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 part! But, the ice cream itself was this nice vanilla bean, which was a great base. Overall, though, the dough part of the cookie dough would have kicked this up an extra notch.


Grade: B

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 farm-to-table menu with an artisanal flair. Everything about our business is focused on maintaining the integrity of our local community. 

Located in the old historic district, our restaurant was created by restoring an old building and bringing it back to life as a local restaurant dedicated to superior ingredients and food. From the on-site bakery to a full bar, every part of our restaurant draws from our local surroundings. Even our owner and most of the staff call this neighborhood their home.

The menu features cool, homemade sodas, sandwiches, and salads for lunch.

So, I went for the b.l.a.t., which is a bacon, lettuce, avocado, fried green tomato with roasted garlic and basil mayo on foccacia. I also got a side of the cold salad, which had quinoa, strawberries, feta cheese and honey.

The sandwich was good, though a bit cumbersome to eat. I with the foccacia wasn't so thick, and I wish I could taste the mayo more. Otherwise, it could be a bit dry and rough to eat. BUT, the flavors are good.

The cold salad side was great. I've never had quinoa in a sort of sweet dish, and it was really pretty good. Nice texture, slight sweetness, all delicious.






















Grade: B

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 was interesting. A little stale, but lots of butter.

For my entree, I ordered a rice bowl with chicken. It's served on a bed of rice with mixed stir-fried vegetables and I got it topped with teriyaki sauce. The vegetables were mostly just cabbage, so that was a bit of a bummer, but it's still a good, simple meal. The chicken was good, the teriyaki was a little runny, but soaked up into the white rice, it's all good.



Grade: B

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 route from the Wabash River (New Harmony Area) to the banks of the Ohio River. The inn consisted of a saloon and a dining room on one side and a general store/feed store on the other. Sleeping rooms were located on the second and third floors. The main entrance (Now sealed up) was located in the center of the building, opening onto a stairwell that allowed people to enter the building without entering the saloon or the general store. 

The inn was purchased by the Marx family in 1905 and became known as "Geo. J. Marx Saloon" and later as "Marx Tavern". In the 1950's George began leasing out the bar and restaurant to other individuals. When Willard Robinson leased the business, a name change occurred and became "Robby's Hilltop Inn". Don and Lanette Snyder purchased the restaurant in 1999.

So, I ordered a brain slider so I could try it. It comes with white onion and pickles and is served on a mini hamburger bun. So, what's it taste like? Fried. It just tastes all fried with a soft inside. It wasn't all that repulsive; it just wasn't especially exciting.

There was a table next to me with a woman who had been eating brain forever, as its a old-school tradition, and she liked it. Either way, not as bad as you'd think.

Grade: B

When we stumbled upon this chocolate shop, we couldn't help but wander inside.


Stephen Libs Finer Chocolates makes these little eggs that are filled with all kinds of delicious things. I got one with salted caramel of course.

Wow. So good.

Also got this box of chocolates which included an assortment of caramels, nougats, old-fashioned turtles, butter toffee, nut clusters, cremes, peanut butter, meltaways and more. I friggin' love a box of chocolate because SO MUCH VARIETY.

Anyway, these were great. Extra creamy chocolate. Tons of delicious things. Too easily to spend tons of money.