EventsDowntown Sioux Falls Pork Showdown 2025
October 1 - October 31
Event Overview:
Dates: October 1 – October 31, 2025
Location: Participating Downtown Sioux Falls Restaurants
Admission: Free to participate; menu prices vary by location
Event Description:
Prepare your taste buds—Pork Showdown is bringing the sizzle back to Downtown Sioux Falls! Throughout the month of October, local chefs go head-to-head in a delicious, Downtown competition celebrating the most creative, savory, and mouthwatering pork creations.
Diners are invited to try featured pork entrées at participating downtown restaurants and vote for their favorites based on flavor, presentation, and originality. From bold barbecue to upscale twists on comfort classics, each dish showcases the culinary talent that makes Downtown Sioux Falls a foodie destination.
Highlights:
- Pork-Focused Creations: Every dish puts pork in the spotlight—ribs, chops, sandwiches, tacos, and more!
- People’s Choice Voting: After sampling, vote for your favorite dishes at: passport.DTSF.com
- Support Local: Every bite supports Downtown restaurants and celebrates local flavor.
- Try Them All: Track your tasting journey and challenge yourself to try every pork contender!
2025 Participating DOWNTOWN restaurants include:
BibiSol Kitchen, Big Sioux Burger, Blarney Stone – Sioux Falls, Boki European Street Food, Bread & Circus Sandwich Kitchen, Cascata, Chef Lance’s On Phillips, Crawford’s Bar and Grill, DaDA Gastropub, Dahlia Kitchen and Bar, Fernson Downtown, Josiah’s Coffee House, Ironwood Steakhouse, La Luna Cafe, Maribella, Monk’s Ale House, Ode To Food and Drinks, PAve, Perch, The Phillips Avenue Diner, R Wine Bar, Remedy Brewing Company, Rivage Oak Kitchen, Shenanigan’s, Parlour Ice Cream at the Pavilion, and The Lodge Bar & Grill at Jacobson Plaza.
Sponsors:
Pork Showdown is sponsored by the South Dakota Pork Producers Council
Additional Information:
Voting: Online voting will be open throughout the event at: passport.DTSF.com
Social Sharing: Share your pork picks and foodie photos using #PorkShowdownDTSF for a chance to be featured.
Dietary Note: Dishes may vary in spice level and preparation—check with individual restaurants for ingredient info.
Savor the season with pork perfection! Whether you’re a BBQ buff or a bacon connoisseur, Pork Showdown 2025 is your chance to eat local and crown a champion of flavor in Downtown Sioux Falls.
LIST OF DISHES:
- Pozole, @ BibiSol Kitchen: A pork and hominy in a dried chili pepper broth, garnished with radish, onion & lettuce, and served with lime wedges and chips
- The Pulled Porker Burger @ Big Sioux Burger: giardiniera aioli, cheddar cheese, pulled pork, spicy barbecue sauce, fried onion curls and house pickles on a corn bread bun.
- The Porkie O’Smash Burger @ Blarney Stone: Two grilled four-ounce seasoned ground pork smash patties atop shredded lettuce and pickle chips on a toasted bun. Topped with smoked cheddar, bacon, pickled red onion and chipotle cream sauce.
- Dongpo Pork Bowl @ Bread & Circus Sandwich Shop: Soy Braised Duroc Pork Belly from Creekstone Farms, Sauteed Bok Choy w/ Lemongrass, Smashed Cucumber Salad & Rice
- Cascata Pork Chop @ Cascata Italian: Compart Farms Duroc pork porterhouse with a peach and grain mustard glaze, served with buttery whipped potatoes.
- The Pulled to Perfection Burrito @ Chef Lance’s On Phillips: Slowly-braised pork, bell peppers and latin cheeses, baked in green chili sauce and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, Queso, and jalapeños.
- Bavarian Echoes @ Crawford’s Bar and Grill: Crisp-edged pork belly glazed in hot honey alongside charred pork tenderloin, set over truffled potato purée. Autumn herbs and a spiced vinaigrette weave brightness through layers of tomato jam, mustard caviar and pickled onion relish. Finished with pretzel crumb and almond brittle for a Bavarian nod.
- Mojo Pork Hoagie @ DaDA Gastropub: Sourdough hoagie with Mojo pork, butternut squash aioli, fried onion strings, garlic herb butter, mustard cheese and house pickles.
- Pork Carnitas Tacos @ Dahlia Kitchen and Bar: Thinly sliced pork carnitas with salsa verde, chopped onion, jicama slaw, and cilantro in a flour tortilla.
- A Pork Roll Breakfast Sandwich @ Fernson Downtown and Totally Rad Eats: The breakfast sandwich is an Olympia Provisions pork roll, fried egg, grainaise and New School American on a Big Marty roll.
- Oktoberfest Dunkelwurst @ Fernson Downtown & Totally Rad Eats: Olympia Provisions dunkle wurst, grainaise, New School wiz, sauerkraut, on a pretzel roll.
- The Iron Boar @ Josiah’s Coffee House: Angus beef patty stacked with savory smoked pulled pork and layered with smoky gouda, creamy Swiss, caramelized onions, stone-ground Dijon mustard and shredded cabbage on a pretzel bun.
- A Crispy Pork Schweinshaxe @ Ironwood Steakhouse: Spätzle, mornay, bacon-braised kale and pork jus.
- Pizza al Pastor @ La Luna Cafe: Pizza with a pineapple-infused base, mozzarella and our signature Al Pastor-marinated pork. Includes oven-roasted pineapples, avocado-lime and house-red salsas and finished with red onions and cilantro on a homemade crust.
- Braciola di Maiale @ Maribella Ristorante: Grilled tomahawk pork chop topped with a fig onion pancetta jam and served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.
- Bay of Pigs Grinder @ Monk’s Ale House: Hot Italian sausage link, Compart ham, bacon, provolone, pickles, grainaise and a bacon fat aioli on a hoagie bun with potato salad.
- Guiness-Brined Pork Chop, @ Ode To Food and Drinks: Hand-cut, Guiness-brined bone in pork chop over cheddar mashed potatoes topped with grilled asparagus & apple beurre blanc
- Pork Yeah! @ PAve: Char Siu pork lettuce wraps with butter lettuce, Jasmine rice, Char siu marinated pork, shoestring carrots, shredded radishes, crispy chow mein noodles and green onion.
- The Carne Adovada Benny @ Perch: Red chile braised pork shoulder, two poached eggs, hollandaise, pickled red onion and cilantro on an English muffin.
- Franken Pork Nachos @ The Phillips Avenue Diner: House-smoked Cuban pork shoulder atop sidewinder fries, topped with Queso, smashed avocado, pickled jalapeños and finished with a drizzle of poblano crème.
- BBQ Bee Brat Sandwich @ Remedy Brewing Co: Warm french bread, beer barbecue pork brat burnt ends, roasted garlic cream cheese, queen bee onions and curry ketchup dipping sauce.
- Our Little Secreto @ Rivage Oak Kitchen: Iberian secreto with duck-fat fondant potato, charred endive, honey-poached fig chimmichurri, tomato confit, and chili threads.
- Sunset Pork @ R Wine Bar: A bone-in pork chop glazed with orange hibiscus sauce, served over parmesan corn gnocchi with two crispy corn ribs, finished with espelette and a fresh orange wheel.
- Snap, Crackle, Bacon @ Shenanigan’s: Crispy pork belly bites in a rice-crispy crust, drizzled with raspberry–jalapeño glaze, topped with cilantro, pickled onion petals and powdered sugar.
- Hog Heaven @ Parlour Ice Cream at the Washington Pavilion: Caramelized pork belly rolled into brown butter ice cream, with bourbon candied pecans and bourbon caramel, served between two chocolate chip pecan cookies.
- Italian Grinder @ The Lodge Bar and Grill at Jacobson Plaza: Chopped Italian sausage with mozzarella, marinara, basil and giardiniera on a toasted hoagie bun.
