A MOVEABLE FEAST
Jeffersonville sets the table for new restaurants
A News and Tribune Publication
JULY 21, 2016 — Issue 123
TOP THREE:
Blackberries, BBQ and Jazz
EVENT:
Historic Walking Tour in Jeffersonville
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oday’s cover story by Elizabeth Beilman Pretty heady company for Jeffersonville. — she whimsically describes the story SoIn seeks to illuminate unique eateries and structure as a “listicle,” a combination of arts and culture initiatives popping up all over the words “list” and “article” — is exactly why Southern Indiana. This particular restaurant we created SoIn more than a year-and-a-half crop — which includes a taphouse at one of the ago. redeveloped Pearl Street homes — sprang up Beilman’s “listicle” is an overview of six new around the Big Four Bridge development. One restaurants coming to Jeffersonville — in one business, a yet-to-be-named café, will occupy JASON THOMAS place you can read bits of information on each SoIn Editor an old home literally in the bridge’s shadow. establishment. Quite a menu, don’t you think? As Beilman puts it, Jeffersonville’s “historic SoIn was hatched to provide a voice for district has transformed into a humming food places like Parlour, a pizza joint from the chef at Paand beverage hub.” palinos in Louisville, and Portage House, a dilapidated Only SoIn sets the table for so much information. old home on the riverfront that is being turned into a fineTurn the pages for a menu. dining restaurant steered by Chef Paul Skulas, formerly of Louisville’s Gralehaus. The group behind the Portage — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by House also opened Commonwealth Tap and Fontleroys, phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandin Louisville, Beilman writes. tribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.
Walk the talk on Spring Street SOIN THE KNOW
• WHAT: Downtown Jeffersonville Walking Tour
• WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday, July 29 • WHERE: Meet at Warder Park • INFO: Call 812-283-0301, email downtownjville@sbcglobal.net
JEFFERSONVILLE — A historic walking tour of downtown Jeffersonville will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, July 29, rain or shine. Meet at Warder Park (northeast corner of Spring Street and Court Avenue) in downtown Jeffersonville, for a tour highlighting the Spring Street corridor. Clark County Historian Jeanne Burke will lead the tour, sharing stories about the history of Jeffersonville’s commercial center, and architectural and historical information about the buildings. The tour will conclude in time for participants to return to Warder Park to enjoy a Concert in the Park at 7
p.m. with The Saints Blues Band. Sponsored by Jeffersonville Main Street, Inc., and the Clark County Museum, Inc., this is the third in a series of walking/historical tours taking place this summer and fall. Other tours are tentatively planned for Aug. 26 and Sept. 30. Details on locations will be posted in advance on Main Street’s website, jeffmainstreet.org. For more, contact Jeffersonville Main Street at 812-283-0301 or downtownjville@sbcglobal.net.
— Jeffersonville Main Street, Inc., a nonprofit organization, focuses its efforts on revitalizing the commercial and residential districts of downtown Jeffersonville, Indiana. Our four-point approach includes economic restructuring, design, promotion, and organization. We promote downtown Jeffersonville where visitors find quality businesses, cool homes, and events — concerts, festivals, farmers market, and more — throughout the year.
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SWEET SENSATION
TOUCH-A-TRUCK & MOVIE NIGHT FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th
• WHAT: Blackberries, BBQ & Jazz • WHEN: Saturday, July 23, Sunday, July 24 • WHERE: Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards, 19816 Huber Road, Borden
• INFO: huberwinery.com
Blackberries, BBQ & Jazz is Huber’s annual sweet celebration featuring music by various artists and delicious food and drink, including Starlight Café’s BB&J Special: pulled pork barbecue platter, to be washed down with blackberry sangria. Music, 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday: Heckel & The Jives, Squeeze-bot, The Hamilton Brothers; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday: Tyrone Cotton & Screamin’ John Hawkins, Big Poppa Stampley Trio.
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Join us for our 13th annual Touch-A-Truck event at Clarksville’s new Gateway Park. During this FREE event, kids get the chance to get up close and personal to many of the cool vehicles they see on the roads each day! We’ll also have games, activities, and more! After the event, stick around for our movie night on the Gateway Park event lawn.
CONCERT FOR A CAUSE • WHAT: Benefit concert for Clark County Youth Shelter
• WHEN: 7 p.m. today, Thursday, July 21 • WHERE: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Market
and Walnut streets, Jeffersonville • COST: Free The concert features Tamer Lane, Tim Dooley and Clancy Clements, who are part of a larger progressive Celtic band, Celtica. A free offering will be received during with concert with all proceeds going to the Clark County Youth Shelter. The concert features traditional instruments, like piano, field organ, Irish ballads, sounds in Gaelic dialects and more.
STRUT YOUR STUFF • WHAT: Bicentennial Concert Series • WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 22 • WHERE: Bicentennial Park, Spring and Pearl
streets, New Albany Mayor Gahan and the City of New Albany present the Bicentennial Park Summer Concert Series for 2016. Every Friday, enjoy free after-work concerts every Friday night. Bicentennial Park is located in downtown New Albany, at the corner of Spring and Pearl Streets. All concerts are family-friendly, featuring local, regional, and national bands. Performing tonight: Billy Goat Strut Revue
GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com
“Hotel Transylvania 2” Movie Begins at Dusk (Around 9:00pm)
Gateway Park
500 Little League Blvd. Lawn chairs and coolers welcome! No smoking, alcohol, or pets allowed in the park.
For our full schedule, call 812-283-5313 or visit www.ClarksvilleParks.com
Restauran By ELIZABETH BEILMAN elizabeth.beilman@newsandtribune.com EFFERSONVILLE — In the two short years since the Big Four Bridge has unleashed hundreds of thousands of empty bellies and stuffed wallets into downtown Jeffersonville, the historic district has transformed into a humming food and beverage hub. Restaurateurs are taking note. Open spots in the few blocks that make up downtown Jeffersonville are now highly competitive. One Louisville-based real estate company threw down a chunk of change on a house right in front of the Big Four Bridge before developers even knew what to do with it. Well, surprise — that house will now host a restaurant and beer garden. It’s one of several new eateries opening in downtown Jeffersonville in the coming months. “We’re seeing a real renaissance in downtown,” said Jay Ellis, executive director of Jeffersonville Main Street Inc. “ ... We’ve been working toward this for 25 years. We’ve been trying to see this area of town come full circle and come back to life.” Here’s what you can expect.
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Parlour • Address: 131 W. Chestnut St. • Type: Pizza • Opening date: Early fall With the Big Four Bridge ramp practically funneling into its side yard, Parlour hopes to become Jeffersonville’s premiere high-quality pizza place. Allan Rosenberger, chef behind Louisville’s Papalinos pizza restaurant, is crafting the menu for Parlour. “He has all these great pizza recipes, and no one in Jeffersonville is doing any good quality pizza,” owner Alex Tinker said.
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nt roundup Parlour will cure its own meats in-house and grow its vegetables in a chef’s garden on-site, fresh ingredients for the restaurant’s “pretty simple pies” Tinker said. They’ll range from $15 to $25 per pie. The historic building, formerly hosting a bed and breakfast and an art gallery shop, is perfect for a beer garden and outdoor patio. “I have had the concept to do a real beer garden for a long time but have just never had the right space,” Tinker said. The carriage house on the side will host a bar with 40 taps, where outdoor patios diners can re-up their libations. The said adjoining patio will feature an outdoor fireplace and horseshoes or cornhole, transforming the space into a social scene. Inside the main building, pizza will be served on the first floor while another bar upstairs with a lounge and TVs will welcome guests who may want to stay a little longer or warm up during the winter.
PORTAGE HOUSE • Address: 117 E. Riverside Drive • Type: Seafood/American • Opening date: Mid-September “I personally live in Indiana and wanted something in the area that would not be just another Louisville copycat restaurant coming across the water. I wanted an Indiana proud restaurant to be there.” That’s the concept behind Portage House, masterminded by Chef Paul Skulas formerly of Louisville’s Gralehaus. The group behind the Portage House also opened Commonwealth Tap and Fontleroys, in Louisville. The restaurant is Indiana farms meets the sea — Skulas listed the local origins of the turf and added Portage House will serve up some turf, too. The price point will cap at $25 or $30.
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Located at 117 E. Riverside Drive, Portage House will open in mid-September and serve seafood/American. | STAFF PHOTO BY ELIZABETH BEILMAN/ ABOVE RENDERING SUBMITTED BY DENTON FLOYD REAL ESTATE GROUP
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ENTERTAINMENT
MOVIES: JULY 22
é “Lights Out”
“Star Trek Beyond” “Ice Age: Collision Course”
This week's entertainment releases
T.V. PREMIERES: JULY 24 “Geeking Out” (AMC) JULY 26 é “MADtv” (The CW)
BOOKS: JULY 26 é “Truly Madly Guilty” by Liane Moriarty “The Angels’ Share” by J. R. Ward
A plethora of puppets at library SOIN THE KNOW
• WHAT: ‘Bicentennial Puppet
Extravaganza: Water, Hip-Hop, Strings, and Things’ • WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 30 • WHERE: Jeffersonville Township Public Library, 211 East Court Ave., Jeffersonville • INFO: jefflibrary.org JEFFERSONVILLE – Explore the various types of puppets from Southeast Asia with Jennifer Goodlander, assistant professor of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance at Indiana University Bloomington, at the Jeffersonville Township Public Library. Learn about the hip-hop puppets in Indonesia, traditional large shadow puppets in Cambodia and the water puppets of Vietnam through video clips and examples of the actual puppets at the “Bicentennial Puppet Extravaganza: Water, Hip-Hop, Strings, and Things.” The presentation will be held at the main library from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. It is free and open
to the public; however, it is recommended for those in middle school and up. For more information on this or other programs, visit jefflibrary.org, Events Calendar or call 812-2855635. The main library is located at 211 East Court Ave., Jeffersonville. More events at the main library: • Froggy Party: Join the library for crafts, games, puzzles, and other fun activities inspired by Froggy, its Summer 2016 mascot; 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, July 22. • Genealogy Discussion Group: Are you interested in genealogy? Bring a snack or a sack lunch
and join your fellow family history buffs to talk about what you’re researching, where you’re having trouble, and what tips and tricks you want to share with the others; noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 23. • Storyteller! Sharon Elliot Fox: Join Master Storyteller Sharon Elliot Fox for an evening of stories that wander into make-believe, past not-quite-here-or-there, and perhaps even into reality land. Her tales weave experience, hope, joy, and human connections into visions of the tapestry of life; 6 to 6:45 p.m. Monday, July 25, Clarksville branch, 1312 Eastern Boulevard.
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LOCAL SOIN HAPPENINGS Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or organization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@ newsandtribune.com
LIVE MUSIC AT HUBER’S
• WHAT: Blackberries, BBQ & Jazz • WHEN: Saturday, July 23, Sunday, July 24 • WHERE: Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards, 19816
Huber Road, Borden • INFO: huberwinery.com Blackberries, BBQ & Jazz is Huber’s annual sweet celebration featuring music by various artists and delicious food and drink, including Starlight Café’s BB&J Special: pulled pork barbecue platter, to be washed down with blackberry sangria. Music, 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday: Heckel & The Jives, Squeezebot, The Hamilton Brothers; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday: Tyrone Cotton & Screamin’ John Hawkins, Big Poppa Stampley Trio.
LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S
• WHAT: Live on State • WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany
Friday, July 22: Me & You; Saturday, July 23: Wax Factory; Saturday, July 30: Subourbon Shooter
BANK STREET BREWHOUSE
• WHAT: Live music • WHERE: Bank Street Brewhouse, 415 Bank St., New Albany
• WHO/WHEN: Friday, July 22: Dewey Kincade, 7 to 9 p.m.;
Saturday, July 23: Brother Wolves with String Tone Duo, 7 to 10 p.m.; Friday, July 29: Dan Dilamarter and Gavin Caster, 8 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, July 30: The Bourbonites 7 to 9 p.m. 7 p.m. every Tuesday: Tuesday Night Talent Review
JAM ON AT THE LEGION
• WHAT: Live music at the American Legion • WHEN: 8 to midnight, Saturday, July 23 • WHERE: Bonnie Sloan American Legion, 1930 McDonald
Lane, New Albany WHO: Pawn Shoppe Guitar
CORYDON LIVE
• WHAT: Live country music • WHERE: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon • INFO: Admission, adults $12; children 6-12, $7; under 6,
free. For tickets call 812-734-6288. Saturday, July 23: Megan Stout, Kelly Trask, Dennis Haycraft; Saturday, July 30: Tribute to Loretta Lynn and more featuring: Tayla Lynn (Loretta’s granddaughter) and Rodger Riggs
RIVERSTAGE CONCERTS
• WHEN: 7 p.m. Fridays • WHERE: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive,
Jeffersonville Friday, July 22: RiverPops featuring: “Jesus Christ Superstar”; Saturday, July 23: RiverPops featuring: “Jesus Christ Superstar”; Sunday, July 24: RiverPops featuring: “Jesus Christ
Superstar”; Friday, July 29: Featuring: Jefferson Tarc Bus with guest The Mad Taxpayers; Friday, Aug. 5: Featuring: Jake, Elwood and the Boys with guest Kudmani; Friday, Aug. 12 Featuring: 100% Poly with guest The Rumors; Friday, Aug. 19: Featuring: Rumours (A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac) with Radiotronic; Friday, Aug. 26: Juice Box Heroes with guest Big Steel Train
CONCERTS IN THE PARK
• WHERE: Warder Park, Spring Street and Court Avenue, Jeffersonville
• WHEN: 7 p.m. Fridays
Friday, July 15: Indigo
BICENTENNIAL BEATS
• WHAT: Bicentennial Park Summer Concert Series • WHEN: 7 p.m. Fridays • WHERE: Bicentennial Park, Spring and Pearl streets, New
Albany Friday, July 15: Nick Dittmeier and the Saw Dusters
FRESH OFF THE FARM
• WHAT: Jeffersonville Farmers Market • WHEN/WHERE: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon at Big Four
Station park; Tuesdays, 3 to 6 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 2014 Allison Lane More info from Jeffersonville Main Street www.JeffMainStreet.org
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY
• WHAT: Southern Indiana free Butterfly Festival • WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 23 • WHERE: Charlestown State Park, 12500 Ind. 62, Charles-
town. With three miles of roadside butterfly viewing, visitors will see large amounts and many varieties of butterflies and moths. Enjoy a monarch butterfly release, live music, and learn tips on butterfly photography.
FLIGHT OF THE MONARCHS
• WHAT: Beyond Borders Monarch Celebration • WHEN: 1 to 6 p.m., Saturday, July 23 • WHERE: Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 820 E. Market
St., New Albany. Young and old alike will delight in the Arts Council of Southern Indiana’s sixth annual monarch butterfly release and blockparty celebration. The event is free. For more information visit call 812-949-4238 or go online to ArtsCouncilSI.com/ monarch-celebration/4591217823.
HOWL AT THE MOON
• WHAT: Full Moon Hike • WHEN: 10 p.m., Friday, Aug. 19 • WHERE: Charlestown State Park, 12500 Ind. 62, Charlestown.
Wear good hiking shoes and comfortable clothing, and bring a red lens flashlight and walking stick. The event is free. Other full moon hikes are planned for Sept. 16 and Oct. 15. For more information visit http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2986. htm
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EATERIES: Several new restaurants opening in a few months CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 “So we’re going to try to represent the state and the area as best we can, and also add a whole bunch of oysters in there, too,” he said. The historic home on Riverside is under restoration right now. When it’s finished, the first floor will be “bar heavy” with wine on tap and full cocktail service. The second floor will contain dining overlooking the Ohio River.
Zingzang Po’boys • Address: 207 Spring St. • Type: Cajun • Opening date: Friday, July 22 If you pull up to 207 Spring Street, you won’t see Zingzang Po’Boys. You’ll see Match Cigar Bar. But Zingzang owners — same as Jeffersonville’s suddenly famous The Hub Roti Cafe — will be frying up hushpuppies and po’boys from Match’s kitchen, serving from the bar inside or out back to diners on a patio. At Zingzang, you’ll find grub you can’t get anywhere else in Southern Indiana, like alligator tail or seasonally rotating bread pudding. Prices will be a bit higher than they are at The Hub, hovering around $10 or $12. “We just decided it would be good for everybody,” Ben Jones, coowner, said.
Pearl Street Taphouse • Address: 407 Pearl St. • Type: Craft beer taphouse • Opening date: Late September You know those four historic homes that were moved to Pearl Street a couple years ago? Well, they won’t be empty much longer. Locals Kelly Conn and Teri Taylor are combining their dream of owning a business and their love of craft brews. Pearl Street TapHouse will locate in an historic home that was saved through a preservation grant
Located at 407 Pearl St., Pearl Street Taphouse will open in late September and serve craft beer. | STAFF PHOTO BY ELIZABETH BEILMAN and Jeffersonville Main Street. The pub will have 24 taps with a heavy focus on local breweries, then regional and then national, in that order. “We want to be the location for the people who are real beer connoisseurs that are looking for those taste palates that can’t be fulfilled anywhere else,” Conn said. Pearl Street TapHouse will also serve food from a one-page menu — bites like oysters on the half-shell, wings and sliders. No ingredients will be frozen and no foods will be deep-fried. The taphouse won’t even have a deep fryer. The establishment will be open until 10 or 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends. “We’re just very excited to be part of what I feel is the revitalization of downtown Jeffersonville,” Conn said.
Hobknob Coffee Co. • Address: 420 Spring St. • Type: Coffee shop • Opening date: Mid-August Lovers of this Floyds Knobs coffee shop will be happy to learn Hobknob is expanding to downtown Jeffersonville. “With all the growth and activity in downtown Jeffersonville, it just
seemed like a natural place for us to go,” owner Aaron Lundy said. Lundy hopes the Jeffersonville location can serve a different purpose than the morning rush, grab-and-go nature of the Floyds Knobs café. “We wanted to make the downtown store a little more friendly for people that wanted to sit down and come enjoy a cup of coffee and relax,” he said. The café will have a bar where caffeine enthusiasts can talk to the brewers making their coffee. Guests can also sit in clusters, socializing or working, with a french press right at the table. All ingredients will be roasted in the shop. “We’re really excited to get down there,” Lundy said.
Café at Big Four Station [Name yet to be determined] • Address: 223 Pearl St. • Type: Healthy self-serve café • Opening date: Late spring 2017 A use for the 1830s historic home at the foot of the Big Four Bridge, surrounded by park property, has been in limbo for years. The city of Jeffersonville hoped to convert the old two-story build-
ing into a police substation, but the property owner sold it instead to the owners of the Market Street Inn Bed and Breakfast. Big Four Bridge pedestrians and cyclists can pop in for salads, yogurts, popsicles, coffee, water. “It’s going to be on the healthier side of things,” owner Carol Stenbro said, though she and others haven’t settled on menu items just yet. “Our main objective right now is getting the historic renovation done,” she said. The house was flooded on the inside, so she’s working on restoring the floors, staircase and windows. They also want to install restrooms and heating and cooling. Though there’s plenty of work ahead, the house contains features Stenbro said she hopes to restore and put to use — a fireplace being one of them. “We’re trying to keep those
architectural elements and still make it functional, but it’ll still have that historic feel to it,” she said.