West Side Nut Club Fall Festival
The West Side Nut Club Fall Festival, commonly called the Fall Festival or Fall Fest, is an annual street festival held on West Franklin Street in Evansville, Indiana. Organized by the West Side Nut Club, the festival is traditionally held during the first full week of October and is one of Evansville’s largest and best-known […]
Una Pizza
Una pizza is a style of thin, cracker-crust pizza closely associated with Evansville, Indiana, where the term has become a local name for the region’s distinctive version of Midwestern thin-crust pizza. Typically characterized by an extremely thin and crispy crust, toppings extending toward the edge, meat placed beneath the cheese, and pizza cut into square […]
Spankey’s Una Pizza
Spankey’s Una Pizza is a locally owned Evansville pizzeria founded by Lisa and Ryan Huck in 2011. Known for its thin, crispy Una-style pizza, the restaurant began on Evansville’s West Side before expanding to Haynie’s Corner with Spankey’s Una Cafe in 2024.
Sir Beef
Sir Beef was an Evansville-founded roast beef restaurant that expanded into a regional franchise and became a local favorite remembered for its sandwiches, baked potatoes, condiment bar, and giant knight sign.
Hilltop Inn
Hilltop Inn is a historic West Side Evansville restaurant with roots in the nineteenth century, known for its fried brain sandwiches, traditional comfort food, and generations of local history.
Paul’s Tavern
Paul’s Tavern was a longtime neighborhood bar and tavern in Evansville, Indiana, remembered particularly by residents who frequented the city’s neighborhood bars during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Located in the Covert Avenue and Boeke Road area, Paul’s developed a reputation as an old-fashioned neighborhood tavern — the type of local gathering place where regular […]
The Tennessean
The Tennessean was a longtime diner and restaurant in Downtown Evansville, Indiana. The original location opened in 1949 at 313 Locust Street and became one of Downtown Evansville’s most popular places to eat. The Tennessean was a classic diner, remembered for its long lunch counter, glazed tile walls, hamburgers and Polish sausage. Its customers included […]
Turoni’s Pizzery & Brewery
Turoni’s Pizzery & Brewery is a longtime family-owned pizza restaurant and brewery founded in Evansville, Indiana, in 1963 by Jerry Turner and his wife, Judith “Judie” Mattingly Turner. Over more than six decades, Turoni’s has become one of Evansville’s best-known locally founded restaurants. The restaurant is particularly famous for its thin, cracker-style crust pizza, a […]
Steve’s Una Pizza
Steve’s Una Pizza is a longtime local pizzeria located at 1005 S. St. James Boulevard in Evansville, Indiana. The restaurant is known for serving Una-style pizza, the distinctive Evansville-area style characterized by an extremely thin, crispy crust and generous toppings. Steve’s is one of several independent Evansville pizzerias that helped make Una pizza a recognizable […]
By the Slice Pizza
By the Slice Gourmet Pizzeria, commonly known today as The Slice, is a longtime locally owned pizza restaurant located at 2011 Lincoln Avenue in Evansville, Indiana, near the University of Evansville. Founded in 1994 by Eric Weber, the restaurant developed from a business plan Weber created while completing his master’s degree in professional studies at […]