All Food & Bev in South Bend

Fatbird is a welcoming restaurant in the heart of Downtown South Bend exploring the experience of the contemporary south. Self-described as a Southern-contemporary-style concept, Fatbird offers options from the Eastern Seaboard and the Deep South, such as jambalaya, grilled vinegar chicken, a Cuban sandwich, and red beans and rice. The bar offers house cocktails highlighting such Southern-aligned spirits as bourbon, Read more...

The Early Bird Eatery is a husband-wife duo who opened their doors downtown South Bend in 2018 with the mission of crafting crave-worthy brunch classics. They promise to turn up the dial with flavor, freshness, and local ingredients, and do they ever deliver!   Try the shrimp and grits if you are in the mood for savory or the blueberry Read more...

Abby Gillan Emmons, owner of The Ragamuffin said her ultimate life dream was to build community. As an actor living and working in New York, deep roots and building community was difficult.  She decided it was time for a fresh start, and with her grandmother’s zany recipes and love for baking instilled in her, she made plans to start her Read more...

Matt Logsdon shares some history of The Indiana Whiskey Co. and how he’s poured himself into South Bend and the craft of making whiskey. Matt jokes, “Once you know how to make a good whiskey, there’s really no reason to do anything else.” After tasting the goods we’d have to agree! You can sense the care, the process, the one-of-a-kind Read more...

Back in 1988, my father, Rosario “Ross” Mittiga, a 44-year old immigrant from the hills of Calabria in Southern Italy, bought this bar. The bar was called the Cap-n-Cork Lounge and needless to say, it wasn’t much of a student hangout. The Cap-n-Cork was a local, smoky, blue collar kind of place.  My father wanted to get more student business Read more...

Peg’s passion for the community and the personal relationships with the people she serves has only strengthened over the years. As the downtown corridor emerged into a destination spot, Peg thought it was important to be a part of downtown’s transformation. So, in October of 2017, she took another leap of faith and re-branded a new concept of PEGGS. “We Read more...