Stay Hungry: Drake’s opening, Coffee Buzz carnival food truck and more in this week’s Tri-State food news – Evansville Courier & Press

Stay Hungry: Drake’s opening, Coffee Buzz carnival food truck and more in this week’s Tri-State food news – Evansville Courier & Press

Aimee Blume
 
| Evansville Courier & Press

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — We’re bringing you Tri-State restaurant happenings and food news you need to know. Check out this weekly feature to keep up to date on the latest.

Coffee Buzz is yet another new food truck operating in Evansville! Not only coffee is on the menu – try breakfast sandwiches, hashbrowns, loaded breakfast bowls, funnel cake bites, fair food such as corn dogs, deep fried oreos, funnel cake bites, burgers, tenderloin and more. Find the Coffee Buzz on weekdays on the corner of Green River Road and Morgan by Stanton Optical. Call to order and they will run to your car when you drive up. facebook.com/Coffee_buzz812-109852927605947

Drake’s Restaurantwill open on Monday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. Drake’s serves a large and varied menu of elevated bar food, burgers and sushi. The restaurant has a full bar and many beer taps and televisions.

Drake’s Evansville – 1222 Hirschland Rd. in The Promenade Phone: 812-401-2920 facebook.com/DrakesEvansville

The Haynie’s Corner Brewing Co. begins their Merry & Bright Pop Up Series on Monday, Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. by inviting Scott Schymik of Sauced to tend bar and showing Bad Santa. A portion of sales benefit the Haynie’s Corner Arts District.

Haynie’s Corner Brewing Co. – 56 Adams Ave. Phone: 812-909-2668 facebook.com/HayniesBrew

The Lure Seafood and Grille/Famous Bistro Good Time Tent in Owensboro will host a dinner and drinks collaboration with El Toribio Mexican Restaurant on December 9 and 10.

On Wednesday, Dec. 9, food will be from Lure and drinks from El Toribio: pork roulade with chorizo and elote corn ravioli with a classic margarita; barbecued bacon wrapped shrimp and grits with mango chutney and cucumber jalapeño margarita; and carrot cake pop with spiked horchata. On Thursday, Dec. 10, food will be from El Toribio and Drinks from Lure: mini chicken enchiladas verde with Mexican mule; pork tamales with molé sauce and a New York sour; cheesecake chimichangas with chocolate sauce and a raspberry martini.  

Also at the tent on Saturday, Dec. 12, 10 local bands will be playing from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. to raise money for Owensboro restaurant staff out of work because of the current dining room shutdown. The event will stream live and donations can be made online, and a lucky few can buy tables for lunch and dinner seatings to watch live.

Good Time Tent – 118 W. Veteran’s Blvd., Owensboro, Ky. Phone: 270-240-4556 

Watch for all ticketing information at facebook.com/Good-Time-Tent-112951820588011.

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St. Peter’s Highland UCC is having a barbecue ribs and butts cook to benefit the Southwestern Indiana Servants at Work Ministry. Pickup is Saturday afternoon, Dec. 12. Ribs and butts are both $25. Order ahead by calling 812-909-4391 and leave a message with your order.

St. Peter’s Highland UCC – 7014 Darmstadt Rd. facebook.com/events/690168961634608

Turoni’s Main Street Brewery has just released this years’ batch of Rudolph’s Revenge Belgian Strong Ale. We can’t announce every beer release here but this one is special. This roasty brown Christmas beer is sweet like candy with lots of spice and toasted malt, and folks look forward to it all year.

Turoni’s Main St. Brewery – 408 N. Main St. Phone: 812-424-9871 facebook.com/turonismainstreet

Send your food news to aimee.blume@courierpress.com

Published at Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:03:29 +0000