Restaurant Roundup: Kitchen takeover, return of El Burrito, pizzas for puppies

After a successful Downtown Burger Battle run out of The Hello Hi, the food truck 605 Island Guy is serving inside the bar this month. Dinner hours, which began this week, are 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Here’s the menu.

El Burrito has reopened at The Empire Mall after being closed for a few months. It offers a menu of customizable burritos, bowls, quesadillas and tacos.

Sunny’s Pizzeria has created the Pizza-for-Puppies-Palooza pizza battle as a fundraiser this month for local pet rescue groups. Six of Sunny’s specialty pizzas have been paired with six organizations. The top three bestsellers will generate donations to the paired organizations. Sunny’s will donate $3 for each pizza sold for the winner, $2 per pizza for second place and $1 per pizza for third.

BibiSol has created a Valentine’s menu that will be served until the end of the month. Options include the Tongue Taco, Pink Chilaquiles, Braised Duroc Roast, Bread Pudding Waffle and Dessert Tamales made with marmalade. See the descriptions here.

The featured menu for February at Totally Rad Eats in Fernson Downtown includes a holdover from January. The Pickle Roll Burger was the kitchen’s entry in the Downtown Burger Battle.

The newly relocated Nunzio’s Food Hall has expanded its menu to include sandwiches — that’s a photo of the Sicilian Meatball Parm at the top of this article. The restaurant is still open for lunch only at this point. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, and 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Here at the February specials at My Place Cafe in Montrose.

The bistro in the downtown location of Pomegranate Market has created World Bowl Wednesdays. All bowls, burritos and salads are $11 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. that day. Breakfast burritos are not included.

Nautical Bowls now offers unlimited toppings on its build-your-own bowls.

Ruby Tuesday is offering a meal for two through the end of February. The dinner includes two Garden Bars, two entrees and one dessert to share. Choices on the Classic Dinner are $50, and the Ultimate Dinner menu options are $60. The restaurant also has featured cocktails and desserts that anyone can order. See the details here.

Chicken al Pastor is back on the menu for a limited time at Chipotle. The protein choice debuted three years ago. Prepared daily in small batches, it features freshly grilled chicken in a marinade of seared morita peppers and ground achiote with a splash of pineapple juice. It’s finished with lime juice and cilantro.

Another favorite has returned: Triple Pepp is back for a limited time at Papa Murphy’s. The take-and-bake pizza is topped with classic, giant and mini cup pepperonis.

Sioux Falls Food Co+op has a featured drink this month for $5. Strawberry Lassi features strawberries, Greek yougurt, whole milk, honey and cardamom.

Here are the featured ice cream flavors of February at Stensland Family Farms.

Changes in hours, service

• With its remodeling project completed, Chevys Fresh Mex reopened Friday.
• 22Ten Kitchen Cocktails is closed through Thursday for kitchen renovations.
• Gibs Sports Bar & Grill no longer serves breakfast on the weekend. Lunch specials start at 11 a.m.
• Covert Artisan Ales has opened a taproom in its brewery at 605 N. Watson Ave. The brewer had a taproom downtown for four years but closed it in late 2024. The new taproom’s hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Customers must be 21 or older.
• The east-side Attic Bar & Grill has new hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. At neighboring Ass’ociates & Co., which is for those 21 and older, hours are 3 p.m. to midnight Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday. For both, the kitchen closes at 10 p.m. on Sundays and 10:30 p.m. the other days.
• Baking up a Storm has new hours: 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Lunch is served from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Here are other food and drink headlines from the past week.

New deals, vacant space, shifting market for liquor define current restaurant market

Two restaurants to fill first building of east-side retail development

New Herbalife drink shop coming to south Sioux Falls

Seafood, Asian buffet to fill former Chuck E. Cheese