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-33 posts tagged "Scene in South Bend"
Mariah Rush and Emma Shea | Tuesday, September 15, 2020
On March 16, lights were dimmed, tables cleared and chairs stacked in restaurants across Indiana without a hint as to when life would return to dine-in businesses. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb had just announced an order to end in-person dining, and, days later, a stay-at-home mandate would go into effect. After a few months
Charlie Kenney | Tuesday, December 10, 2019
As the new year approaches and a new decade looms on the horizon, Scene looks at the recent events that best capture the feelings of the 2010s. Radical Fools, Almighty Loaves, all of them punks By Mike Donovan, Scene Editor Free of plimsolls and pretense, a few from the Notre Dame and South Bend scene
Mariah Rush | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
On the northeast side of South Bend — inching towards Mishawaka but still a ten minute drive from Notre Dame’s campus — rests an Asian takeout restaurant offering selections ranging from Korean to Japanese and Chinese cuisine. Restaurants of this nature are relatively common in Midwestern cities, but Pinellia Vegan Asian comes with an added
Nora McGreevy | Friday, January 18, 2019
Welcome back to campus! January is practically bursting with exciting things to do in South Bend. Now that you’ve settled into your dorm rooms and located all of your classes, please accept Scene’s humble suggestions for how to spend your next weekends. Taste test craft beers at South Bend Brew Fest If you’re 21
Kay Bontempo | Thursday, November 29, 2018
When I tell people that some of the best empanadas I’ve ever had were in South Bend, just across from Martin’s, they’re inevitably skeptical. Most people don’t think of it as a town with a wide array of ethnic food. But in defense of the Bend, I lived in Manhattan for 18 years without visiting
Carlos De Loera | Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Looking at all the places featured in Scene in South Bend articles, there seemed to be a general trend: People (myself included) were not visiting the West Side of South Bend. But why is this? I think part of it is that there has been a lot of revitalization going on in Downtown South Bend,
Nora McGreevy and Margaret McGreevy | Friday, September 14, 2018
Crooked Ewe’s logo — the face of a Scottish blackface sheep, with bright red eyes and menacing horns — has provoked more than a few questions from customers, executive chef Alain Helfrich says. Usually, the question falls along the lines of, “Don’t only male sheep have horns?” As it turns out, in this particular species, both male
Observer Staff Report | Friday, September 14, 2018
Unsure of what to do with your free weekend, your date night, your Friday evening or your hours after class? Fear not. Scene has you covered. Visit this page for an updating list of Scene’s reporting on arts, entertainment, culture, food and events in the South Bend area. Crooked Ewe: beer pub on the St.
Nora McGreevy and Adam Ramos | Monday, February 19, 2018
“I don’t have an official title,” Jacob Titus told us before grudgingly referring to himself as the “owner” of West.SB. All three of us — Titus, Scene Editor Adam Ramos and Associate Scene Editor Nora McGreevy — were seated in a pristine white room, one of many new office spaces in the renovated Studebaker Building 113
Mike Donovan | Friday, November 3, 2017
Experts position the Basque region of Spain at the forefront of progressive cuisine — lauding the region’s charismatic forays into gastronomic experimentation. Anthony Bourdain contends, “You could make the argument that there’s no better place to eat in Europe than the city of San Sebastian.” Notice that Bourdain says Europe and not The World. He