It worked, thanks PinkElephant.
Not a great experience for me as a paying user, to have to essentially go 3+ days without a functioning app. The other parts of the app worked just fine, but not search, even as a developer, this fix wasn't obvious. I am no longer happy with Evernote in addition to the other issues I've been facing (performance and regression based issues). Seems the team or rather higher level management prioritizes feature over stability and functionality. It will be time to say good bye soon.