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Riverfront takes the front seat downtown

Promenade Park Grand Opening

Published August 1, 2019

The promise of Promenade Park began years ago. More and more growth in downtown Fort Wayne brought a renewed interest in appreciating the three rivers which provides the city with so much of its identity. As Headwaters Park provided a venue for a su...

Local music education world class

Saint Francis, Purdue FW programs take a major step

Fort Wayne has gained a reputation as the Midwest’s “Music City” with a prolific talent pool, ...

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Family fun from basketball court jesters

Harlem Globetrotters

It’s a life Chandler “Bulldog” Mack could only dream of when growing up in Huntsville, Ala. T...

Explore our Fort Wayne restaurants in January

Savor Fort Wayne

If there’s one thing that seems to hold true about people in Fort Wayne, it’s that they love the...

Fort Wayne's hottest sport is on the ice

Fort Wayne Komets

Arguably, the most exciting cold-weather sports spectacle in Fort Wayne doesn’t happen on the hard...

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Scares With Class

Green Center Haunted School House

A hall of spiders. A bridge over live rats. A room of bats. A tomb. A treasure chest. A spooky libra...

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Tuning Up a Music School

Purdue School of Music

When talks began at the former IPFW to separate campuses and change to Purdue Fort Wayne, there was ...

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Returning to Their Passion

Pastor's Place

If the names Chuck and Kara Pastor ring any bells, it's with good reason. They spent more than 13 y...

The 05 Gets Some Seoul

Destination: Ryu's Kitchen

For many years, Seoul Garden on Coliseum Boulevard was this city's only Korean cuisine option. It p...

Destination

If you can get past the erroneous apostrophe in its tagline (Fast Fire’d) – which has proven di...

Finger-Lickin' Bone Pickin'

Shigs In Pit BBQ & Brew

Every city needs a good barbeque place. In Fort Wayne we are lucky to have a few to help us satisfy...

Destination

Every city needs a good barbeque place. In Fort Wayne we are lucky to have a few to help us satisfy...

Salud!

Destination

Somehow, despite receiving numerous recommendations from friends to try it, Salud! never hit my rad...

A Welcome Sushi Addition

Shoccu

Is there such a thing as too much sushi? If there is, I haven't reached that threshold. I could eat...

Thriving in the Digital Age

Independent record Stores

There was a time in the 1970s and 80s that a teenager with some disposable income could spend it ha...

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Building Musical Bridges

Sweetwater Sound

When renowned producer, engineer and music industry guru Mark Hornsby came to Sweetwater Sound more...

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Still Authentically Italian

The Venice

Like many people, I tend to frequent the same dining establishments over and over again, even thoug...

The Local Library as Boredom Beater

Fare Warning

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a young mother with (obviously) even younger children. W...

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Can TLC Bring It Back?

Piere's

It's hard to imagine Fort Wayne without Piere's Entertainment Center. That doesn't mean that some...

steve-penhollow

Destination

Who doesn’t love tacos? If you are one of the few who doesn’t, you can stop reading now because...

Sushi That's Fully Loaded

Umi

Whenever construction signs go up and excavators come out, Fort Wayne starts to murmur about what's...

Mitchell's Sports & Neighborhood Grill

Destination

Those who remember and frequented Mitchell's Sports Bar when it was located in the Marketplace of C...

Peerless Ambience and Dining

Tolon

One year ago, Fort Wayne's first farm-to-fork restaurant opened downtown. Eddie Merlot's Executive ...

You Got to Get In to Get Out

Escape Rooms

Want to make time fly? Have yourself locked in a room with a group of friends and try to solve a se...

Nella's Coffee & Grill

Destination

In late 2016, a new restaurant opened in Coliseum Plaza, which houses Jungle George's and a handful...

The Venice Restaurant

Destination

Like many people, I tend to frequent the same dining establishments over and over again, even thoug...

Junk Ditch Brewing Company

Destination

We’ve been enjoying quite the culinary renaissance in Fort Wayne these days, and that has given r...

Destination

It’s not every day a restaurant opens that changes your life – and that’s not hyperbole. If y...

Tower Bar & Grill

Destination

A few years ago, I reviewed the area’s top chicken wing restaurants for our local NPR affiliate, ...

Destination

The worst thing about Sunday brunch at the Green Frog is deciding what to order. The best thing is ...

Pho Viet

Destination

I’ll never forget the first time I experienced pho, a traditional Vietnamese soup consisting of b...

Calhoun Street, Soups, Salads and Spirits

Destination

I had a big year in 2008: got a new job, got dumped by a girl, met the girl, decided I’d had enou...

Destination

Fort Wayne is a playground for foodies if you look beyond the chain restaurants. We have an adequat...

Destination

Oh, the little bar that could. You know that one that so many doubted would find its way after ch...

Wine Down Tastings and Tapas

Destination

About a year ago, I met Gary Skeel, owner of the new downtown hot spot Wine Down. When we met, Gary...

Destination

I have to confess I had only been to the Green Frog Inn maybe a handful of times in the 15 years th...

Destination

Anyone who has lived in the Fort for a decent stretch knows the Main Street bridge and that ever so...

Koze Thai Cuisine & Bar

Destination

Anyone who knows me well understands that I gravitate towards Asian cuisine – Indian, Vietnamese,...

Destination

Since visiting Greece in 2006, I’ve been infatuated with Greek cuisine. It should come as no surp...

Pembroke Bakery

Destination

For a long time, I thought Pembroke Bakery, located inside the Auer Center on Main Street, was just...

Mockingbird Kitchens

Destination

When you’re rushed for lunch, it is difficult to find healthful options close at hand. I started ...

Cerulean

Destination

Just a short 45-minute drive from Fort Wayne, Cerulean at Winona Lake is one of the area’s most u...

Sakura

Destination

I like sushi. A lot. I’d eat it every day if I could afford it. When we moved here from Chicago, ...

The Gas House Deck

Destination

In Northeast Indiana, many things indicate that summer is just around the corner: the TinCaps home ...

Tucanos

Destination

I have a general rule of thumb when it comes to new restaurants: wait a few months to give it a cha...

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Calhoun Street, Soups, Salads and Spirits

Destination

Frequent conversation: Me: “Hey, lets go to CS3!” Friend: “Where?” Me: “Cal...

Destination

One of the many nice things about so many new breweries popping up, is if you decide to head out of...

heather-osbun-smith

Destination

Black Dog is one of those places I had heard of from time to time from different people. Despite he...

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Dash-In

Destination

There are some places that seem just too obvious to write about, local haunts that I feel certain e...

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Pad Thai

Destination

Jon and I live in an historic neighborhood near Lakeside Park, just east of downtown Fort Wayne. So...

Destination

I was really, really excited to finally visit Three Floyds. I still remember my first Three Floyds ...

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JK O’Donnell’s

Destination

I remember well the days when Fort Wayne’s downtown dining options were slim pickings. After 5 p....

Acme Bar & Grill

Destination

The Acme Bar is one of those Fort Wayne landmarks that still embodies the charm of the local wateri...

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Destination

When our friends Shad and Paige called us early one Saturday morning and asked us to try a new-to-u...

Old Crown Coffee Roasters

Destination

If you've lived in Fort Wayne for even a short period of time, you've undoubtedly heard of Old Crown...

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