First visit: May 2025
Even though I've traveled extensively around the United States, Indiana is one state that I've barely touched. In fact I've only spent three nights here in total, and the last two were from the same trip in 1992. And the last time we ate in Indiana was at a barbeque place on the other side of Louisville, Kentucky on the way to Grand Rapids in 2015 (since closed). It's been 33 years since I spent a night here, so that was the plan after making a few stops in southern Michigan. I've never been to South Bend, the home of the famous Notre Dame. And we visited the campus briefly the next morning. We're at that stage of the trip where we aren't going to a brewery followed by dinner, but rather we're combining them in one stop.
Location: A very large venue with a concert stage in the back, and a couple of big spaces inside. It's rare these days to get the feeling of 2019 back, but Evil Czech was a happening place on this Saturday night. Even though there was a rock band playing loudly, which we heard easily from the parking lot, you couldn't hear them inside the restaurant. Good planning there.
Food: Full range of options. I went with my pub fare staple Cubano which was an excellent rendition. The ham was almost bacon-y if that makes sense. Excellent bread. Mrs. RJG had the barbeque sandwich. She said the meat was very good as well as the pickles! The beer battered fries were also excellent. We tried four beers, all excellent, though we each would have preferred them to be colder. This was also my first time to consume a locally made Indiana beer in state.
Overall: Excellent brewpub and for certain would like to go back some day.
5/31/25
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