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Eastside institution closing
Circle Fabric, a staple at 30th Street and Shadeland Avenue for more than 30 years, is closing for good by the end of March,
said Holly Rawlings, an owner. Rawlings said she's tired and ready to do something else. The store began as United Seatcover
at the corner of 10th Street and Sherman Drive more than 40 years ago. Its current home is at 3046 N. Shadeland Ave.
New life for Chanteclair?
Since the owners of the airport Holiday Inn announced they are closing Chanteclair to add meeting space, every day at the
French restaurant has been like New Year's Eve, said Maître de Dennis Wolbert. Final-week reservations are completely full,
including the restaurant's last night, on Saturday. The strong response has the staff, many of whom have worked at Chanteclair
since the 1960s, considering a move downtown. Wolbert said he's hoping to keep everyone together and reopen in a more attractive
location. But first, he's taking a month off to relax.
Chain pushing pearly whites
A chain of retail dental shops is moving into the Indianapolis area. Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental already has more than
150 locations nationwide and is looking to open several in Indianapolis, beginning with the south side. Deals are done for
locations along Southport Road next to a new LA Fitness, along State Road 135 near Main Street and at Southern Plaza.
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Interesting about Chantaclair moving, but it seems to me if he really wants to keep the group together, he would move quicker than taking a month off. I doubt the waiters and cooks can relax for a month without getting a paycheck...just a thought.
old-school French restaurant left in the area. Definitely not for the health
or weight conscious diner, it offers a really unique dining experience. Downtown
would be a great new location. This would have been a great addition to
the Conrad rather than the chain steak house that is in there now.
And if they are booked like it is New Year's Eve, hoefully the entire staff's pockets are stuffed with enough dough to tide them all over.
but not French, and definitely not old-school French.
Chanteclair has a ready-made patron base. With good management
and the competent wait and kitchen staff it already has, it should work
well downtown. . . .somewhere.
Do we have a retooling of the infamous, always negative Dustin here. The only thing lame about the discussions here are your sophmoric comments. The Chanteclair is a well-established, highly rated locale and rightly so. Best to them in their quest to succeed in downtown Indy.