Food & Drink in Evansville

Opened in 1949 as Zesto Drive-In, Zesto flips, fries, and scoops a variety of bun- and cone-moored treats. Succulent hamburgers with pickle and onion luxuriate between the crispy edges of their buns ($1.04), and jumbo, double- and triple-jumbo cheeseburgers ($1.78–$3.75) test the structure of meat and carbohydrate architecture. The quarter-pound Big Hug burger meal embraces cheese, mayo, bun, and the nearest weeping child to murmur words of delicious comfort alongside a medium fry and drink ($5.32). Crispy seasoned fries await cheddar cheese ($2.89) and chili ($3.89), and refreshing soft-serve ice cream cascades into cones ($0.75–$1.78) and swirls itself into shakes ($2.10–$4.44). When called upon by helpless citizens, the Zesto menu strips away its burger exterior to reveal an armory of hot dogs, sandwiches, slushies, and sundaes.

Culled from classified ancestral recipes, DiLegge's mouthwatering dinner menu enchants diners with a comforting slate of Italian-American favorites. Italian grinders ensconce hearty heaps of DiLegge's homemade italian sausage and savory deli meats on fresh hoagie buns before dousing them with savory sprinkles of mozzarella and meat sauce ($5.50 for a half, $6.95 for a whole). Fragrant plates of specialty sauces, including a signature marinara ($6.95 for a medium, $7.95 for a large), garlic olive oil and herb ($6.95 for a medium, $7.95 for a large), and full-bodied pesto ($7.95 for a medium, $8.95 for a large), abide in bubbly anticipation for guests to drizzle them across their choice of angel hair, rigatoni, or mostaccioli noodles. House specialties include a piping panoply of chicken, veal, and seafood dishes ($11.95–$17.95), each served with garlic bread, combination salad, and a sepia-toned headshot of the chef.

Backed by a vast menu of assorted Italian fare, Angelo's panders to patrons with sumptuous eating options and flavors from all over Europe's boot. To extinguish hunger pangs, patrons can begin their meals with a selection of appetizers, including toasted-cheese ravioli ($6.99) and mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat ($7.99), before delving into traditional pasta dishes such as fettuccine alfredo ($12.99) and lasagna with meat sauce ($13.99). Appetites can also undo themselves with a generously portioned entree such as the chicken parmigiana ($14.99), veal in a butter-lemon white-wine sauce ($17.99), and a variety of shrimp dishes.

The Pub's squadron of servers gratifies eager appetites with a menu chock-full of convivial comestibles. Beef savants can savor a half-pound charbroiled hamburger ($7.95), slender italian beef sandwich soaking in an au jus jacuzzi ($6.95), or precisely spiced gyros zapped with tzatziki sauce ($7.25). Poultry partisans can take a breather from rehashing chicken jaywalking jokes to assuage esophagi with turkey and cheese on rye bread ($6.95) or freshly made chicken salad, fortified with walnuts and snugly embraced by a honey-baked croissant ($7.25). Or dispense with the tidiness of sandwiches and plunge mouths directly into a plate of simmering spaghetti doused with meat-infused marinara sauce ($7.95).

River City Food Co-op stocks organic and environmentally-friendly foodstuffs and household items, including organic milk, fresh produce, and locally bred beef. The health-food facility ensures its food is free of chemicals, toxins, and preservatives for promoting happier bodies and ecological systems, as well as provoking fewer attacks from MSG-fueled cyborgs.