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I hope it’s a little bit upscale more like Chicago’s Frontera. We don’t need another run of the mill mexican restaurant.
I agree. An Upscale Mexican Pl. in Metro Indy and especially downtown Indy is much needed. If this place fits that bill, it will be a huge success!
Daniel we had an upscale Mexican restaurant called the adobo grill at 110 East Washington street. You can Google it and still pull up their menu.
Maybe the demographics have changed in this place will be successful I hope so
Wasn’t there an upscale Mexican restaurant just a few doors further east that went out of business? And nada was another Mexican restaurant that just recently announced their closing.
Nada was really not that good. It was a cool spot but food was pretty average and way overpriced. I am not sure what other spot you are talking about but downtown needs a solid Mexican place
Adobo grill, 110 e Washington, it was an upscale Mexican restaurant.
Rhea, hard to believe, but the Adobo Grill closed more than eight years ago after eight years in business.
Jeff, I know but everyone keeps saying we need an upscale Mexican place downtown and we had one when downtown was much busier. And it still couldn’t survive. Of course every time I went in there it seemed like it was busy but who knows there may have been other circumstances behind why they closed
The El Rodeo chain made a try of it downtown as well on South Meridian four or five years ago, but it eventually closed as well. There are so many stock Mexican restaurants now throughout Indianapolis that the new one going into Rock Bottom will indeed need to be special to draw more than the downtown office lunch crowd (what’s left of it) and a few conventioneers.
John H. El Rodeo is awful!
They will have to upgrade the exhaust systems at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and Lucas Oil Stadium to account for all of the people who eat there before the games.
What time is your set at Helium tonight?
Michael, the Colts generate a sufficient vacuum on the field.
Oaken Barrel also outlasted all the downtown competitors.
Downtown could use good Mexican. What’s taken over the old Acapulco Joe’s spot is truly mediocre.
I think Los Arroyos on New York is excellent; just as good as the one in Carmel that is always packed but the downtown one never has a wait.
Downtown doesn’t even have average Mexican food. It’s probably too close to Taco Bell Cantina to last long, given the dietary choices of the average Hoosier.
Thank you, Reid Duffy. Care to give us some alternatives, or do you keep those as secrets lest one of us “common people” try to visit?
La Parada is the best downtown
Thumbs up for La Parada — not quite downtown, but close enough. Los Arroyos WAS good. Tlaolli on E. Washington is outstanding, like LaPa a little off the beaten path but well worth it. Pretty sure they don’t have beer or cocktails. La Margarita in Fountain Square has always been a good go-to but I think they’ve moved elsewhere. So yes, a good Mexican/Latin place without corn syrupy too-sweet margaritas and your Midwest standard fare of beans, rice, ground beef and standard tortillas smothered with cheese whatever would be a great addition in the heart of downtown.
Unlike some of the other folks posting here, I’d be in favor of a middle-range Tex-Mex kind of place. We used to live in Meridian Kessler and went to Luciana’s in Broad Ripple a lot, but haven’t found anything equivalent since moving to downtown. La Margarita in Fountain Square was good, but they have closed and moved. Of course, a real Mexican restaurant like Frontera Grill in Chicago would be awesome, but there are times when you just want something unassuming and inexpensive with big plates of chips and salsa.