Nov. 30, 2023

If you stop downtown for the Winter Weekends fun at the 10th Street Mural Plaza, you’ll find Chick-fil-A selling sandwiches from 1 to 5 p.m. the next three Saturdays. The Black Iris food truck will be selling coffee drinks and baked goods Friday nights, Saturday afternoons and evenings and Sunday afternoons through Dec. 17. Find hours and other details in this article.

After years of making doughnuts, Flyboy Donuts has added $5 breakfast sandwiches that are toasted fresh. All-American is sausage, egg and cheese on a glazed doughnut, and the Farmer’s Favorite is the same but on Flyboy’s homemade bread. Bacon & Gouda also has egg on homemade bread.

The Gruff Plates + Pours in Brandon has started serving brunch Sunday mornings. The Late Start menu includes PB&J French Toast, Avocado Toast, the Plain Jane with eggs, bacon, fried potatoes and toast, and Breakfast Fry Bread loaded with jalapeno cream cheese, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, cheddar cheese and a chipotle raspberry drizzle. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The regular menu also is available.

Look’s Marketplace turns into a steakhouse on Sunday nights with a featured menu. The Sunday Steak Dinner Club features prime rib and an oak-grilled filet with several a la carte sides. Serving starts at 4 p.m., and the regular menu also is available.

Following up on Maribella Ristorante’s specialty cocktail during the “Beetlejuice” run at the Washington Pavilion, the bartenders have crafted Diamond in the Rough for “Aladdin.” It includes Absolute Pear, Ciroc Apple, Italicus Liqueur, lemon and Tonic Bright seasonal tonic. Go up to the bar to see the drink change in front of your eyes.

Also celebrating the Broadway musical, limited-run Aladdin cookies are available at Mary’s Mountain Cookies. The bakery recommends calling to reserve your cookies.

You’ve likely heard of hot cocoa bombs, but Sugar Palace by Emily in Harrisburg sells Bomb Coffee to flavor drip coffee. Several options are available.

The Dive has added smoked wings to the menu on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. Flavors include Buffalo Hot Sauce, Umami, Honey Mustard, BBQ and Bourbon Peach dry rub.

Blarney Stone has new holiday specials, including homemade chili, pub mac-and-cheese, steak stroganoff, steamed clams with chorizo, jalapeno pepper pasta and Guinness gravy meatballs.

Glacial Lakes Distillery & Brewhouse has been serving fresh-baked Sunny’s Pizzeria for a while and now has its own exclusive specialty pizza. The 2 Hundred Main is topped with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms and jalapenos. The tasing room also brought back its Tuesday special: Save $5 when you buy a pizza and two drinks.

DaDa Gastropub has a new menu of fall features and seasonal cocktails. See the food below and the drinks online.

Chef Lance’s on Phillips has a new three-course menu for December.

Two brave souls have taken on the new Reaper Slice Challenge at Fat Kid Pizza – but they failed. Competitors have 15 minutes to eat a slice of pizza with a “fat kid-size” serving of reaper sauce and topped with fresh jalapenos and habaneros, two reaper sauce-smothered breadsticks and a large reaper sauce-infused drink. Anyone who eats the food and keeps it down for five minutes gets their $20 entry fee back and a free large pizza. The first person to complete the challenge also wins $100.

The signature cranberry mayo dressing at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe is featured on a sandwich and panini in December, with a BOGO offer to boot. Buy any entree and two drinks, and get a free turkey cranberry sandwich from Dec. 1-15 with the promo code TURKEYCRAN. From Dec. 15-31, the same offer applies for the Cranberry Brie Panini. Use promo code CRANBERRY. The monthly soup is roasted red pepper and smoked gouda.

After a few years on the “reserve list,” the original Merry Mack Lovin’ is back at MacKenzie River Pizza, Pub & Grill. The warm double chocolate chip cookie is served with peppermint ice cream. For each order, $1 goes to Toys for Tots.

Zooks Coffee Bar in Tea has new holiday flight boards. Get your choice of four drinks from the new holiday menu. There’s also a new “early bird” discount for any  flight. Save $5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. Reservations by phone are required for the discount and recommended for all flights.

The east-side Dunn Brothers Coffee is taking orders for Kona coffee beans for the holidays. They’re roasted to order in half-pound or pound bags, either whole bean or ground. A limited amount is available.

Applebee’s is featuring $5 Sleigh Bell Sips for the holidays.

Coffea Roasterie has three new holiday drinks: Lumberjack Latte, Cinnamon Walnut Latte and White Chocolate Mocha.

Changes in hours, service

• Sioux Valley Grille has ended its Tuesday Taco Bar. The Canton restaurant is planning other Tuesday lunch buffet offerings and also plans to bring back the taco bar sometime next year. For now, Sioux Valley Grille is back to regular hours Wednesday through Saturday.
• The Sioux Falls Food Co+op is closing a little earlier on Sundays at 6 p.m. instead of 8 p.m.
• Humble Hill Winery near Garretson has closed for the season.
• Power Plate Meals has changed hours on a couple of days. Tuesdays are now 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The Willows has new winter hours of 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wedesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Here are other food and drink headlines from the past two weeks.

Hardee’s closes multiple S.D. locations, including one in Sioux Falls

Nearly century-old Buffalo Trading Post has new owners

Cheers to the season: Your local adult-beverage guide to the weeks ahead

Downtown restaurant will expand hours to add lunch

Create-your-own pizza restaurant returning to PizzaRev space

Longtime downtown restaurant to close with retirement

Holiday cheer, 3 ways, at downtown cocktail bars ready for the season