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Much of what occurred in 2020 still resonates throughout 2021, as area business owners adjusted and adapted accordingly.

South Bend Tribune Beginning next week, fourteen downtown South Bend restaurants will participate in a two-week special many have come to know as Restaurant Week. In its 10th year, Restaurant Week was created by the Downtown Dining Association and Downtown South Bend, Inc. as a way for restaurants to collaborate with one another and to entice customers to come to downtown South Bend and try locally-owned restaurants that they normally would not. The hope, then, is to create an impression with guests that will bring them back often. Restaurants create specialty menus for the event that are ...

Four minutes before 4 p.m. on the second day since opening, a queue started to form at Smokin’ Fattys BBQ Joint in Elkhart. Customers were ready the minute the restaurant opened for the day. “There’s been a lot of buildup in the people in the community about when are we going to open,” said owner Cam Snyder. “I’m grateful. I’ve got some big shoes to fill with all the interest, and there’s a lot of passion out there for barbecue.” Smokin’ Fattys BBQ Joint at 3241 Interchange Drive, a barbecue restaurant with a Mexican flair, opened for business...