“From foods that honor our Scandinavian, German, Dutch
and Native American heritage to a nationally recognized culi-
nary scene, South Dakota offers a variety of dining choices to
please everyone’s palate,” says Vicky Engelhaupt, global travel
and trade representative with South Dakota Tourism.
The state’s ever-growing culinary scene offers cubed red
meat called chislic (a South Dakota specialty), artisan Italian
pasta made on a family farm in Alcester and coffee roasted in
Parker at Cherrybean Coffee Co.
“M.B. Haskett in Sioux Falls was named the best eco-
friendly/farm to-table restaurant in South Dakota by Travel +
Leisure, and Mount Rushmore Memorial serves up ice cream
that’s made using the recipe President Thomas Jefferson
brought back from France,” Engelhaupt says.
To get a taste of the culture, visitors can experience kuchen,
a custard-topped sweet bread with German-Russian roots
(unofficially the state dessert) that’s sold at several locations
throughout the state, and tanka bars, which are cranberry-
bison energy bars made by the Oglala Lakota tribe members
on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
In addition to local-fare restaurants, Engelhaupt said they
are gaining more wineries and brew pubs.
“Just as in the rest of the country, beer is booming here.
South Dakota taps the tones of golden wheat beers, rosy
Sweets, meats and drinkable treats
Chislic
Strawbale Winery
pale ales and chocolaty stouts with more than a dozen craft
breweries,” she says. “The same holds true for the dozen-plus
wineries pouring familiar oak-aged reds like Merlot, newer
Midwest-hardy varietals like Frontenac and St. Croix. Or
they’re honoring their ancestors’ backyard harvests in black
currant wine slushies or glasses of raspberry-rhubarb vino.”
Some breweries and wineries across the state include
Fernson Brewing Company in Sioux Falls, Strawbale Winery in
Renner and Firehouse Wine Cellars in Rapid City.
To learn more, contact Engelhaupt at vicky.engelhaupt@
travelsouthdakota.com or visit toursdakota.com.
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