Ross Theatre
Ross Theatre was a large neighborhood movie theater located at 1950 Washington Avenue in Evansville, Indiana, near the intersection of Washington Avenue and Boeke Road. Opened on Christmas Day 1949, the Ross became one of Evansville’s best-known movie theaters and remained a fixture of East Side entertainment for more than four decades. The theater closed […]
Mesker Amphitheatre
Mesker Amphitheatre is a historic, currently closed outdoor concert venue located in Mesker Park on Evansville’s West Side, near Mesker Park Zoo. For decades, the approximately 8,500-seat amphitheatre was one of Evansville’s premier entertainment venues and hosted some of the biggest names in American music. History The amphitheatre traces its origins to Evansville industrialist and […]
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 […]
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 […]
F’s Steak House
F’s Steak House was a longtime restaurant located at 125 S.E. Fourth Street in Downtown Evansville, Indiana. For more than four decades, F’s was one of the city’s best-known dining establishments before closing in 1993. Despite its name, F’s became notable for much more than steaks. The restaurant holds an unusual place in Evansville culinary […]
Ford Center
Ford Center The Ford Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Downtown Evansville, Indiana. Opened in November 2011, the arena serves as one of the primary sports, entertainment, and event venues in southwestern Indiana. The Ford Center is home to the University of Evansville Purple Aces men’s basketball team and the Evansville Thunderbolts professional […]
Greyhound Bus Terminal (Bru Burger)
The Greyhound Bus Terminal, also known as the Evansville Greyhound Station or Greyhound Bus Depot, is a historic former intercity bus station in Downtown Evansville, Indiana. Located at the corner of Third and Sycamore streets, the distinctive Streamline Moderne building served generations of travelers before being restored and converted into a restaurant. Today, the former […]
Underground Evansville: The Tunnels Beneath the City
Beneath the streets, churches, courthouses and historic buildings of Evansville, Indiana, another side of the city’s history survives underground. For generations, stories have circulated about tunnels beneath Downtown Evansville. Some supposedly carried prisoners between the courthouse and jail. Others have been associated with bootleggers and illegal drinking establishments during Prohibition. Still others have been described […]
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum
The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum, commonly known as the Veterans Memorial Coliseum or simply the Evansville Coliseum, is a historic civic and veterans memorial building located on Court Street in Downtown Evansville, Indiana. Constructed in 1916–17, the Coliseum was created for two purposes: to honor Vanderburgh County veterans of the Civil War and Spanish-American […]
Roberts Stadium
Roberts Municipal Stadium, commonly known as Roberts Stadium, was a multipurpose arena located at 2600 East Division Street in Evansville, Indiana. Opened in 1956, the stadium served for more than half a century as one of Evansville’s primary sports and entertainment venues and was the longtime home of the University of Evansville Purple Aces men’s […]