mikegtomkoMar 267 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Hartford City, INBlackford County is the fourth smallest county in Indiana, the smallest in the north side of the state, and the 8th smallest in...
mikegtomkoDec 15, 20235 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Wakarusa, INFor a lot of people in Elkhart County, Wakarusa is the small town you pass when travelling from the city of Elkhart to Nappanee. On...
mikegtomkoOct 14, 20235 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Frankfort, INContinuing on my quest to blog about a tenderloin in all of the Indiana county seats, I seized the opportunity to visit Frankfort, IN. I...
mikegtomkoOct 10, 20238 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Elkhart, IN - Part 2Like I said in the part 1 version, Elkhart has too much cool stuff to just write one blog about it. On this version I take a bit more...
mikegtomkoSep 29, 20238 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Elkhart, IN - Part 1In January of 2003 a 24-year-old packed all his belongings from a 1 bedroom apartment into a moving truck and headed east for new...
mikegtomkoSep 17, 20236 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Liberty, INIn what appears to be the most patriotic town in Indiana, Liberty is the county seat of Union County. With a name like that I wouldn’t...
mikegtomkoSep 3, 20235 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Rome City, INWalking through Rome City today you wouldn’t realize that this used to be a popular resort town. The railroad used stop in town and...
mikegtomkoAug 23, 20235 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Berne, INEarlier this year, my family and I were driving home from Ohio and taking the scenic route though some small Indiana towns. While coming...
mikegtomkoAug 21, 20234 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Portland, INApparently, the preferred method of transportation in Portland, IN is by golf cart. I’ve seen golf cart friendly communities; usually it...
mikegtomkoAug 15, 20234 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Knox, IN“Man has climbed Mount Everest, gone to the bottom of the ocean. He's fired rockets at the Moon, split the atom, achieved miracles in...
mikegtomkoAug 9, 20238 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Fort Wayne, IN II - The Tenderloin Baseball GameSo you have The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, The Godfather 2, Terminator 2, even Rambo: First Blood Part 2. They all are sequels that...
mikegtomkoJul 27, 202311 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Whiting, INOver the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go. Well… there wasn’t any woods, but there is one river, a few canals, a...
mikegtomkoJun 27, 20235 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Kendallville, INIn the two and a half years of travel to Indiana towns and trying tenderloins, the city with the most feedback and fanfare has been -...
mikegtomkoMay 21, 20237 minThe Tenderloin and The Town: Columbia City, INThe Tenderloin Takin’ the day off from work to get a tenderloin. There is no better a city to do that in than Columbia City. On a...
mikegtomkoApr 26, 20238 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Kentland, INWith the start of Spring Break that featured a road trip to Southern Indiana with my son, I found myself in another easy position for a...
mikegtomkoApr 8, 20235 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Lawrenceburg, INWe finally made it all the way down by the river! With our final stop on the road trip to the South-Side, Lawrenceburg is right by the...
mikegtomkoApr 2, 20235 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Versailles, INSpring Break is almost here. Granted, we could head off to the beaches of Florida or the mountains of Colorado, but there is another...
mikegtomkoJan 22, 20236 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Angola, INIt’s January and it’s cold. Can a food / travel blog be done in the frozen tundra of Indiana winter? Maybe no Frisbee golfing, no...
mikegtomkoJan 1, 20239 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: West Lafayette, INIt’s 1996 and you wake up on a Saturday morning by a train whistle even though you aren’t aware of any tracks nearby. Followed by a song...
mikegtomkoOct 16, 20226 minThe Tenderloin and the Town: Akron, IN1,167 – This is the population of Akron, IN from the 2010 census. By far, it is the smallest town visited in this blog to date. Even...