Dec. 7, 2023

Papa Woody’s Wood Fired Pizza has two new offerings: a Sunday brunch buffet and a lunchtime salad bar Tuesday through Saturday. The brunch buffet is served from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features breakfast pizzas and then specialty pizzas later in the day, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage, breakfast potatoes, hashbrowns, hot pasta dishes and breadsticks. There are omelet and crepe stations and the salad bar. Some of those items may change from week to week. The price is $21 for those 11 and older, $14 for kids age 4 to 10 and free for those 3 and younger.

Since the massive salad bar can’t be moved easily, Papa Woody’s decided to use it for a quick lunch option. In addition to typical salad bar fare, it includes breadsticks, chili and two soups, with rotating flavors. It’s available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $14.

Breadsmith has started stocking its breads in all the Lewis Drug locations in Sioux Falls except for downtown. The locally owned franchise bakery, which has four locations, fills the Lewis shelves Monday through Saturday. Varieties include honey white, honey wheat, French, Cinnamon Cobblestone and a seasonal bread. Sioux Falls Food Co+op and Pomegranate Market also carry Breadsmith breads.

Now that the owners of the Taco de Gringo food truck also have Kenards Grille in The Gaslight Lounge, the food truck will have two identities this winter. Ken and Calain Leonard have several dates lined up at Buffalo Ridge Brewing in Hartford and Blind Butcher Brewing Co. near Larchwood, Iowa, so they’re going to rotate the two menus. Saturday, the Kenards Grille menu will make its debut at Blind Butcher. Follow Tacos de Gringo and Kenards Grille on Facebook to find dates.

CH Patisserie is featuring a limited edition Christmas macaron box. It includes two gingerbread, two eggnog and two peppermint mocha macarons. Those flavors are available only in the collection.

The Smoked Culture BBQ & Brews has expanded its offering of ribs from Tuesday dinner to every night it’s open, starting at 4 p.m. Get a full or half-rack with two sides, a bun and pickles. Diners can’t order the ribs online because they’re likely to sell out.

Here’s a look at the featured food and drink menus for Tinners and Tinners North.

New entrees at Chef Lance’s on Phillips include steak and frites, pesto cavatappi, sea bass Florentine, honey and balsamic chicken, and grilled rack of lamb.

Buy the burger of the month at Wileys through Dec. 20 and $1 from each purchase will go to the Holidays Gifts for Kids effort from Sioux Falls Jaycees. December’s burger is BBQ Blues, with a 6-ounce patty, bacon, goat cheese, pickled red onion, arugula and a housemade blueberry jalapeno barbecue sauce, all on a toasted brioche bun. Customers also can drop unwrapped toys in a box by the door.

New tasting menus for December, Treat Yourself, are available from Harvester Kitchen by Bryan. One is plant-based, and the other features meat and fish.

Every Thursday in December, the culinary team for Myrtle’s Fur Vault & Bar will feature a late-night street food. Up this week: pork or mushroom bao with pickles, cabbage, cilantro and sesame.

Stop by SoDak Soda for photos with Santa and a free cookie from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. Each child will receive a mini candy cane frosted sugar cookie. In addition to gourmet sodas, the shop serves gourmet hot chocolate and cider.

Look’s Marketplace is offering a free educational event Saturday to help customers prepare for the holiday season. Holiday Table will include demonstrations, samples and holiday entertaining tips. Hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Fat Kid Filly’s is throwing a Christmas Party from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Big J’s Roadhouse in Humboldt. There will be a freewill donation meal, live music with Collin Donley, a silent auction for LifeScape and contests for the best ugly sweater, holiday costume and festival beard.

Sanaa’s 8th Street Gourmet is having a Syrian breakfast Sunday to raise money to feed Palestinian children in Gaza. All of the proceeds will go to the effort. The meal will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sioux Falls Chef is hosting a holiday open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday with samples, hot cocoa and a visit with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. The prepared-meal shop at 2210 W. 69th St. has a new offering this year for the holidays: treat trays with bing bars, salted nut rolls, spritz cookies and more. While the trays are stocked on the shelves, order ahead with a 48-hour notice to reserve one. The holiday menu with everything from single-serve entrees and family-size breakfast dishes to cheesecakes and truffles is available for ordering by Dec. 21, with pickup or delivery Dec. 23.

Severance Brewing Co. and Oh My Cupcakes are teaming up for a beer and cupcake pairing event Tuesday. Merry & Bright and Warm & Toasty flights will be offered, each with four beers and cupcakes. Get the menu details, and pre-order flights here. They’ll be served from 5 to 7 p.m.

Here’s a look at the holiday drinks being offered at Central Dakota Perk in Tea and Harrisburg.

The seasonal cocktail lineup at MacKenzie River Pizza, Grill & Pub has a new addition: The Bad Santa with Sailor Jerry spiced rum, cranberry juice, fresh squeezed lemon juice, cinnamon simple syrup, ginger beer, a cinnamon stick and fresh mint.

Here’s your chance to try an award-winning beer from Lupulin Brewing Co. The brewery has won a couple of awards for its Doppelbock, but by the time that has been announced, the beer is gone. It was a gold medal winner in the 2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship and bronze medal recipient in the 2020 Great American Beer Festival. It’s available on tap and in four-packs to go. The German-style Doppelbock Lager originally was brewed by monks.

The Apple Grande is back on the menu at Taco John’s for the holiday season. A fried flour tortilla is coated with cinnamon sugar and topped with warm apple filling, shredded cheddar and sprinkle of red cinnamon candy dust.

The traveling food truck On the Hook Fish & Chips is back in Sioux Falls this week. Find it from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot at Tractor Supply Co. on North Cliff Avenue.

Changes in hours, service

• EightyOne Arcade Bar has added hours on Wednesdays. It’s open from 5 to 11:30 p.m., which also are the hours Thursday and Sunday. Hours on Friday and Saturday are 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunny’s Pizzeria isn’t available on Wednesdays.
• Because of ongoing scheduled maintenance, TapHouse 41 will be closed Mondays for the next several weeks.

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

Starbucks opens at Lake Lorraine

New shop from Giliberto’s owners features frozen treats, snacks

New Thai restaurant features express service

New retail center at 69th & Cliff to fill with restaurant, service tenants