The State of the City event offers an opportunity for residents and business owners to learn more about the workings of the City in a relaxed setting.
2026 State of the City
The 2026 State of the City event will be held on Thursday, January 29, at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Before the main event, enjoy a reception featuring a cash bar and a sampling of appetizers courtesy of local Hopkins restaurants.
Attendees are asked to bring a monetary donation or non-perishable food item for the local ICA food shelf.
The reception will be held from 5 to 6 p.m., with the State of the City program beginning at 6 p.m.
Featured restaurants
- A to Z Creamery – Ice cream
- Bear Cave Brewing – Chicken wings and spinach dip
- Brasa – Pulled Pork Sliders with green sauce, pickles, and cilantro
- Driskill's Downtown Market – Bakery sweets
- Hendrix & Siena – Chicken parm bites with tomato-basil chili crisp and Grana Padano cheese
- Pink Ivy Kitchen and Bar – Rosemary biscuit with sausage wild rice gravy
- Pizza Luce – Elote pizza (original and vegetarian)
- Pub 819 – Chicken Marsala orzo and kielbasa macaroni and cheese
- Thirty Bales – Paul Bunyon drummies with mustard bbq
- Wild Boar – Tex Mex rolls and wontons