While traveling for work, we spent an evening in Evansville, Indiana. Now, I've been to this town previously because my good friend Kayla lives nearby. But I was excited to try a new place I had never been: Turoni's Pizzery & Brewery. This pizza shop is also a brewery. So, it's the best...

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Lic's Deli & Ice Cream is a well-known ice cream joint in Evansville. Because there were a few of them, I found the nearest one and went through the drive-thru. I ordered a chocolate chip cookie dough scoop.  This was less of the "dough" part and more just chocolate chips. That's my favorite...

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While in Evansville, we stumbled upon the cutest restaurant. The Dapper Pig has a focus on local food and piggy decorations. The Dapper Pig in Evansville, Indiana, offers you delicious American food made from locally sourced ingredients. With more than twenty-five years of experience in the kitchen, our expert chefs give you a...

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When a restaurant has "comfort food" in the name, I'm already on board. Walton's International Comfort Food has a sort of "adventure" them in both decor and menu items. The menu features everything from Alabama Chicken and catfish fiddlers to rice bowls and pastrami sandwiches. For an appetizer, they brought out popcorn, which...

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Evansville, Indiana, is known for a regional specialty: brain sandwiches. Really. And one place in particular does it "best." Hilltop Inn is known for its brain sandwich, made with fried pork brains. The Hilltop Inn was built in 1839 and served as a stagecoach stop for weary travelers and business men on the...

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When we stumbled upon this chocolate shop, we couldn't help but wander inside. In 1985, Stephen and his wife Marjorie Libs established Stephen Libs Finer Chocolates. Stephen Libs is a second generation candy maker with more than 30 years’ experience. He learned the fine art from his father, Robert P. Libs, who, in...

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Let's just take a moment here to talk. Did you know there are movie theaters that look like this? And, you have a menu where you can order delicious items and they come refill your drinks?! I got mozzarella sticks here and a drink - even though I wasn't hungry - because this...

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Acropolis is Greek-themed (go figure), with figurines and fake green plants lining the dining areas. The menu had a bunch of lunch specialties, and a few caught my eye. But first, we were brought a basket of pita chips with this sort of cinnamon butter. It was odd, considering the pita chips were...

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