River Road, 812-471-1400. Authentic Mexican dishes. ENA RESTAURANT: 920 Main St., 812-550-1019. Authentic Latin food from countries including Mexico and El Salvador. FIESTA ACAPULCO: 8480 High Pointe Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-858-7777. Authentic Mexican dishes, grilled steak dinners, and more. GHOST QUESADILLA: 4222 Bell Road, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-6000. Mexican favorites like quesadillas, tacos, and burritos. GOLLITA PERUVIAN CUISINE: 4313 E. Morgan Ave., 812-303-5100. Authentic Peruvian cuisine like Peruvian minestrone, tamales, and papa a la huancaína. HACIENDA: 990 S. Green River Road, 812-474-1635; 711 N. First Ave., 812423-6355; 5440 Pearl Drive, 812-422-2055; 600 E. Boonville New Harmony Road, 812-401-2180. Tex-Mex menu available all day.

SPORTS BARS BUFFALO WILD WINGS GRILL AND BAR: 713 N. Green River Road (in Eastland

Place), 812-471-9464; 5405 Pearl Drive, 812-423-9464. Chicken wings cooked with various seasonings, burgers, salads, and chicken. BURGH HOUSE AT SHOWPLACE FEC: 8099 Bell Oaks Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812853-6843. Specialty burgers, sandwiches, pizza, pasta, and drinks. CHASER’S BAR AND GRILL: 2131 W. Franklin St., 812-401-1699. Sandwiches, pizza, burgers, salads, and lunch specials. CORNER POCKET BAR & GRILL: 1819 N. Fulton Ave., 812-428-2255. Soups, salads, sandwiches, plate lunches, pizzas, stuffed baked potatoes, and appetizers. DOC’S BAR: 1305 Stringtown Road, 812-401-1201. Appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers, pizza, and desserts. Family room and kids menu available. Free Wi-Fi and full bar. ELLIS PARK: 3300 U.S. Highway 41-N., Henderson, KY, 812-425-1456 or 800-3338110. Clubhouse dining. FRANKLIN STREET TAVERN: 2126 Franklin St., 812-401-1313. Drink specials and pizza. FROGGY’S RESTAURANT & SPORTS BAR: 7247 Main St., Wadesville, IN, 812-6734996. Burgers, pizza, sandwiches, and more. HOOTERS: 4620 Lincoln Ave., 812-475-0229. Appetizers, including cooked and raw oysters, soups, salads, and sandwiches. KC’S MARINA POINTE: 1801 Waterworks Road, 812-550-1050. Seafood options and full bar. H MOJO’S BONEYARD SPORTS BAR & GRILLE: (Best Kept Secret, 2021) 4920 Bellemeade Ave., 812-475-8593. Bar food including chicken wings, burgers, and strombolis. O’BRIAN’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL: 1801 N. Green River Road, 812-401-4630. Irish tavern food, Reubens, burgers, soup, and salad. ROOKIES SPORTS BAR & RESTAURANT: 117 S. Second St., Henderson, KY, 270826-1106. Angus beef steaks, seafood, pasta, chicken, sandwiches, and Arabian salad. THE GHOST SPORTS BAR: 4222 Bell Road, Ste. 2 (Next to Ghost Quesadilla), 812490-6000. Classic bar favorites and spicy specialties. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 EVANSVILLE LIVING

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Dining Directory TIKI TIME BAR & GRILL: 1801 Waterworks Road, 812-425-1912. Burgers, hot dogs,

gyros, small pizzas, fish dinners, and cold drinks. Open seasonally. WINGS ETC.: 628 E. Diamond Ave., 812-909-2945; 8833 High Point Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-0550. Chicken wings, burgers, wraps, salads, and wide beer selection.

TAVERN FOOD 3RD STREET SALOON: 118 S. 3rd St., Boonville, IN. Traditional pub food with unique homemade twists made with local meats.

BOKEH LOUNGE: 1007 Parrett St., 812-909-0388. Open daily at 11 a.m. Offering a

full menu including steaks, kabobs, burgers, salads, sandwiches, and vegetarian meals. Brunch on Sunday and late-night breakfasts served Friday and Saturday. THE BREW BROTHERS TAP HOUSE: 421 N.W. Riverside Drive (inside Tropicana Evansville), 812-433-4000. Appetizers, flatbreads, sandwiches, salads, and specialty entrees. Also features 36 rotating seasonal beers on tap. BUD’S ROCKIN’ COUNTRY BAR AND GRILL: 2124 W. Franklin St., 812-401-1730. Southern comfort food, daily plate lunch and beer specials, and gourmet flatbreads. DARMSTADT INN: 13130 Darmstadt Road, 812-867-7300. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and plate lunches. Dinner entrées include steaks, fried chicken, and seafood. DEERHEAD SIDEWALK CAFÉ AND BAR: 222 E. Columbia St., 812-425-2515. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and double-decker pizzas. ENIGMA BAR & GRILL: 4044 Professional Lane, Newburgh, IN, 812-490-0600. Appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers, and various entrées as well as a tequila menu. FOOL MOON GRILL AND BAR: 5625 Pearl Drive, 812-467-7486. Appetizers, wings, signature salads, and burgers. HIGHLAND INN: 6620 N. First Ave., 812-909-1500. Appetizers, salads, burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, and customer-favorite Bloody Marys. THE HILLTOP INN: 1100 Harmony Way, 812-303-3732. Sandwiches including brains, fried bologna, fried fish, salad bar, steaks, chicken, and seafood entrées. HORNVILLE TAVERN: 2607 W. Baseline Road, 812-963-9318. Soups, salads, sandwiches, dinner entrées including 16-ounce smoked pork chops, fried chicken, steaks, and daily specials. K.C.’S TIME OUT LOUNGE & GRILL: 1121 Washington Square, 812-437-9920. Shrimp jammers, loaded fries, fried ravioli, egg rolls, Southwest burger, pulled pork sandwich, Italian beef and gravy, and more. KNOB HILL TAVERN: 1016 Highway 662 W., Newburgh, IN, 812-853-9550. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and dinner entrées including shrimp, steak, chicken, fiddlers, and hand-tossed pizzas. LAMASCO BAR & GRILL: 1331 W. Franklin St., 812-437-0171. Basic tavern menu including soups, salads, and sandwiches. METZGER’S TAVERN: 1000 Powell St., Henderson, KY, 270-826-9461. Traditional tavern appetizers, soups, sandwiches, and breakfast. PEEPHOLE BAR & GRILL: 201 Main St., 812-423-5171. Cheeseburgers, onion rings, fries, and the splitter (a fried hot dog). PRIME TIME PUB & GRILL: 8177 Bell Oaks Drive, Newburgh, IN, 812-4900655. Prime rib, burgers, half-pound burgers, salads, more than 30 bourbons, and more. THE ROOFTOP: 112 N.W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 812-550-1599. Breakfast, sandwiches, burgers, and pizza. SARA’S HARMONY WAY: 500 Church St., New Harmony, IN, 812-682-3611. Various wines, specialty beers, and an assortment of cheeses and salamis. SNAPS BAR & GRILL: 1115 Main St., Jasper, IN, 812-848-7627. Sandwiches, burgers, salads, steaks, chicken, and pasta dishes. THE SPORTSDEN BAR + GRILL: 701 N. Weinbach Ave., Ste. 110, 812-479-8887. Lyleboli, TNT burger, and Brew City fries. SPORTSMAN’S BILLIARDS AND GRILLE: 2315 W. Franklin St., 812-422-0801. Hamburgers, chicken breasts, and catfish plates. ST. JOE INN: 9515 Saint Wendel Road, 812-963-9310. Soups, salads, sandwiches, plate lunch specials, fiddlers, steaks, and fried chicken dinners. ST. PHILIP INN: 11200 Upper Mount Vernon Road, 812-985-5558. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and plate lunch specials. Dinner including fried chicken, steaks, and shrimp. STOCKWELL INN: 4001 E. Eichel Ave., 812-476-2384. Plate lunches, homemade soup, salads, sandwiches, steak, pork chops, fiddlers, and brain sandwiches. YELLOW TAVERN: 521 Church St., New Harmony, IN, 812-682-3303. Must be 21 to enter. Traditional American food. ZAPS TAVERN: 3725 St. Philip Road, 812-985-2121. Tavern-style food including wings, burgers, dinner entrees, and weekend breakfast service.

BREWERIES AND WINERIES BOUCHERIE VINEYARDS AND WINERY: 6523 Keyway Drive, Spottsville, KY, 270826-6192. Wine tastings and winery tours.

CARSON’S BREWERY: 2404 Lynch Road, 812-759-8229. American ales, wheats, brown ales, IPAs, and multiple seasonal products.

DAMSEL BREW PUB: 209 N. Wabash Avenue of Flags, 812-909-1956. Pub food

DUSTY BARN DISTILLERY: 6861 Carson School Road, Mount Vernon, IN. 812-454-

0135. A distillery making bourbon, rye, and liqueurs with a tasting room open for sampling, cocktails, and bottle purchases. HAYNIE’S CORNER BREWING CO.: 56 Adams Ave., 812-909-2668. Craft ale, beers, and local wine. HENDERSON BREWING COMPANY: 737 Second St., Henderson, KY, 270-200-4314. IPAs, porters, farmhouse ales, and more. MONKEY HOLLOW WINERY: 11534 E. County Road 1740 N., Saint Meinrad, IN, 812-357-2272. Local organic meats and cheeses, Saturday evening concerts in summer, and tasting room. MYRIAD BREWING COMPANY: 100 S.E. First St., 812-402-1515. House-brewed and guest beers. PEPPER’S RIDGE WINERY: 4304 N. County Road 200 W., Rockport, IN, 812-6499463 (WINE). Free wine tastings, picnic areas, pizza delivery, local meats and cheeses, wine slushies, and weekend live music. SCHNITZ BREWERY & PUB: 2031 Newton St., Ste. B, Jasper, IN, 812-848-2739. American and German craft beers, pizza, and sandwiches. WINDY KNOLL WINERY: 845 Atkinson Road, Vincennes, IN, 812-726-1600. Wine tastings, fruit wines, and wine slushies. WINZERWALD WINERY: 26300 N. Indiana Lake Road, Bristow, IN, 812-357-7000. German-inspired wines, flatbreads, salads, Bavarian pretzels, charcuterie trays, and paired wine and food flights.

CATERING THE BALLROOM AT SAUCED: 1119 Parrett St., 812-422-2230. BAUERHAUS MOBILE CATERING: 13605 Darmstadt Road, 812-759-9000. Customized menus from simple party trays with gourmet hors d’oeuvres to elegant seven-course meals.

CATERING BY ROBYN: 812-453-2679. Complete meals to go, party appetizers, dinner parties, and business luncheons.

CHERYL MOCHAU, PERSONAL CHEF: 812-499-4631. Specializes in preparing and

teaching others to prepare food for low-fat and special diets, including Atkins, salt-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, and others. FRANK’S CATERING: 812-475-9880 or 812-746-0214. Homemade meals available for any occasion. JAYSON MUNOZ CATERS: 4593 Washington Ave., 812-471-7076. Favorite dishes from Chef Jayson Munoz. JUST RENNIE’S CATERING: 100 S.E. Fourth St., 812-401-8098. Specializes in fine foods. KOKIES FOOD SERVICE & BANQUET CENTERS: 11917 Highway 66, 812-423-8229. Can prepare anything from tacos to lobster. MADELEINE’S A FUSION RESTAURANT: 423 S.E. Second St., 812-491-8611. Specializing in unique ingredients to make one-of-a-kind dishes. THE NEW HARMONY INN & CONFERENCE CENTER: 504 North St., New Harmony, IN, 812-682-6150. Caters within a 50-mile radius of New Harmony, Indiana, and offers a variety of food from steaks to sandwiches. PAPPA BEAR’S CATERING: 812-568-8890. Whole hog roasts, hand-sliced brisket, smoked pork chops, rib-eye steaks, pulled pork barbecue, baked chicken, side items, and desserts. PIZZA REVOLUTION: Downtown Evansville Farmers Market and various locations, 812-430-5945. Mobile wood-fired pizza and salads. SCHNITZELBANK CATERING: 409 Third Ave., Jasper, IN, 888-336-8233 or 812-6342584. Caters home-cooked favorites to elegant cuisine. TOUCH OF HOME CATERING: 1100 Tanglewood Drive, Mount Vernon, IN, 812480-0310. Corporate lunches, weddings, and special occasions. Homecooked food for groups of 15 to 500.

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ELEVEN JOYS OF CHRISTMAS Holiday fun is in abundance with the Guerzini family BY RILEY GUERZINI

CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS in a large family like the Guerzinis isn’t too different from any other family. We decorate the house, find that special tree, bake cookies, and wrap presents. Christmas Eve, we head to Newburgh United Methodist Church for a candlelight service, and Christmas Day, we tear into the hard work Santa and his elves (now that I’m older, I call them “Mom”) put into wrapping presents. Again, Christmas in a large family isn’t all that different … just bigger. Instead of baking a dozen cookies, try baking two or three dozen. Instead of one or two “first Christmas” ornaments on the tree, there’s multiple. As the third oldest in a family of 11 kids, I compare it to having several younger cousins in a normal-sized immediate family. The only difference is you live with them. Decorating our house in Newburgh for the Christmas season is a family event itself. Some of my fondest childhood memories of the holiday are lining up outside our attic every Black Friday as my dad passed down boxes to an assembly line of kids leading all the way to the living room. Unfortunately for us older kids, we had to pick up the slack from the younger ones who gave up after about 30 minutes. My siblings and I are blessed to have parents — Heather and Michael — who have always made sure we had a wonderful Christmas. I know it is a stressful time for them, with months of shopping, decorating, and wrapping more than 100 gifts on top of the constant flow of running kids back and forth from school, clubs, and sports practices. They never complained, though, and we never noticed. The first thing people ask me when I tell them I have 10 siblings is what it’s like growing up in such a large family. While there certainly are disadvantages (alone time is hard to come by), there are plenty of perks, too — there’s always something to do, from birthday parties to sporting events. And I wouldn’t trade 112

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THE BIGGER, THE BETTER Christmas time is always busy at the Guerzini household. There’s plenty of gifts to wrap, cookies to bake, and trees to decorate. Pictured with Staff Writer Riley Guerzini are his parents Michael and Heather; siblings Connor, Logan, Kamryn, Cooper, Peyton, Teagan, Hadley, Saylor, Finn, and Krew; sisters-in-law Kayla and Kailene; nephew Wesley; and niece Jovie. Not pictured is Guerzini’s newest niece, Margo.

it for anything. I love all my brothers and sisters and have a unique bond with each one of them. With several of us now moved out and living in different places, Christmas is an even more special holiday as it’s one of the only times during the year that we are all together. This year, I’m looking forward to spending the holiday season with my still growing family and reliving the stories of our Christmases past around a bountiful dinner. There’s always room at the table! PHOTOS PROVIDED BY RILEY GUERZINI

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