June 6, 2024

Parlour has expanded with evening hours for the summer. The downtown ice cream shop is now on the second floor of the Washington Pavilion. Customers don’t have to pay Pavilion membership to visit Parlour, which has many familiar flavors from when it was located across the street at Washington Square.

For the summer, Parlour is open:

• Monday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m.

JJ’s Wine Spirits & Cigars has brought back some customer favorites to the menu in The Bar. The JJ’s Reuben is back and The Smokehouse Smash Burger has made its way to the permanent menu.

Here’s a fun menu item, available this month at all B&G Milkyway locations:

The Poagie Burger is now available at Murph’s Burgers & Fries. The restaurant entered this hoagie-inspired burger that began as loaded French fries in Madison’s burger brawl. It’s a Fire River Ranch beef patty with pulled pork, apple jam, American and Swiss cheeses, pickled jalapeño and onion gold mayo on a toasted brioche bun.

Roundhouse Brew Pub has added new summer cocktails to the menu: Blood Orange Margarita, Roundhouse Rum Punch, Tequila Creamsicle and Roundhouse Lemonade.

There are new menu items to try at Chef Lance’s on Phillips, including this New York steak and scallops.

Other new additions include Creole pork tenderloin with roasted red pepper grits, Caprese salad and buffalo chicken egg rolls.

Mark down June 8, dads, for a “Daddy and me” decorating class at Oh My Cupcakes! on June 8 at 10 a.m. It’s held at the location at 3326 E. 10th St. Registration includes instruction, refreshments, and everything needed to create a 24-cupcake creation made with chocolate peanut butter and strawberry cupcakes. Click here to sign up. 

Have a birthday coming up? Blarney Stone Pub is now offering a bottomless birthday mug to help you toast the big day. Bring your ID on your actual birthday and purchase an entrée or appetizer for at least $9.99. You’ll receive a souvenir cup that entitles you to free rail liquor drinks and domestic beers on your special day.

Get in a little exercise balanced out by beer and pizza with the inaugural Hello Hi bike ride. Start at the downtown bar at 4:30 p.m. on June 9 in this ride co-organized with Spoke-n-Sport. Hit the bike trail and then return for beer and pizza from Pizza Cheeks. There’s also a voluntary 50/50 raffle to benefit the Whittier Bike Club.

Score a free shaved ice at Polar Bites from 4 to 9 p.m. at the location at 401 E. 8th St. Mention free shaved ice to get the deal.

Celebrate your best friend and save at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe on June 8. Use the code BESTIE for a buy one, get one free entree. Here’s a promo schedule for the rest of the month.

Support food trucks and contribute to helping feed the homeless at an event on June 12. Eleven food trucks and a church will be selling items starting at 11 a.m. at Bishop Dudley Hospitality House. Buy a meal or make a donation. Click here to learn more.

Ruby Tuesday is the latest restaurant chain to offer a new value menu. Its Meal Deals start at $8.99 and are available all day, every day. Entrees include sliders, tacos and a burrito bowl. Click here to learn more.

And continuing the value theme, Applebee’s is offering mozzarella sticks for 50 cents each, sold in orders of four for $2. The local team recommends pairing them with a $3.50 Busch Light Brewtus. Both prices are good all day, every day, until Father’s Day on June 16.

MacKenzie River Pizza has brought back its annual Montana-inspired 406 Summer Fare menu. Bison chili also has returned to the menu.

Click here to browse the menu.

It’s rosé season and Gist Wine Shop is ready for it. On June 9, the downtown shop at 108 W. 11th St. will have more than 15 rosés open to taste from 2 to 6 p.m. with food from The Hunny & Bunny Mediterranean cuisine food truck parked outside the shop. Limited tickets are available. They’re $35 online and $45 at the door. Click here for more information.

Now for some nonalcoholic seasonal beverages, found at Nekter Juice Bar. The juice bar, which has locations at Dawley Farm Village and a new one at 81st Street and Minnesota Avenue, has introduced a tropical pitaya passion lineup available for now only in its rewards app. Options include a Pitaya Passion smoothie, lemonade and bowl.

Head to Brandon for the Battle of the Beverages, which runs the entire month of June. Try contenders from a dozen businesses and rate your favorites here.

Here are other food and drink headlines from the past week.

SoDak Soda opens second Sioux Falls location

Coffee chain 7 Brew expanding to Sioux Falls

At 50, Crack’d Pot’s third generation maintains home-cooked tradition