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JUNE 4, 2015 — Issue 68

Y R O T S I H E L EDIBers +Beer replaces South Side tradition Big Four Burg

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A new South Side tradition If you grew up in Southern Indiana you know all about New Albany’s South Side Inn. Heck, if you grew up in a 50-mile radius of Southern Indiana you’re familiar with the iconic cafeteria at 114 E. Main St. Restaurateur Matthew McMahan is breathing new life into the building with the opening of Big Four Jason Thomas, Editor Burgers + Beer, the second of his concept restaurants, with the other being on Spring Street in downtown Jeffersonville.

South Side Inn flourished from the 1970s through the 1990s, but eventually saw several different owners before the business shutdown about six years ago.

McMahan wisely salvaged old pieces of the

former South Side Inn and featured them in the latest iteration of the space, including The South Side Inn Bar & Lounge sign that was displayed out front most likely since the 1950s, which gets new treatment with lights illuminating the sign from behind.

McMahan has put his stamp on the space, giving the 1920s building a look that is “vintage industrial, kind of steampunk,” with a hint of nostalgia, he tells Jenna Esarey in today’s centerpiece.

In a nod to the South Side Inn’s history as a cafeteria, a section of the tubular metal tray track is being used as shelving along a wall in the area where the serving line once stood.

That’s how we roll in SoIn. We honor the past while creating the present.

Please pass the napkins.

— Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason. thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

Celebrating summer music in New albany NEW ALBANY — Mayor Jeff Gahan and the city of New Albany announce the June lineup for The Bicentennial Park Summer Concert Series.

Each show will be held on Friday night from 6 to 9 p.m. throughout the summer in historic downtown New Albany’s Bicentennial Park, located at the corner of Spring and Pearl streets.

These events are free and open to music lovers of all ages. More information can be found at productionsimple.com and cityofnewalbany.com.

JUNE LINEUP: June 5: Nellie Pearl & Silver Spoons é June 12: Thirty Spokes & Small Time Napoleon June 19: Jim White vs. The Packaway Handle Band June 26: Ryan Marsh

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Walk it off What: Public walking tour of “Today & Tomorrow Series”

When: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 6 Where: Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany Visitors can drop in at the three new 2015 Public Art Project installations between 6 and 9 p.m. to speak with the artists and participate in hands-on activities at each site. All of the artworks interpret the theme of sustainability and are presented as part of the year-long, community-wide celebration YES! Fest (A Year of Environment and Sustainability).

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What: Jeff FEST (Jeffersonville Entire Family Fun Festival) When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6 Where: Big Four Station, Jeffersonville The festival will feature free activities for the whole family, including pony rides from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., inflatable bounce house and obstacle course, make and take crafts, stone carving with Al and Penny Nelson, Jeffersonville Main Street’s annual plant sale.

Visit us at our new location: Call of the wild

What: Caribou with guest Lefty and the Lunatics When: 7 p.m. Friday, June 5 Where: Jeffersonville RiverStage, Riverside Drive and Spring Street, Jeffersonville Caribou began playing music in 1974.

Fronted by identical twin brothers Bill and John Keeling Caribou is celebrating its 41st year of performing in the region.

High energy and groovy rhythms make up a fantastic visual and audio performance that is sure to make everyone dance and sing.

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CookiNg up the big Four burger’s + beer owner Matt McMahan discusses his vision for the new albany restaurant while sitting in the dinning room.

Matt’s Menu

Matt McMahan has three restaurants in Southern Indiana: Charlie noble’s eatery + Draught house • Where: 7815 Ind. 311, Sellersburg • ContaCt: 812-748-5212, charlienobleseatery. com big Four burger’s + beer JeFFersonville • Where: 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville • ContaCt:812-913-4967, bigfourburgers.com big Four burgers + beer neW albany • Where: 114 E. Main St., New Albany • ContaCt: 812-944-9777, [bigfourburgers.com]

the south side inn burger is an open-faced burger that features a fried onion straw and roast beef topped burger, plated over mashed potatoes and smothered in gravy, served with toasted sourdough bread, inspired by south side inn’s beef Manhattan.

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Big Four Burgers + Beer owner Matthew McMahan remembers well the old South Side Inn and his favorite meal — the open-faced Manhattan sandwich.

I would get that all the time,” he said. “So I decided to create the South Side Burger to remember it.”

Served open-face, of course, the burger consists of sourdough bread, mashed potatoes, their signature burger, gravy, roast beef and onion straws.

“We don’t serve a side with it,” he said. “It’s massive.”

McMahan said he added the burger to the menu on a whim, expecting to sell a few here and there as a novelty.

“It’s our third best-selling burger,” he said. “I guess it’s almost like a really good Salisbury steak.”

Big Four Burgers opens in iconic South Side Inn location

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EW ALBANY — For decades, people looking for a good meal could head to 114 E. Main St. in New Albany to get it.

They still can.

Operating from the 1950s until about five years ago, the iconic South Side Inn served up memorable meals — including their famous fried chicken.

Now a Big Four Burgers + Beer has replaced the decades-old cafeteria.

Matt McMahan owns Big Four Burgers + Beer, opening his first location in Jeffersonville in December 2013 selling specialty burgers, salads, sandwiches and craft beer.

“We cook to order everything,” McMahan said. “It’s all fresh, never frozen.”

The New Albany location’s menu differs slightly, offering crab cakes, wraps and more salads.

“Being right next to the YMCA I figured some people wouldn’t want to exercise and then immediately eat a big hamburger,” McMahan said.

Opening May 13, the New Albany location quickly drew crowds.

“I swear, half the people are just coming to see what was done,” McMahan said. “What they’re finding out is that we do really good food.”

At 6,000 square feet, the restaurant is three times the size of the Jeffersonville location.

“Just the kitchen is 2,000 square feet. It’s huge,” McMahan said.

“We tried to reuse as much as we could, but the stoves in there were so massive our chef couldn’t use them. They were designed to feed armies.”

big Four burgers pays homage to the south side inn bar and restaurant, which operated for decades in the building, by hanging one of the original restaurant signs within the dinning area.

Vintage industrial/steampunk/ nostalgic decor

McMahan has put his stamp on the space, giving the 1920s building a look that is “vintage industrial, kind of steampunk,” with a hint of nostalgia.

But memories of the South Side Inn remain.

The South Side Inn Bar & Lounge sign that was displayed out front most likely since the 1950s has been replaced, but lives on inside the new restaurant, prominently displayed and illuminated from behind.

Historic photos, vintage advertising signs and found items brought up from the basement fill the several dining rooms.

A large sign declaring the building to be “Air Conditioned” — dating to a time when that was a novelty — hangs in one of the three dining areas.

Two doors were retrieved from the basement. One functions as intended, sliding to close off an extra dining room, while the other hangs on the wall.

“I found that last one under a bunch of windows after most of the renovation was done,” McMa-

han said. “It says ‘Adults Only’ on it and dates back to the ’40s when it was strictly a saloon.”

In a nod to the South Side Inn’s history as a cafeteria, a section of the tubular metal track that diners slid their trays along as they collected the components of their meal has been salvaged and used as shelving along a wall in the area where the serving line once stood.

Patrons of the South Side Inn remember it as a dark, smoky place.

McMahan uncovered several boarded-over windows, “but it still didn’t let in enough light,” he said. So he removed a large part of the wall between a dining room and the bar, allowing in lots of light, and creating a view from the front entrance all the way to the back through two dining rooms and the bar.

A small stage accommodates acoustic acts on weekends.

“People don’t want the old goingto-a-bar experience,” McMahan said. “They don’t want to go sit and drink three or four beers and go home. They want something to eat. They want to sit and talk.

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Saving the Earth This free, family-oriented  What: Environmental New Albany event has been imDay (E-Day on D-Day) proved and rebranded as E-Day  When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on D-Day, according to Develop Saturday, June 6 New Albany.  Where: Sam Peden The event is sponsored by Community Park, New Trash Force, the New AlbanyAlbany based nonprofit whose mis Cost: Free sion is to assist, encourage  Info: trashforce.org and educate the community to develop and implement environmentally sound policies, waste stream reduction, resources and recycling.

This year marks Trash Force’s 25th anniversary of operation.

E-Day on D-Day is a celebration of our many opportunities for enjoyment and recreation, made possible through the rights of freedom bestowed upon us through grace, our veterans, and their ultimate sacrifice.

Trash Force has joined with several other organizations for the day’s events including; the Indiana Division of Natural Resources, the City of New Albany, Floyd County Parks, American Legion Riders, the Southern Indiana Arts Council, numerous venders offering sustainable products and environmental education activities.

Events include: Performances: • Silly Safari at 10:30 and 11:15 a.m.

• Junk Genius • Raptors on display Activities: • Tree walks with Greg Mills, New Albany city arborist • Bird walk with Tom Becker at 10 a.m.

• Wildflower walk with Ann Streckfus at 1 p.m.

• Monarch butterfly and pollinator demonstration with Deb Ferrell.

• Children’s Water Quality activities with Christi Hawk Hart • Recycling questions answered by Dave Isaacs • Free Shredding of documents and data disks from 10 am until noon • America Legion Honor Riders salute to vets at noon • Go FishIN offers free fishing from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• DIY demonstration of homemade products using essential oils by Michele Finn.

Food and refreshments will also be available for purchase.

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Morgan’s raid at Tunnel Mill  What: The Battle at Tun-

nel Mill, An Interpretation of the Rebel Threat  When: Saturday, Sunday, June 6, 7  Where: Historic Tunnel Mill Living History Center, 3709 Tunnel Mill Road, Charlestown  Cost: $8 parking fee benefits the John Work House restoration CHARLESTOWN — The Battle at Tunnel Mill, An Interpretation of the Rebel Threat will take place at the Historic Tunnel Mill Living History Center, 3709 Tunnel Mill Road, Charlestown, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 6 and 7.

As Confederate General John Hunt Morgan began his daring raids in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, citizens of the Ohio River Valley feared for the safety of their families, livestock, and crops, according to a Tunnel Mill news release.

This Living History event interprets the energy of that historic period. Come see Union and Confederate camps, living history demonstrators, battle re-enactments, live music and more.

An $8 parking fee benefits the John Work House restoration.

Historical food concessions are available each day from troop 4149 of the Boy Scouts of America.

Schedule of Events: Saturday June 6: 10 a.m. Site opens to the public; live music in John Work House by Don and Esther Drewry; 11 a.m.: Foraging party raids Historic John Work House; 12 noon: Artillery Demonstration - Battlefield; 2 p.m.: Battle Program - Battlefield; 4 p.m.: Artillery Demonstration Battlefield Sunday June 7: 10 a.m.: Site opens to the public; live music in John Work House by Don an

Esther Drewry, 11 a.m.: Historical Church Service – Program Tent; noon: Artillery Demonstration - Battlefield; 1 p.m.: Foraging party raids, Historic John Work House; 2 p.m.: Skirmish/Battle Tactical - Battlefield; 3 p.m.: live music from the Kentucky Home Guard Brass Band - Program Tent; 4 p.m.: Event Closing.

The Historic John Work House will be open for free tours all day, both days. Be sure to also check out the new historical interpretive buildings, nature trails, and talk to re-enactors.

Concessions will be available on-site. Schedule subject to change, day of event.

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 Live music at Huber’s

When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday Where: Huber Winery Saturday, June 6: Big Poppa Stampley; Sunday, June 7: Carl Stuck; Saturday, June 13: Handcar Prophets; Sunday, June 14: Elliott Truman; Saturday, June 20: Dean Heckel; Sunday, June 21: Joe Dotson; Saturday, June 27: Josh & Holly; Sunday, June 28: Me and You [huberwinery.com]

Tree Models, $6 advance/$8 day of show, all ages; Saturday, June 13, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Ghost of a Dead Hummingbird, Frailty, Sounds Like A Lawsuit, Middleground, $6 advance/$8 day of show, all ages; Friday, June 19: TTE, Alienation, LPG, Sick Noise and more, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., $6 advance/$8 day of show [naproductionhouse.com]

Where: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville When: Friday and Saturday June 5: Tyler Stiller; June 12: Kyle Hastings; June 13: Kelsey Allen; June 19: Tyler Stiller [bigfourburgers.com]

Where: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 114 E. Main St., New Albany When: Friday and Saturday June 5: Eric and kenny; June 12: Kyle Hastings; June 20: Tyler Stiller; June 26: Kyle Hastings; June 27: Aquilla [bigfourburgers.com]

What: Live on State Where: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany Saturday, June 6: The Juicebox Heroes; Friday, June 12: Rick Bartlett and the Rock-N-Soul Revival; Saturday, June 13: The Jackson Way; Friday, June 19: Rachel Timberlake; Saturday, June 20: Jimmy Walker Texas Ranger; SATURDAY, June 27: The Good Chiggens

 Concerts in the Park

When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring Street, Jeffersonville June 5: Tom and Ricky; June 12: Holy Name Band; June 19: Wulfe Bros.; June 26: Early Autumn; July 3: The Dan Krekel Orchestra; July 10: Mike Mitchell Trio featuring June Kelley Roy; July 17: Hog Operation; July 24: Grand Slam; July 31: River Cities Concert Band; Aug. 7: The Rheingold German American Band; Aug. 14: Rascals of Ragtyme; Aug. 21: The Saints Blues Band; Aug. 28: Indigo; Sept. 4: Moonlight Big Band; Sept. 11: Cloigheann Irish Band

 Live music at NAPH

Where: New Albany Production House, 1736 E. Main St., New Albany Friday, May 5: No Luck Records Showcase, 6 to 11:30 p.m.; $10, all ages; Sunday, June 6: SummerFest 2015, 4:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Shapes & Colors; Two Sly Deuce; ForeverandNever; Thieves, JT Newton and Dead

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 Ross Country Jamboree

Where: 31 Wardell St., Scottsburg Friday, June 5, 7 p.m.: Doo Wops All Stars ($15); Saturday, June 6: Kings of Wing Country Rock Show, 7 p.m. ($12): Lanny McIntosh, Dave Campbell, Billy Nett and Guests; Saturday, June 13, 7 p.m.: Natalie Berry, Tommy Lee, Christy Miller; Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.: Mike Boughey as Elvis, Amber Martin; Saturday, June 27: Natalie Berry, Al Hilbert, Lloyd Wood Regular shows: general admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. Info: 866-573-7677. [rosscountryjamboree.com]

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 Corydon Jamboree Live

Where: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon When: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays Saturday, June 6: New Zealand’s Entertainer of the Year, Kevin Greeves ($12); June 13: Amber Martin, Brandy Meenach; June 20: Gerald Shelton, Shelly Young, Kim McCauley, Kelly Amy; June 27: Taylor Lynch, Marcus Kinnard, Carla Reisert General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other information call 812-738-1130. [corydonjamboree.com]

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ART ON THE PARISH GREEN St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 11th & E. Main Street, New Albany, IN • Expanding! 80 juried fine arts & crafts exhibitors • Beautiful historic setting • Jamey Aebersold will be appearing 1:00-2:50 on Saturday, June 13. He will be playing noon to 1:50 on Sunday, June 14.

• Outdoor Bluegrass Mass Sun., 10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

• Family-friendly fun • YMCA Kids’ Art Place activities, Silly Safaris, clowns, balloon animals, face painting, carriage rides & more • Food Court: Louisville Street Food Alliance trucks, New Albanian Brewing Co., & River City Winery

June 13

Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and

June 14

Sunday noon to 5p.m.

• Convenient parking • Proceeds support Shepherd’s Kitchen Feeding Ministry

Sponsored By: • • • •

Horseshoe Foundation City of New Albany Develop New Albany Arts Council of Southern Indiana • YMCA of Southern Indiana • Your Community Bank • Ob-Gyn Associates of Southern Indiana

• State Representative Ed Clere • Underproduction Multimedia • River City Winery • New Albanian Brewing Company • And many others.

www.artontheparishgreen.org • 812-944-0413