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Multiple retailers, restaurants and other businesses and organizations recently opened or began planning new locations in the north suburbs of Indianapolis. Here’s a rundown:
1933 Lounge
Huse Culinary, the Indianapolis-based restaurant firm that operates eateries St. Elmo Steak House and Harry & Izzy’s, is preparing to open its newest 1933 Lounge on April 1 in Carmel’s Arts & Design District.
1933 Lounge will be located on the first floor of a new 43,000-square-foot, three-story mixed-use building called The Ollie at 175 S. Rangeline Road. Indianapolis-based LOR Corp. and the Carmel Redevelopment Commission worked to build the project on two acres across from the Indiana Design Center at the intersection of South Rangeline Road and First Avenue Southeast.
The 8,200-square-foot 1933 Lounge will feature seating for 200 people indoors and 70 on a covered patio, a gold-domed bar with lounge seating and a year-round heated patio. The menu will feature cocktails, steaks and seafood.
Huse opened the first 1933 Lounge in 2011 on the second floor above St. Elmo Steak House at 127 S. Illinois St. in Indianapolis. A second location opened in 2019 in Fishers District.
“Bringing the 1933 Lounge to Carmel has long been our vision, as the city embodies a deep appreciation for exceptional dining and craftsmanship,” Huse Culinary CEO Craig Huse said in written remarks. “This expansion reflects our commitment to excellence—not just in the food and cocktails we serve but in the atmosphere we create. Every detail of this space, from rich textures to inviting ambiance, was designed to offer a sophisticated yet comfortable gathering place for the community.”
The restaurant will also have eight private and semi-private dining spaces and options for gatherings from seven to 58 people. A sunroom with operable windows will be available as a private event space. The covered patio overlooking Rangeline Road will have firepits, lounge seating, outdoor dining tables, heated floors and overhead heating and fans.
1933 Lounge in Carmel will employ up to 150 people and be open 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and noon-9 p.m. Sunday.
The restaurant, which will be open only to people ages 21 and over, will be led by General Manager Wendy VanVelzen, who previously served in the role at 1933 Lounge Fishers. Jason Chesky, formerly executive chef at Harry & Izzy’s Northside, will lead the kitchen at 1933 Lounge in Carmel.
The top two floors of The Ollie, named for the grandfather of LOR CEO Adam Hill, will house office and mixed-use space. The development also includes 12 three-story, for-sale town houses with rooftop patios on the eastern portion of the site.
Cava
Cava, the nation’s largest chain of fast-casual Mediterranean-style restaurants, will open its first Indiana eatery on Friday at 11594 Whistle Drive in Fishers. The restaurant will be south of 116th Street at Fishers District.
Cava offers bowls and pitas with Mediterranean flavors, such as spicy lamb and falafel, and sides that include pita chips, feta, hummus, harissa and tzatziki.
Cava began in 2006 as Cava Mezze when it was founded by first-generation Greek immigrants Ike Grigoropoulos, Dimitri Moshovitis, Ted Xenohristos in Rockville, Maryland. Brett Schulman joined the business as a consultant in 2009 and became CEO. The four men opened the first Cava in 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland. Today, the chain has more than 365 locations.
In 2018, Washington, D.C.-based Cava Group Inc. purchased Zoes Kitchen, a larger chain of Mediterranean restaurants, for $300 million, which expanded the restaurant group’s footprint. By 2023, all Zoes Kitchen restaurants had been converted to Cavas.
Cava produces Mediterranean dips, spreads and dressings that are sold in grocery stores across the country, including Whole Foods Market.
The company reported $954.3 million in revenue in 2024, up 33% from the previous year.
Aspen Creek Grill
Aspen Creek Grill, which has locations in Greenwood and Noblesville, is planning to open a restaurant at 6031 Perry Worth Road near Interstate 65’s Exit 130 in Whitestown.
The 7,000-square-foot sit-down restaurant would have 250 seats and 116 parking spaces. The Whitestown Plan Commission approved a development plan for the restaurant on Monday.
Aspen Creek Grill has eight restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky and Texas. The restaurant’s menu includes pasta, meatloaf, steaks, country fried chicken, tacos, burgers and seafood.
Aspen Creek Grill opened in 2015 at 13489 Tegler Dr. in Noblesville and last year at 1287 N. Emerson Ave. in Greenwood.
Barry Bagels
Ohio-based Barry Bagels opened March 8 at 8684 E. 116th St. in Fishers. The location is the bagel chain’s second in Hamilton County.
Along with bagels, the shops sells sandwiches, eggels (breakfast bagel sandwich with eggs, meat, cheese and vegetables), soups, salads, desserts, coffee and other beverages.
Barry Bagels opened its first location in 1972 in Toledo, Ohio. The restaurant now has more than 45 locations either open or under development in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio.
Barry Bagels opened its first location in Indiana last year at 14250 Clay Terrace Blvd., Suite 120, at the Clay Terrace Shopping Center in Carmel.
Indy Auto Man
Indy Auto Man, a used car dealership on the south side of Indianapolis, broke ground last month on a new dealership at 17230 Foundation Parkway in Westfield.
Victor Figlin and Eugene Gorin founded Indy Auto Man in 2008 by opening their original dealership in Westfield.
Indy Auto Man’s current dealership is at 4031 S. East St. in Indianapolis
Wawa
Pennsylvania-based Wawa Inc. is planning to build a third convenience store and gas station in Noblesville.
Carmel-based JDF Development has proposed an $8 million project including a Wawa Fuel Center and a second commercial building on 3.87 acres at the Johnson Crossing Planned Development at the southeast corner of State Road 37 and East 191st Street.
Wawa has more than 1,100 locations across nine states and Washington, D.C. The retail convenience stores offer built-to-order food such as hoagies and breakfast sandwiches, beverages, coffee drinks, and, in a majority of locations, gasoline.
Kroger Marketplace
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. will break ground on a $39 million Marketplace store Thursday at the northeast corner of East 146th Street and Howe Road.
The 120,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace store will anchor a 110-acre retail and residential development on the southern edge of Noblesville.
Kroger, LOR Corp., Augusta, Georgia-based developer Southeastern and Houston-based homebuilder David Weekley Homes plan to collaborate to build Marketplace on 146th at the northeast corner of East 146th Street and Howe Road, just north of the Noblesville-Fishers boundary line.
Marketplace on 146th will feature a Kroger Marketplace store, a Kroger fuel station, commercial buildings housing restaurants and retail businesses, housing, a pond and walking trails.
Kroger has also submitted plans for a Kroger Marketplace store and a Kroger Fuel Station along the border between Whitestown and Zionsville near Interstate 65’s Exit 130.
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