Shawn Malone’s Brooklyn Pizza is a wonderful neighborhood establishment located at 753 West 2nd Street in Seymour, Indiana. Lots of married couples and old friends out for good food, entertainment, and a craft beer. This night I had a Wookin’ Pa Nub tart cherry beer🍒 and it was fantastic!!! ( Wookin’ Pa Nub is sung by Buckwheat of Our Gang in an old Saturday Night Live skit by Eddie Murphy. Looking For Love.)

I also tried the Oatmeal Cookie Brown and it tasted like an oatmeal 🍪 cookie. 👍

Mom and I both had The Italian sandwich.

This delicious sandwich consists of cappicola ham, salami, pepperoni, marinara and mozzarella cheese on an 8 inch hoagie bun and then toasted in the pizza oven. By the way, there is a dusting of Pizza Crack sprinkled on top. (Oregano, parmesan and other secret ingredients) Tasty and Tangy!!!

I enjoy the Jackson County and Seymour themed pictures in the bar and the clever names of the craft beers. For instance, The Hustler, named after local wrestler Rip Rogers.

Also, Shawn brings in musical talent for entertainment. Harmony Park is his outdoor venue where you can bring your own lawn chair and enjoy live 🎵 music.

The food is great, entertainment is quality, Shawn is always there and you will usually find an old friend to share a brew with. Or, you can pay it forward and buy a beer for a friend the next time they visit.

The Key West Shrimp House is located at 117 Ferry Street in Madison, Indiana. On Saturday they were open 11:00-2:00. Closed. And then open again from 5:00-9:00. So plan accordingly. Heidi and I started with the Sweet Chili Fried Shrimp with a horseradish sauce for dipping. They were excellent. For my entree, I had the Coconut Shrimp with steamed veggies. They shrimp breading had shreds of coconut as well as slivers of almonds with a sweet marmalade to dip them in. Fried to perfection and very good.

Heidi had the Mahi Mahi and steamed veggies. Her fish had wonderful flavor. We both added a cup of Seafood Chowder for an extra $1.75. It included whole shrimp, scallops, bits of fish and diced potatoes and was sprinkled with paprika and parsley. Very rich and creamy!

And don’t forget the salad bar that accompanies the entree.

We had no room for dessert, however, I bet the Key Lime Pie would be great.

Four velvety layers of cake 🍰 covered with four layers of homemade icing. (Crisco, butter, sugar, flour, milk and a touch of vanilla. All the good stuff.)

After putting this masterpiece together, Denise puts it in the freezer until the day she is ready to eat it. It was mostly thawed when I consumed this piece of heaven. The inner layer of icing was still firm from being cold when I ate my piece. Delicious!!!

Olivia Goecker of Dudleytown, Indiana is a mild-mannered grad student by day studying Speech Pathology at NYU. But throw a Super Bowl party in her path and she becomes the Slutty Brownie 👑 Princess.

These morsels are absolutely phenomenal!!!

It goes like this:

1. Pour brownie batter in muffin pan.

2. Place an Oreo in pan.

3. Spread peanut butter over Oreo.

4. Place another Oreo in pan.

5. Another layer of peanut butter.

6. Top off with brownie batter.

7. Bake.

Add a cold glass of milk and you have died and gone to Super Bowl snack heaven!!! Try at your own risk.

1213 Veterans Parkway in Clarksville, Indiana

is where you will find Mission BBQ. It is a military, police and firefighter themed BBQ restaurant with an outstanding menu.

I had the three meat combo with two baby back ribs, beef brisket and Jalopeno-cheddar smoked sausage. (The smoked sausage was my favorite!) The brisket was super tender and delicious. Cornbread, Mac and cheese and baked beans on the side. I also had Two chocolate chip 🍪 cookies for dessert.

A pleasant surprise was an iced down bottle of Cheerwine, a 🍒 cherry soda that I have only seen in the south. Cheerwine has been made in Salisbury, North Carolina since 1917.They also had retro bottles of Big Red, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, etc.

We were there for lunch and every day at noon, they stop everything and play the National Anthem. We all stopped, stood, put our hands over our hearts to honor America and its heroes.

Bullwinkles is located at 117 East 2nd Street in Seymour, Indiana. Tonight I had the Mushroom 🍄 and Swiss 🧀 Burger on a toasted bun and it was very good. However, their Sidewinder Fries are phenomenal! I’ve been there twice and the Sidewinders have been fresh and hot both times.

Now take a 👀 look at what may be the best tenderloin I have ever eaten! I asked for two slices of cheese as it was so big. My pet peeve on tenderloins is how thick they are. (I don’t like them thin.) This sandwich is plump and juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside. Once again, on a toasted bun. Highly recommended!

If these sandwiches are not enough, they have an ice cream bar with Kovener’s Korner’s full menu. It is what I think was the old Elks Club Bar. Mom and I enjoyed our experience and she says when she goes back, she will get a Kovener’s Korner butterscotch milkshake.

The Big Breakfast consists of 2 🍳 eggs (over medium), 4 🥓 🥓 strips of bacon, hash browns, half order of biscuits and gravy and toast. Pretty darn good!!! Also, probably more than any one person really needs to eat at one setting.

I’m going to Bloomington later to bring Sophie home from IU and unfortunately, I won’t be ready to eat yet. My point being, Bloomington offers so many dining options.

It has been a semi-observed, yet time honored tradition that the Wintin boys (David, Frank and Walter) get together on Wild Card Weekend and enjoy food, drink 🍺 and 🏈 football.

Frank hosted this year in Bedford. He may have outdone himself. The steak chili was phenomenal. He asked, “Do I need to cut the jalapeños into big chunks you can pick them out, or dice them up small so you don’t notice them?” My wife doesn’t even ask me that.

On top of that, the jalapeño corn muffins were incredible! A dollop or two of sour cream and some shredded 🧀 cheese not only added to the calorie intake, but trumped the incredible as well.

We may let him host again. Not to mention, the Colts are winning 21-0.

I’m thinking this tradition will once again become annual.

These were fabulous!!! Heidi made these for Christmas 🎄! She probably made three dozen, but Sophie complained that she only got two or three of them. It just goes to show, I can’t be trusted with sweets!

Heidi whipped up this festive treat by soaking Marschino 🍒 cherries in Malibu Rum for three hours and then dipped them in white chocolate. Very easy to make!