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2021 Summer Camps
One of the benefits of being a kid growing up in Fort Wayne these days is proximity to Sweetwater’s Rock Camp.
Rock Camp isn’t for kids who want to take music lessons. It’s for kids who have been taking music lessons and want to level up.
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Himalayan Salts & Scents
Columnist is ‘shaken’ by perceived health benefits
My doctor had just told me to cut back on salt. And here I was about to wallow in it.
But I am nothing if not a daredevil. Which is to say, I am noth...
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First Person
Grab a bat or golf club, work off some steam
If you walked into my basement office right now, you would naturally assume that someone had ransacked the place. You might even peg me as the so...
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Rockstar Lounge
New Rockstar Lounge opens on N. Coliseum
Opening a club, bar, or entertainment complex during a pandemic seems like a crazy idea.
But Santino Zurzolo is aware of the challenges that lay ahea...
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Our columnist tries his hands at axe throwing
After I scheduled my session at the axe-throwing emporium called Deadeye Dick’s, I went around my home imitating Gimli, the axe-wielder from The Lor...
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The Oyster Bar
Oyster Bar has been in business since 1888
The Oyster Bar has been open continuously since 1888.
It hasn’t always been called the Oyster Bar, but it has always served food and drink, even du...
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First Person
First Person is a new monthly column by Whatzup writer Steve Penhollow who will try out some of the more unusual pastimes in the region.
If you have watched a lot of science fiction movies, then you might recognize the whole-body cryotherapy chamber at iCRYO.
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Electronic getaways for kids and adults alike
First Person is a new monthly column by Whatzup writer Steve Penhollow who will try out some of the more unusual pasttimes in the region.
As I type t...
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Bird + Cleaver
Bird + Cleaver inventive with eclectic menu
One of Bird Cleaver’s most popular items is a cheese fondue that has no cheese in it.
The history of vegan cuisine is littered with failed attemp...
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Umi Fort Wayne
Southwest Fort Wayne fine dining since 2017
When people pull up stakes and leave a town, one of the things that they miss about their former stomping ground is one or more of its restaurants.
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The Great Outdoors
Get going on foot, on bike, or on the water
With so many indoor activities either canceled or greatly restricted, a great way to navigate a world of distancing and limitations is to take to the ...
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Club Room & Crescendo Coffee
Crescendo Coffee joins the popular location
The eventual importance of the Club Room was not fully appreciated when it opened in March of last year.Yes, it was designed to sell freshly prepared ...
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Chalk It Up!
Promenade Park takes advantage of its space
One of the highlights of Fort Wayne’s busy 2019 was the opening of Promenade Park, the first phase of the city’s riverfront development. It was a ...
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The Year of the Drive-In Theater
Area locations try to serve their new fans
If someone predicted a year ago that 2020 would be “The Year of the Drive-In Theater,” you would have called them crazy.
In 2019, drive-in theat...
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The Build Guild
For fans of Pinterest, DIY projects, or simply working with your hands, Fort Wayne boasts a unique venue at the Build Guild to work on a variety of pe...
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Promenade Park Grand Opening
City’s new park opens to fanfare in August
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...
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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, the nation’s largest online music retailer, and ...
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Harlem Globetrotters
It’s a life Chandler “Bulldog” Mack could only dream of when growing up in Huntsville, Ala.
The former high school basketball standout and coll...
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Savor Fort Wayne
If there’s one thing that seems to hold true about people in Fort Wayne, it’s that they love their restaurants. And luckily, there’s no shortage...
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Fort Wayne Komets
Arguably, the most exciting cold-weather sports spectacle in Fort Wayne doesn’t happen on the hardwood. It’s nearly impossible for any other sport...
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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 library.
All of these delights, and many more, await v...
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Purdue School of Music
When talks began at the former IPFW to separate campuses and change to Purdue Fort Wayne, there was understandable concern among the communities both ...
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Destination: Ryu's Kitchen
For many years, Seoul Garden on Coliseum Boulevard was this city's only Korean cuisine option. It provided me with my first taste of bulgogi, bibimba...
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If you can get past the erroneous apostrophe in its tagline (Fast Fire’d) – which has proven difficult for some of my grammar-loving friends – ...
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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 our cravings, and one of them just opened a beaut...
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Every city needs a good barbeque place. In Fort Wayne we are lucky to have a few to help us satisfy our cravings, and one of them just opened a beaut...
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Somehow, despite receiving numerous recommendations from friends to try it, Salud! never hit my radar. I have been to Salsa Grille many times, even t...
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Shoccu
Is there such a thing as too much sushi? If there is, I haven't reached that threshold. I could eat it every day, I love it that much.
So, it's goo...
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Independent record Stores
There was a time in the 1970s and 80s that a teenager with some disposable income could spend it happily at any number of record stores. There were p...
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Sweetwater Sound
When renowned producer, engineer and music industry guru Mark Hornsby came to Sweetwater Sound more than four years ago to be its director of music p...
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The Venice
Like many people, I tend to frequent the same dining establishments over and over again, even though I am an adventurous eater. There's something abo...
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Fare Warning
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a young mother with (obviously) even younger children. When they were very small I loved spending my days ...
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Piere's
It's hard to imagine Fort Wayne without Piere's Entertainment Center.
That doesn't mean that some local residents haven't inclined their imaginatio...
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Who doesn’t love tacos? If you are one of the few who doesn’t, you can stop reading now because I am about to swoon over my latest Fort Wayne tac...
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Umi
Whenever construction signs go up and excavators come out, Fort Wayne starts to murmur about what's coming. Last year, the corner of Jefferson Boulev...
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Pippin
Pippin has had two very distinct lives on Broadway. In its first presentation, it was a star-making vehicle for Ben Vereen in 1972, earning him a Ton...
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Those who remember and frequented Mitchell's Sports Bar when it was located in the Marketplace of Canterbury would agree that it was the best sports ...
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Tolon
One year ago, Fort Wayne's first farm-to-fork restaurant opened downtown. Eddie Merlot's Executive Chef Matt Nolot and his wife Nicky took a leap of ...
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Escape Rooms
Want to make time fly? Have yourself locked in a room with a group of friends and try to solve a series of puzzles, riddles and brain-twisters with t...
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In late 2016, a new restaurant opened in Coliseum Plaza, which houses Jungle George's and a handful of other small businesses, on Parnell Avenue. Nel...
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Like many people, I tend to frequent the same dining establishments over and over again, even though I am an adventurous eater. There’s something a...
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We’ve been enjoying quite the culinary renaissance in Fort Wayne these days, and that has given rise to a culture of food fanatics. A handful of to...
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It’s not every day a restaurant opens that changes your life – and that’s not hyperbole. If you haven’t been to The Golden yet, allow me to i...
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A few years ago, I reviewed the area’s top chicken wing restaurants for our local NPR affiliate, WBOI. For years, I listened to people debate about...
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The worst thing about Sunday brunch at the Green Frog is deciding what to order. The best thing is realizing that it really doesn’t matter. There a...
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I’ll never forget the first time I experienced pho, a traditional Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, spices and meat. I walk...
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I had a big year in 2008: got a new job, got dumped by a girl, met the girl, decided I’d had enough of apartment life and bought a house. It was al...
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Fort Wayne is a playground for foodies if you look beyond the chain restaurants. We have an adequate selection of locally-owned fine dining establish...
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Oh, the little bar that could. You know that one that so many doubted would find its way after changing hands in fairly rapid succession? That bar ...
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About a year ago, I met Gary Skeel, owner of the new downtown hot spot Wine Down. When we met, Gary and his wife’s plans for the restaurant were in...
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I have to confess I had only been to the Green Frog Inn maybe a handful of times in the 15 years that I have been actively frequenting local venues. ...
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Anyone who has lived in the Fort for a decent stretch knows the Main Street bridge and that ever so slight lift you get when you crest its tiny hill ...
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Anyone who knows me well understands that I gravitate towards Asian cuisine – Indian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai, Korean, Chinese – so when I saw...
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Since visiting Greece in 2006, I’ve been infatuated with Greek cuisine. It should come as no surprise then that Greek Fest is my favorite Fort Wayn...
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For a long time, I thought Pembroke Bakery, located inside the Auer Center on Main Street, was just that – a bakery. I knew it specialized in glute...
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When you’re rushed for lunch, it is difficult to find healthful options close at hand. I started working full-time downtown over a year ago and was...
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Just a short 45-minute drive from Fort Wayne, Cerulean at Winona Lake is one of the area’s most unique and exciting culinary experiences. It approa...
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I like sushi. A lot. I’d eat it every day if I could afford it. When we moved here from Chicago, I was certain I wouldn’t find adequate sushi in ...
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In Northeast Indiana, many things indicate that summer is just around the corner: the TinCaps home opener, the first lightning bug sighting, weekends...
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I have a general rule of thumb when it comes to new restaurants: wait a few months to give it a chance to work out all the new-restaurant kinks. That...
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Frequent conversation: Me: “Hey, lets go to CS3!”
Friend: “Where?”
Me: “Calhoun Street, Soups, Salads and Spirits ... CS3”
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One of the many nice things about so many new breweries popping up, is if you decide to head out of town to check one out, you can usually find one o...
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Black Dog is one of those places I had heard of from time to time from different people. Despite hearing how awesome it was, I had never checked it o...
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There are some places that seem just too obvious to write about, local haunts that I feel certain everyone has been to a billion times. Then I’ll c...
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Jon and I live in an historic neighborhood near Lakeside Park, just east of downtown Fort Wayne. Some call it the North Anthony neighborhood or the N...
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I was really, really excited to finally visit Three Floyds. I still remember my first Three Floyds beer. When you try as many beers as I do and remem...
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I remember well the days when Fort Wayne’s downtown dining options were slim pickings. After 5 p.m. on weekdays and throughout the weekends, downto...
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The Acme Bar is one of those Fort Wayne landmarks that still embodies the charm of the local watering hole while being a family-friendly restaurant. ...
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When our friends Shad and Paige called us early one Saturday morning and asked us to try a new-to-us breakfast place, we were stoked. Some of the win...
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If you've lived in Fort Wayne for even a short period of time, you've undoubtedly heard of Old Crown Coffee Roasters. Founded in 1999 by husband and w...
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