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Restaurant reviews
DINING: Broad Ripple staple expands to downtown
December 12, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe restaurant space at 15 E. Maryland St. has come a long way since its beer-drenched days as a Buffalo Wild Wings franchise.
MoreDINING: Kilroy's is here
December 5, 2009
Lou HarryKilroy's Bar n' Grill, the Bloomington college-crowd staple, comes to the big city.
MoreDINING: Appetizing name raises restaurant expectations
November 28, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisWhen you name your restaurant Oh Yumm! Bistro, you've set the bar pretty high.
MoreDINING: Taking a chance on a casino buffet at Indiana Live!
November 21, 2009
Lou HarryIndy's closest casino has revamped its dining offerings. We take a taste.
MoreDINING: Warm, inviting Italian dining with a Tyler that binds
November 14, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisI’ve driven by countless strip-mall eateries without giving them a second glance, but there always has been something
about Carmel’s Mangia! that has drawn my attention. Maybe it’s the exclamation
point.
MoreDINING: Frosting is tops at Holy Cow, Cupcakes!
November 7, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisAt this Rangeline Road cupcakery, it's the sweet stuff that counts.
MoreDINING: Zionsville's Oobatz! earns its punctuation
October 31, 2009
Lou HarryNew restaurant serves up pizza, pasta and more.
MoreDINING: Beyond the bread at new Northside bakery
October 24, 2009
Lou HarryWe finish off our 86th and Ditch month of reviews with treats from Great Cooks: The Bakery.
MoreDINING: At 86th and Ditch, a revamped pearl among bistros
October 17, 2009
Lou HarryThird in a series of reviews near the north-side intersection.
MoreDINING: Eclectic menu highlights flower-powered eatery
October 10, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisIt may be situated smack-dab in the middle of a strip mall, but Tulip Noir is not just another cookie-cutter eatery serving
up the same old food
MoreDINING: 'Bucket' pales next to others at busy intersection
October 3, 2009
Lou HarryThis month, we’ll hit a quartet of recent restaurant arrivals near the already competitive culinary intersection
of 86th Street and Ditch Road. First up: Rusty Bucket Corner Tavern.
MoreDINING: In Whitestown, a culinary wonder
September 26, 2009
Lou HarryFourth in IBJ's month-long series of reviews of reborn cafes. This week: L.A. Cafe.
MoreDINING: New IMA eatery keeps things new
September 19, 2009
Lou HarryThe menu changes weekly at the Indianapolis Museum of Art's new eatery, Nourish.
MoreDINING: Soup is center stage at revamped downtown eatery
September 12, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisCafe Zuppa fills in for the departed Gabriel's Cafeteria, offering an ample—and ambitious—menu.
MoreDINING: Canal eatery recreated
September 5, 2009
Lou HarryIt’s called Creation Cafe (337 W. 11th St., 955-2389), but a better name for the restaurant at the top of the downtown
canal might be Re-creation Café.
MoreDINING: A worthwhile stop on the road to IU
August 29, 2009
Lou HarryEven the most hard-core local-restaurant advocates make exceptions when they hit the road. But on a recent drive, I found
an alternative to fast-food pit stops.
MoreDINING: Tomato fare at the fair
August 17, 2009
Lou HarryHow do the five finalists in the Indiana State Fair signature food competition hold up for our taste-testers?
MoreDINING: Iaria's name may provide jokes, but Italian classics satisfy
August 10, 2009
Lou HarryIaria’s Italian Restaurant has been around since 1933, but that’s no reason to feel guilty
about making fun of its name. Go on, chuckle about how it’s only a slightly better name than “Isintary.”
You are forgiven.
MoreDINING: I Love Sushi feeds raw fish ardor
August 3, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisWhen we chose our review theme for August—The “I”s Have It—I jumped at the
chance to try I Love Sushi.
MoreDINING: The Eiteljorg cafe where soup is always on
July 27, 2009
Lou HarryIf all outdoor dining were as comfortable and stress-free as Sky City Cafe's, maybe I'd do it more often.
MoreDINING: We'll take sushi over cigars, now and Zen
July 20, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisThis week, our exploration of the city’s cultural district dining took us to Mass Ave, where the culinary cultural
offerings just might outnumber the artsy fartsy stuff. Our destination: Bu Da Lounge (429 Massachusetts Ave., 602-3643), which
bills itself as an Asian-inspired cigar bar but is generating buzz for its sushi selection.
MoreDINING: (Piz)'Za made for the middle of the night
July 13, 2009
Lou HarryIf you’re in Broad Ripple and hungry for pizza, you’ve got lots of options. But what do you do if it’s the
middle of the night on a Thursday and you and your entourage have the munchies? Well, for that very specific
demographic group of pizza eaters, there’s now ’Za, which is open until 4 a.m. Wednesday
to Saturday.
MoreDINING: Backward-named eatery, forward-thinking fusion
July 6, 2009
Lou HarrySearch the Web for Naisa and you may come up with the North American International Auto Show or the Native American and Indigenous
Studies Association. Neither has anything to do with the new Naisa Pan-Asian Cafe (1025 Virginia Ave., 602-3708), where the
name comes from simply reversing the letters in the word Asian.
MoreDINING: Upscale eatery makes its mark on Shelbyville casino
June 29, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisOne of just three Maker’s Mark restaurants in the country—the others are in Louisville, Ky., and Kansas City,
Mo.—the upscale eatery would have been a good fit in downtown Indianapolis or in one of the suburban dining-and-shopping
meccas.
MoreDINING: Game on at food-and-play spot
June 22, 2009
Lou HarryWhen you play Skee-ball and aim for the
100-point hole, you miss most of the time. However, if you aim for the 30, you have a much better chance
of scoring. You might not get a high score, but you'll win enough
tickets to want to play again. How does that translate into my dining
experience at the new Dave & Buster's?
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First, let me say that I love the idea of communities being self-sufficient and people in the community not needing cars, living, working and shopping all in their neighborhood. To sum it up; I love good urban planning and hate urban sprawl. However, there are two reasons that I am against this development. First, this building doesn't fit. Density can occur in Ripple by building up top the street and better use of land. The scale of this project should be downtown. Secondly, I would be willing to bet that if a whole foods in Ripple is built, the Nora store would be closed. Here's my reasoning. The Nora Whole Foods expansion plans have been put on hold. I'm guessing they are waiting to see what happens with the Ripple proposal. Communities next to each other should work together to end sprawl and not work against each other and take other neighbors assets. Develop something both communities can be proud of and will attract more development and density. There's my soap box for the day.
My apologies, Lou - it was the Indy Star that printed cost for entertaining "celebrities" during Indy 500. Sorry for confusing the always timely IBJ with Indy's Gannett reprint news source.
That's fine if you want a grocery store that has festivals and live music. I guess with the prices they charge, they can afford to host such activities. As for me, I choose to spend my money more wisely and if I want to go to a festival or a concert, I will pay for that separately - not through my grocery bill.
TIF is not just to attract development but to attract a higher use for that development. Carmel wisely is using TIF for numerous public parking garages. Asphalt seas of parking pay little taxes and bring even less value to a commercial area. Also density is what is going to save Indy and Broad Ripple. The days of trying to compete with burbs are long gone.
The Prestige was an awesome movie.