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Have you been to every restaurant in Batavia? Batavia Restaurant Madness Week is your opportunity to get out and try something new and delicious! Watch the restaurant videos to see what promotion each restaurant will be offering from March 20 - 24.
Participating locations include:
Acquaviva Batavia, Apple Villa, Batavia Creamery, Bocaditos Cafe, Briana's Pancake House, Bulldog Nutrition, Bulldog's Red Hots, Burrito Parrilla Mexicana, Charlie Fox's Pizza, Crosstown Pub & Grill, Daddio's Diner, Dimples Donuts, Doc Watson's Smokehouse, El Taco Grande, Enticing Cuisine, Fernando's Street Kitchen, FlyLeaf Bakery Cafe, Gammon Coach House, Haylie B's Bakery, Hot Pan, Limestone Coffee & Tea, Oak + Swine, Pal Joey's, Riverside Pizza & Pub, Rosati's Pizza, Swordfish, Taco Urbano, Tribella Grill, WindMill Grille & Pizzeria
Restaurant Madness Week is sponsored by Batavia MainStreet, Batavia Chamber of Commerce & The City of Batavia
- The Front Door Award - Red Hive Market
- Best Dressed Window - Special Occasions on the Avenue
- Most Attractive Interior - Wilson Street Mercantile
- Most Improved Building - The Newton House (BEI Properties)
- Best Business Neighbor - Daddio's Diner
- Rookie of the Year - House of 423
- Outstanding Sponsor - BEI Properties
- Committee of the Year - Artisan Collective (Bonnie Baumgartner, Kristen Desler, and Kristen Harding)
- Outstanding Individual Volunteers - Chris Szorc, D'ette Miller, and Suzy Ray
- Windmill Award (Volunteer of the Year) - Jeff Beck
Downtown Batavia’s Annual Egg Hop will return on Saturday, April 16. Hop around downtown businesses to find eggs for your chance to win raffle prizes and gift certificates. This free event also includes music, games, activities, and more!
Come help Batavia MainStreet provide a fun, family friendly event on Saturday, April 16! Sign up here to volunteer.
Congratulations to the newest Downtown Batavia business owners!
Make sure to follow their pages and support their incubator businesses in preparation for the 2022 Season opening in May.
The Batavia Farmers' Market features fresh produce, baked goods, plants, flowers, cheese and specialty meat vendors, honey and related farm products. Our vendors must grow, harvest and/or produce at least 75% of market products. The Farmers' Market Committee will begin reviewing applications starting March 21, so apply now.
Time is running out to register for the 2022 Artisan Collective pop-up art market! You won't want to miss out on all the fun or the sunny morning sales, river views and community vibes that come with the Artisan Collective!
Sweaters, scarves, and more are in store and available online. Each piece is truly unique, hand-knit with love and care, and will last a lifetime! 15% off knitted goods at Bocaditos Cafe this week.
Thursday, March 17 thru Sunday, March 19
Comedian Tom Cotter took the comedy scene by storm after finishing runner-up and becoming the Breakout Star from Season 7’s "America's Got Talent." Tom's other numerous television and radio credits include "The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing,” his very own "Comedy Central Presents... Tom Cotter," The Howard Stern Show, Comics Unleashed, multiple appearances on CBS’ "The Late Late Show" and Celebrity Host of “Gotham Comedy Live” on AXS-TV.
Les amis d’art - Art Friends Spring Break Art Camp for Youth in 4th - 6th Grades. Join up with “les amis d’art” (art friends) to learn about famous artists who lived or worked in France! We will create an artwork in their style and learn some French words and phrases along the way. Students will learn about: Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Vasarely! Monday thru Friday March 28 - April 1 from 9:30 am – 11:30 am. $175.00 total (materials included).
Wednesday, March 30 is the first Paint & Sip Night at Sidecar Supper Club. Pre-registering guarantees a spot, but walk-ins and to go packs are available. Paint a mini canvas of the Peace Bridge with Maria Ananieva.
Join The Wilson Street Mercantile for their First Annual Merc Madness Tournament of Batavia! Want to play along?
1. Stop by Wilson Street Mercantile at 222 E. Wilson Street and pick up a bracket.
2. Fill out your bracket and have fun appreciating all that our great city has to offer.
3. Return your completed bracket by Friday, March 18 (in person, via email, or direct message) for a chance to win $50 in Chamber Bucks.
4. Follow along as we announce the winners of each round. Will your favorite thing about Batavia make it to the finals?
Monday, May 9 - Steve Burton and Bradford Anderson are best known as Jason Morgan and Damian Spinelli from ABC’s soap opera, “General Hospital.” Fans have loved their unique friendship on screen, but their real-life dynamic is perhaps even more entertaining. Join them for a unique 90-minute show full of music, comedy, and Steve and Bradford hijinks!
The Congregational Church of Batavia is joining in the MainStreet Egg Hop by offering an Easter Eggs-perience, a fun and meaningful celebration for children and adults.
Filled Easter Eggs and face painting will be provided for the kids. There will be an opportunity to add flowers to our wire Cross, visit a prayer labyrinth and a prayer Zen garden.
The Easter Eggs-perience will take place on Saturday, April 16, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon. There is no charge, everyone is welcome.
Every Saturday from 9:00 am until 12:00 noon local vendors bring their locally grown produce, fresh baked goods, farm raised meats, skin care & wellness items, microgreens, pierogis, pizzas, homemade soaps, honey, coffee, loose leaf tea, eggs, and much more to the Indoor Market!
The market is very easy to find, right in downtown Batavia, just one block South-East of Route 31 & Wilson Street at 160 First Street.
Thank you to our Indoor Market host BEI Properties and our Indoor Market Presenting Sponsor Metronet.
Join Sidecar Supper Club for their next Beer Dinner with Three Floyds Brewing on Wednesday, March 23! $85 includes tax, 5 perfectly paired courses and brewery swag to take home. RSVP by Sunday, March 20.
Join Water Street Studios on Sunday, March 20 from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm for their monthly Artist Chat! Listen to local artists Maureen Gasek, Mays Mayhew, Bryan Danial Joseph, and Damon Rowley while they chat about their work, their history, their process and more! Come mingle with fellow art lovers, grab a drink from the cash bar and meet the artist behind the work currently on display at this free event.
Email for more information.
Batavia MainStreet | 5 E. Wilson Street, Batavia, IL 60510
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