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The Feed: Restaurant Awards, Dining With Dogs, Steak & Shake Switch
Indianapolis chef Jonathan Brooks Groundbreaking chef Jonathan Brooks of Windsor Park’s Beholder (1844 E. 10th St., 317-419-3471) has once again landed in the national culinary spotlight, earning a...
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The Feed: Food Delivery Fees, Big Chicken News, Recall At Yat’s
Yat’s chili cheese etouffee. Is there a chain with a more fervent fan base than Yat’s? Joe and Regina Vuskovich’s original location at 54th Street and College Avenue has since expanded to outposts...
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Taste Test: Green Space
(1) Garden Table –The Rachel From Friends Salad Rumor has it Jennifer Aniston ate the same lunch every day for 10 years. So can you, with GT’s mix of chilled quinoa, feta, cucumber, chickpeas, mint,...
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The Feed: Chain Mexican Boom, Egg Surcharges, Hotel Dining
Caffè Buondì’s Anna frittata might soon be worth its weight in gold. The big egg squabble is only beginning. As has been widely reported, Georgia-based chain diner Waffle House (which boasted 24...
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Labor Pains
THERE’S A LINE OUT THE DOOR every morning at the Starbucks at 430 Massachusetts Ave., and even more people queue up every day at its to-go window. These customers, whether they know it or not, are...
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Swoon: Safe Passage
AFTER CHEFS Erin Kem and Logan McMahan took over Nicole-Taylor’s Pasta + Market + Backroom Eatery in 2023, they slowly started to transform the venerable spot. Its biggest change will manifest this...
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Common Grounds
IT’S AROUND 8 p.m. on a Sunday, long after most coffeehouses in the city have turned their chairs over their tables and swept the floors. At this late hour, even the most ardent coffee fans have...
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The Feed: Downtown Dinner Theater, Chocolate Company Shutters, Bee Coffee Sold
Newfangled Confections owner Carrie Abbott and her famous Frittle. Dinner and a show is coming to the Murat Shrine Center. As the IBJ notes, the south half of the distinctive building at Michigan...
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First Bite: A Joyful Noise
AFTER YEARS OF POP-UPS and having to use a shared space for their business, husband-and-wife restaurateurs Tom Nguyen and Rachel Burnett dreamed of a standalone storefront. After an ambitious...
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Review: Chipping In
SANDWICHES, SALADS, AND HEARTY SOUPS often popped up on the menu at Tilly’s Tea Room, Sharon Moore’s longstanding cafe inside The Fashion Mall’s Saks Fifth Avenue. So when a real estate agent offered...
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Against The Tide
THE IRONY that his sustainability-focused business Amberson Coffee & Grocer operates from inside a former gas station isn’t lost on founder Hugo Cano. On a list of environmentally unfriendly...
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Making Space
“I’VE ALWAYS WANTED to run a shop that was considered a third space,” Skyler Balta says. All her life, the 26-year-old says, she had obsessed over creating an informal social space where people can...
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Foodie: The Lasagna Lady
STEPHANIE DAILY’S childhood as an Indy food scion is one of the reasons she vowed she’d never open a restaurant. Her grandparents owned Dunham’s Prime Time, a Carmel prime rib and seafood hot spot for...
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The Feed: Benyue Closes, Iozzo’s On Jefferson Opens, Pasto Italiano Changes...
The view from Astrea, the rooftop bar at the InterContinental Hotel. Credit: Eve Batey Two new high-end restaurants just opened right off Monument Circle. You likely saw the deluge of coverage about...
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The Feed: Four New Indy Restaurants To Try (And Nine More To Look Forward To)
A dish from Salt, which is opening a new Carmel location in spring 2025. Indy’s restaurant opening season is definitely picking up, with four new restaurants to try this week, two more with grand...
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Great Bakes: Pie
Photography by Tony ValainisPhotography by Tony Valainis Pots & Pans Pie Co. With its reputation for creative spins on traditional favorites, Pots & Pans delights in pushing the boundaries of...
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The Feed: Crab Rangoon, Indy Fish Fries, Drinking At The Airport
A rendering of the Westin Indianapolis Airport. Credit: Courtesy photo, Indianapolis International Airport Sidedoor Bagel is getting some more East Coast love. The bagel shop at 1103 E. 10th St. has...
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Review: Lone Pine
THERE’S SOMETHING COOLLY Darwinian about the decor at Lone Pine, Josh Mazanowski’s Carmel City Center steakhouse. In the narrow downstairs dining room, a painting by prolific local landscape artist...
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Foodie: Asaka Japanese Restaurant
SITTING IN Asaka Japanese Restaurant’s dining room, diners glimpse Indy sushi chef Nina Takamure alongside her father, Tsutomu. Since 2009, the duo have worked together: She handcrafts the nigiri and...
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Cheers: The Alchemist
Photo by Tony Valainis WHEN NICOLE and Cody Neville learned West Fork Whiskey Co. was shuttering its Kennedy-King tasting room, it felt like a sign. The area residents own the Red Lion Grog House in...
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