Downtown Fun

I'm always amazed to hear someone refer to downtown South Bend as "dead."

While there is still work to be done, as a single thirty-something with single friends, downtown is the first place we head when we want to eat great food and enjoy great shows & music.

The Vine, Siam Thai, Fiddler's Hearth, NoMA, LePeep, SB Chocolate, Higher Grounds, Chicory Cafe, Carmela's/Macri's are the highlights for us, but not the limit of what downtown offers.

You have to go to Chicago or Indy to find the entertainment we get on a regular basis through the great work of the Morris & DeBartolo staffs - everything from Broadway to metal to classical & modern dance, and BB King to boot, and I don't think they get enough public recognition for the work they've done to make South Bend what it is.

And South Bend Civic Theatre, one of the best community theatres in the state!

Anyway, I could go on about the local parks and growing bike/recreation lanes, museums, the increasing number of art galleries & studios, in addition to our own art museum (whose community class offerings exceed those of the Indianapolis Art Museum), and the art & music festivals which are increasing in number.

If this is South Bend "dying" someone please tell me what was here 15 years ago?

Submitted by Jennifer