After hearing my cousin offer nothing but good reviews of The Tin Fish, I decided to try it for dinner tonight.. Located in Jennings Station of Newburgh, The Tin Fish is at the top of the hill in the back of the parking lot that the Station and Old Country Store share. Contrary to what I thought, this restaurant is actually a chain located in California, Washington, Minnesota, Florida and of course, Indiana

There is nothing spectacular about the exterior or interior, but it seems to be capturing the overall feel perfectly. Casual, understated, tasty. Outside there is porch which was filled with people sipping on beer and eating their dinners when I got there. Inside is simply decorated with a few paintings on the wall with some ocean decorations painted onto the wall.

This is not a sit and order restaurant, instead you go to the counter and order off of the overhead menu, take your number, and sit at a table of your choosing. They bring your order to you and very quickly, we waited five minutes tops. The only thing is that I wish they brought both our meals together instead of one at a time, but other tables had their food brought out together, so it may have just been us. I ordered the “Our Famous Fish Sandwich Plate” for $5.95 and my dad decided on the “Mixed Seafood Grill” for $13.95.

The Fish Sandwich is two pieces of fried cod on a toasted bun, topped with a small amount of tartar sauce and drizzle with the perfect amount of hot sauce. On the side came a sweet slaw and seasoned waffle fries. For being such casual food in a laid back place, I thought this was just outstanding, especially the fish-it was perfect! My dad’s came with small filets of salmon, swordfish, mahi-mahi as well as shrimp and scallops with a side of the sweet slaw. He said he enjoyed everything on the plate and that it had a nice spice to it. His only hold up was the swordfish, which he felt was too dense and thin.

The bulk of the menu is made up of fried and grilled platters of various seafoods ranging from tilapia and orange roughy to calamari and frog legs. For something different, they offer seafood burritos and tacos-mahi-mahi taco, anyone? Don’t worry, they also have burger and chicken entrees for land lovers as well as salads. Entrees range from $3 to $15 dollars, maybe a touch expensive for such a casual place, but then again, they have to fly all this already pricey fish in. I thought it was definitely good enough to pay that amount for and am looking forward to going back.

The Tin Fish can be found at 300 West Jennings St. in Newburgh. 812-490-7000. 7 days a week, 11am-8pm.

Happy Monday. Here’s some news.

• WFIE meteorologist Kami Boyd will be on trial today for walking out of a J.C. Penney department store with clothes she had not paid for…allegedly.
• 5 races were cancelled yesterday afternoon at Ellis Park when the power went out.
• The Alhambra is still looking for funding from Brad Ellsworth.

photo courtesy of trishoverton

Sorry I missed out on Friday evening’s activities, but I will make it up to you by listing some stuff happening on Sunday. Fair?

Saturday

• Today from 9AM to 3PM it’s Bowl For The Cure at Willow Lanes. The event is to raise money for a cure for breast cancer.
• There is live music on the back lawn of the Evansville Museum from 6PM to 8PM.
• The Evansville Bluecats are wrapping up their season at 7:05PM at Roberts Stadium. They play the Bloomington Extreme.
• The EVSC presents their summer musical, 42nd Street, at The Centre starting at 7:30PM.
• Bosko is at Club Baja starting at 10PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is playing Fast Eddy’s starting at 10PM.
• BSR is in town to play O’Brians starting at 10PM.

Sunday

• Family Fun Day runs from 10AM to 3PM at Mesker Park Zoo.
• The EVSC summer musical, 42nd Street, has a matinee at 2PM at The Centre.
• Hanover Fist is playing Smitty’s at 6PM.
• Hinder, Papa Roach, Buckcherry and The Exies are performing at Roberts Stadium starting at 7PM.
• It’s punk rock night at Lanhucks starting at 8PM.
• Club Baja has Lindsey Williams at 9PM.

Movies

New in theaters this weekend:

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
• Elisha Cuthbert’s Captivity

photo courtesy of Spin

I’ve got way too much going on with client work today, so I doubt there will be anything posted on the site today. I’ll pick back up tomorrow and catch up.

Feel free to talk amongst yourselves in the comments.

Here’s what’s going on this evening.

• There’s live music with Chad Harvey at the Duck Inn from 6 to 7:30PM.
• The EVSC summer musical 42nd Street opens tonight at 7:30PM at The Centre.
• Namasté will be playing at Time Out at 9:30PM.
• John Hussman will be playing at Ri-Ra starting at 9:30PM.
• Lindsey Williams will be at Fox & Hound at 10PM.

Get out of the house tonight. Go here.

• The Roberts Stadium hearing is at 5:30 in Meeting Room B at the stadium.
• The Film Movement Club will meet at Central Library at 6:30PM. They will be showing independent and foreign films.
• Firefly has live music this evening with Matt Kinkaid starting at 6PM.
• Crawdaddy’s has an open jam session at 9PM.
• The John Hussman Trio will be at Club Baja at 9:30PM.

Here’s what’s going on today.

• Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel unveiled a $55 million plan Tuesday for four drainage projects to lessen or eliminate flooding in a handful of the harder hit parts of the southeast side of Evansville.
• Will Kenny Chesney ever return to Evansville? It kind of depends on how the Roberts Stadium hearings go. The first one is tonight at 5:30PM.
• American Water Enterprises has issued a boil advisory for residents of Adams street between Governor and Linwood.
• If you were out around Burkhardt Road around 9PM last night, you probably saw the massive 4 car pileup.

photo courtesy of David Pfeffer

Want to do something tonight?

• Sinking Ships, Anxious Arms, Endless Battle and Brother Juniper will be at 1123 starting at 7PM.
• It’s trivia night at Ri-Ra starting at 8PM.
• Lindsey Williams is playing at Old Chicago at 9:30PM
• Are you a Guitar Hero god? Test your skills against the rest of Evansville at Someplace Else at 10PM.

For this week’s Open Thread let’s focus on local restaurants. What’s your favorite local restaurant? I’m not talking about chain restaurants that have the same boring flavor here as they do in Des Moines, Iowa. I’m talking about the Turonis’, Firefly’s and Yen Ching’s of Evansville.

What’s your favorite and why?

Use this open thread to discuss it in the comments.

The latest edition of my Courier & Press technology column is both in the print and online editions of today’s paper.

This week I discuss some of the downsides of my new Apple iPhone. Everyone has been writing glowing reviews of the device, so I wanted to focus more on the missing features and annoyances that I have found using the device for the past 10 days. You can read it by clicking here, or go pick up a copy of the paper so you can see my mug shot up close and personal.

If you want to read my past columns, check out the dotColumn archive.

New iPhone is great, but a few things could be improved

photo courtesy of Apple Inc.