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Statehouse Market Week 17: Down to the ‘final four’

posted by SPD Communications on September 10, 2018 Statehouse Market Week 17

There are only four more Thursdays before the Statehouse Market closes for the 2018 season!

We’re not crying, YOU’RE crying!

Ahem.

That means only four more chances to visit some of the Hoosier State’s finest food trucks, a smattering of amazing Indiana farmers, and a group of entrepreneurs who grow, bake, roast and harvest top-shelf snacks, coffee, condiments, dairy products and much more.

We’re with you; we wish the market would never end too, but the good news is that there is still time to be part of the fun.

The Sept. 13 market is the 17th event of the season, and, like always, we’ll be set-up on Robert D. Orr Plaza with an array of food trucks and vendors representing all that is good about Hoosier entrepreneurship.

We’re looking forward to seeing you as the leaves start to turn, temperatures begin to cool and we bid adieu to another wonderful summer and welcome fall. But for now, it’s still summer and that means the Statehouse Market is still in season!

Check out this week’s lineup below and join us from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the plaza!

Vendors:

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys and Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses

Wildflower Ridge Honey — Five Questions

Hot Toddy’s — Five Questions

Oberweis Dairy

Limelight Coffee Roasters — Five Questions

Jerk Chicken Bowl

Groomsville Popcorn — Five Questions

Simple Taste

Batch No. 2 — Five Questions

Food Trucks:

Nacho Mama’s — Five Questions

Rosie’s Riblets

Pi Indy — Five Questions

J & J – A Taste of Home Catering — Five Questions – This week’s featured menu item is a jerk chicken rice bowl for $10. Dish features cilantro lime rice, and mango salsa on jerk chicken, steak and shrimp.

The Legendary Kitchen — Five Questions

Pierogi Love Indy

Dashboard Diner — Five Questions

Tommie’s Ooo Weee Chicken

Gaucho’s Fire

Droopy’s BBQ – The featured item this week is barbecue nachos!

2018 SECC ‘kickoff party’ headlines Week 15 Market!

posted by SPD Communications on August 27, 2018 SECC Logo

This week’s Statehouse Market is extra special as the myriad food trucks and produce vendors will be joined on Robert D. Orr Plaza by numerous dignitaries and state employees for the formal kickoff of one of the year’s most important — and most anticipated — programs.

Indiana Department of Revenue Commissioner Adam Krupp is heading that statewide initiative — the 2018-19 State Employees’ Community Campaign (SECC). The SECC is a charitable effort that sees thousands of state employees donate to nonprofit organizations each year.

Taking charge immediately, the dynamic and driven Krupp helped set a new goal for this year’s SECC that hopes to net at least $1.5 million dollars.

Krupp’s chosen charity is Project 44, a nonprofit that encourages bone marrow donor registration at Be the Match, the goal being to connect potential donors with compatible transplant recipients. Project 44, so named in honor of former Butler basketball star Andrew Smith who wore the jersey number during his collegiate career with the Bulldogs, hopes to save at least 44 lives.

During Smith’s tenure, the team reached back-to-back NCAA Basketball Championship games.  The 6’11 center was instrumental in those tournament runs and was popular with students and fans. Tragically, the talented Zionsville native Butler faithful often called “Moose” died from an aggressive form of cancer in 2016. He was only 25-years-old.

After his passing, Andrew’s wife, Samantha, worked to create the charity that bears his number. Andrew Smith had received a bone marrow transplant in 2015 that family members believe extended his life.

The charity made news when one of the first matches facilitated through Project 44 led to a 2-year-old boy with leukemia receiving a needed bone marrow transplant. The donor? One of Smith’s Butler teammates.

That’s close to a storybook start for a nonprofit hoping to raise awareness of a life-saving process that organization members believe all-too-often goes “under the radar” of many Americans: the continual need for blood stem cell donors and recipients.

It’s truly an effort aimed at saving lives.

In addition to Project 44, dozens of other charities can be the recipients of donations from State of Indiana employees. The results of those donations are real, tangible and often come at just the right time for those in need. Read about the impact of last year’s campaign here.

SECC Krupp and Piggott

INDOR Commissioner Adam Krupp (left) meets with IDEM Commissioner Bruno Pigott. Krupp is set to lead the 2018 SECC. Pigott headed the campaign last year.

With plenty of motivation to give back to organizations that fight everything from food insecurity to homelessness, it appears Krupp’s lofty goal is a reachable one.

Last year’s campaign, which was headed by Indiana Department of Environmental Management Commissioner Bruno Pigott, brought in about $1.4 million that was divided among more than 1,600 nonprofit agencies.

Those are the kinds of stories that inspire others to do good in the communities in which they live.

This year’s kickoff will continue to highlight that important point through a series of games and events that coincide with the already-fun and festive Statehouse Market. Indiana First Lady Janet Holcomb and First Dog Henry Holcomb are expected to appear at the event, which will feature a dunk tank, a pie-in-the face event and plenty of informational booths from several charities. Samantha Smith is also set to appear at Thursday’s SECC “kickoff party.”

What’s more, several vendors and food truck owners have decided to donate a portion of their proceeds toward the SECC! Check out the links below to read all about this week’s lineup and the featured items that can be purchased to give a boost to the campaign.

Great food + helping those in need = win-win for all.

It’s sure to be a fun time,  so make plans to have lunch outside this Thursday to learn more about a great cause while enjoying the amazing eats and treats only the Hoosier State’s finest farmers and entrepreneurs can provide.

Vendors:Market Week 15

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys and Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses

Wildflower Ridge Honey — Five Questions

Uber Green Farms — Five Questions

Limelight Coffee — Five Questions — Limelight Coffee Roasters will donate $1 from each 32-oz. cold brew jug or bag of coffee beans sold Aug. 30!

Groomsville Popcorn — Five Questions — Groomsville Popcorn will donate $1 from each large bag of sea salt and kettle corn popcorn sold Aug. 30!

Simple Taste Specialty Bakery

Hot Toddy’s — Five Questions

Oberweis Dairy

Food Trucks:

Nacho Mama’s — Five Questions — Nacho Mama’s will donate $1 from every indescribably delicious mini taco salad sold Aug. 30!

Simply Divine Cupcakes — Five Questions

Droopy’s BBQ — Got a hankering for some mac ‘n cheese? How about barbecue mac ‘n cheese? Droopy’s BBQ will donate $.50 from each barbecue mac ‘n cheese dish sold Aug. 30!

Chomp’Z — Who doesn’t like a delicious tenderloin? It’s called “Hoosier Comfort Food” for a reason, after all. Chomp’Z will donate $1 from each tenderloin sold Aug. 30!

Da Blue Lagoon

Las Tortugas — Five Questions

Nicey Treat

Serendipity — Five Questions

Chef Dan’s Southern Comfort — Five Questions — Chef Dan’s will donate 10 percent of Aug. 30 sales to the SECC!

Soladine Concessions

Pierogi Love Indy

The NY Slice

We’ll see you on Robert D. Orr Plaza Thursday, Aug. 30!

It’s Week 11 and August is here!!!

posted by SPD Communications on July 30, 2018 Market Blog Week 11

Summer is going by quickly (a bit too quickly by our estimation), but there are still plenty of great market days ahead.

We’re “glass is half-full” kind of people, and at the halfway point of another great Statehouse Market season, we’re just as excited as ever.

Make plans to meet us for lunch this Thursday, Aug. 2, on Robert D. Orr Plaza. We’ll be there from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Check out the amazing lineup below for a quick preview of what to expect this Thursday!

 

Vendors:

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys and Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses – This week’s lineup includes blueberries, peaches, tomatoes, green beans, apples, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and peppers.

Wildflower Ridge Honey  — Five Questions

Uber Green Farms — Five Questions – This week’s selection includes the following delicious micro-greens flavors: Spicy Oriental, sunflowers, and Super Salad.

Limelight Coffee

Groomsville Popcorn  — Five Questions

Simple Taste Specialty Bakery — This week’s selection includes Simple Taste’s typically delicious baked goods and empanadas, along with vegan options.

Generations Pie Company — Five Questions

 

Food Trucks:

Nacho Mama’s  — Five Questions

Byrne’s Grilled Pizza

The Flying Cupcake

Droopy’s BBQ — This week’s special is the Carolina – Droopy’s famous slow-smoked pulled pork smothered in North Carolina vinegar barbecue sauce and topped with spicy slaw on a brioche bun.

Chomp’Z

Gaucho’s Fire

Da Blue Lagoon

J & J Taste of Home  — Five Questions — This week’s special is jerk chicken and shrimp pasta Alfredo for $10.

Nicey Treat

Der Pretzel Wagen

Soladine Concessions

Market marches on to Week 7

posted by SPD Communications on July 2, 2018 Statehouse Market Week 7

Celebrate your independence from a boring, banal or otherwise bland lunch by visiting the Statehouse Market this Thursday!

Almost a dozen food trucks will line up from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Robert D. Orr Plaza with a selection of cuisine we declare is delicious.

As always, this week’s vendors will bring along top-of-the-line Hoosier-grown produce and lovingly-crafted, homebaked goods sure to be the stars of any summer get-together.

We think that visiting the Statehouse Market each week is pretty much the definition of the pursuit of happiness. After the fun and fireworks of this Fourth of July, why not join us for our weekly celebration of Hoosier farmers and good, old-fashioned American entrepreneurship?

We hope to see you there!

Vendors:

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys and Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses

Hot Toddy’s  — Five Questions

Limelight Coffee Roasters

Groomsville Popcorn  — Five Questions

Simple Taste Specialty Bakery

Brick House Vinaigrettes  — Five Questions

Food Trucks:

The Twisted Sicilian  — Cucumber salad is this week’s special.

5280 Bistro

Pi Indy

Simply Divine Cupcakes  — Five Questions  Simply Divine will be offering gluten free and vegan options this week.

Droopy’s BBQ  – Special will be a Cubano Sandwich (pulled pork, honey ham, Swiss cheese, pickle and Droopy’s mustard BBQ sauce) with a bag of Grippos potato chips for $12.

Boxburger  — Five Questions

Edwards’ Drive-In Dashboard Diner  — Five Questions

Chef Dan’s Southern Comfort  — Vegetarian red beans and rice is this week’s special.

Da Blue Lagoon

Ooo Weee Chicken

Nicey Treat

Need lunch plans? Week 7 has you covered!

posted by Amber Chiapetto on July 5, 2017

After a wonderful Independence Day holiday, we want this week to go out with a bang (no pun intended)! Join us tomorrow for Statehouse Market and buy some amazing food from the food trucks and maybe some fresh produce for dinner. Be sure to watch Wildflower Ridge Honey’s presentation with their Observation Hive – a glass case full of their live honeybees. To see if your favorite truck is coming tomorrow, check out our list below:

Produce/Specialty Vendors

  • VanAntwerp’s Farm Market
  • Wildflower Ridge Honey
  • Poseys and Pumpkin
  • Oberweis Dairy
  • Biltz Greenhouses – Peaches, sweet corn, green beans, squash, onions, berries, tomatoes, and potatoes.
  • Simple Taste Specialty Bakery
  • Limelight Coffee

Food Trucks

  • Nacho Mama
  • Duos
  • BoxBurger
  • Indy Wich Truck
  • Droopy’s BBQ
  • Byrne’s Grilled Pizza
  • Soladine Concessions
  • Karma Kitchen
  • High 5 Lunch
  • Tacos Without Borders
  • Da Blue Lagoon
  • Gigi’s Cupcakes
  • Nicey Treat

All trucks and vendors listed are scheduled to appear, but the market lineup is subject to change.

Statehouse Market is part of the Invest In Your Health initiative from the State Personnel Department.

Tweets

Check out this week’s lineup! pic.twitter.com/q1kekFZVID

Yesterday from Statehouse Market's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

Locally grown, fresh produce vs. store-bought produce? Apples to tennis balls. pic.twitter.com/XundqQTaWZ

About 2 days ago from Statehouse Market's Twitter via Twitter Web App

Statehouse Market, Season 10! 📽️🎞️🎬 pic.twitter.com/p1aylNSdTR

About 5 days ago from Statehouse Market's Twitter via Twitter Web App

Could we ask for a more beautiful market day?🌞 We’re back today 10:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m here at the Indiana Statehouse! Find your lunch and a sweet summer treat 🍽🫐🥗 pic.twitter.com/bS7rOHL97o

About 6 days ago from Statehouse Market's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

Check out tomorrow's Statehouse Market lineup! @ByrnesPizza @LasTortugasIndy @pastabilitiez @ScoutsTreats @SerendipityMC @Caribbean_Taste @GvillePopcorn @kimskeylime @RiseNRollBakery pic.twitter.com/BRpfHc2Caz

Last week from Statehouse Market's Twitter via Twitter Web App

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