<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1xzVum_1FQ7F0uN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1xzVum_1FQ7F0uN00" width="1600" height="900" ></figure>A new downtown restaurant offers something rare in Fort Wayne: a riverfront view. Mitchell’s Downtown is now open.The sports bar in the former Schaab Building just north of Promenade Park at 1216 N. Harrison St. overlooks the St. Marys River and serves scratch-made comfort food daily from 11 a.m. to midnight. The menu features smoked wings with house-made dry rubs, gourmet smash burgers, Mexican street tacos, and scratch breadsticks with warm cheese sauce. Plans call for a delicatessen on the main floor and Flashbacks Downtown on the second floor, complete with a riverfront patio.<h2>Development continuing at Electric Works</h2>Cunningham Restaurant Group, the collective behind The Marquee on The Landing and BRU Burger, is bringing three new concepts, spanning 20,000 square feet, to the Electric Works campus just north of downtown.Construction has begun at the former General Electric complex along Broadway for Fuse Box, a sports bar taking over the former Chapman’s Brewing Company space. It will seat roughly 250 guests and feature TVs, ping pong tables, and a menu of wings, smash burgers, and pizza. The Morning Current is a daytime cafe offering coffee and brunch, with seating for roughly 65 guests, that is projected to open in the spring along with Fuse Box.The third restaurant, planned for opening in the late summer or fall of 2027, will serve dinner.<h2>Throwdown at The Pearl Event Center</h2>Local chefs will compete in the 2026 Local Food Throwdown, showcasing farm-to-table flavors from northeast Indiana, Monday, Oct. 5, from 5-9 p.m. at The Pearl Event Center, 228 W. Main St.Chefs Alex Romines-Ditton, Dawn Folsom, and Tony West will compete in three rounds: appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Locally sourced drinks will be served throughout the evening, and the night wraps with a silent auction and guest voting. Tickets are $150 at neifood.org, along with more information about the event.<h2>Deer Park Irish Pub goes German</h2>Deer Park Irish Pub, 1530 St. Francis Drive, has gone German for Oktoberfest, running through Oct. 10. The celebration began Friday, Sept. 18, and continues Friday, Sept. 25 with a stein-hoisting competition and food from Matt’s Hitchin’ Kitchen.On Saturday, Oct. 10, enjoy live German music from Jay Fox from 5:30-7:30 p.m., as well as another stein-hoisting competition.And don’t worry, there will be plenty of German beer available as well as German food on Sept. 18 and Sept. 25, plus Oct. 2-3 and Oct. 9-10.<h2>Dinner series serves up Peruvian cuisine</h2>The Culture Club Dinner Series hosts a Peruvian vegan feast Saturday, Sept. 27, from 6:30-8 p.m. at A&amp;J Kitchen, 2700 Lower Huntington Road. The menu includes Chicha Morada (a purple corn drink), vegan ceviche with leche de tigre, and a pumpkin and squash stew. Dessert is traditional quinoa con leche. Tickets are available at ModernMarjorie.com.<h2>Auburn, Warsaw add Dutch Bros Coffee</h2>Dutch Bros Coffee is now open on Lake City Highway in Warsaw and on West Seventh Street in Auburn. The Oregon-based drive-thru chain is known for its high-energy service and customizable drinks, including specialty coffee, Rebel energy drinks, and fruit smoothies. <h2>Community Harvest raises $200,000</h2>Community Harvest Food Bank raised nearly $200,000 at its annual Harvest for Hope fundraiser, which translates into nearly 800,000 meals. While the total fell just short of the organization’s goal, the funds will provide critical support to food distribution programs across a nine-county region.Off the Eaten Path is the Whatzup weekly column that covers Northeast Indiana’s restaurant and food news. Send your news items to [email protected].</div></body>

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A new downtown restaurant offers something rare in Fort Wayne: a riverfront view. Mitchell’s Downtown is now open. The sports bar in the former Schaab Building just north of Promenade Park at 1216 N. Harrison St. overlooks the St. Marys River and serves scratch-made comfort food daily from 11 a.m. to midnight.

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A new downtown restaurant offers something rare in Fort Wayne: a riverfront view. Mitchell’s Downtown is now open. The sports bar in the former Schaab Buil

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