After resigning on March 30 amid personnel issues at the high-profile eatery on East 16th Street, chef Braedon Kellner has returned to the kitchen with a stake in the business, according to one of its founders.
The high-profile eatery owned by veteran restaurateurs Peter George and Thomas Main had abruptly closed on Wednesday and Thursday night with little explanation, while posting a notice that it was hiring servers and salespeople.
In the last three years or so, development along a roughly 20-block section of East 16th Street stretching from Pennsylvania Street east past the Monon Trail has exploded.
Restaurateurs Peter George and Thomas Main had hoped to open their BBQ Barn in June, but now they’re unsure if they’ll pursue the concept at all, after experiencing costly delays.
Peter George and Thomas Main, who have helped turn East 16th Street into a culinary corridor, plan to open a Southern eatery in June next to Festiva.
The latest restaurant from Peter George and Thomas Main offers a casual-but-creative take on Mexican food.
Once highly successful restaurateurs, Thomas Main and Peter George fell on some tough times in the 2000s and ended up as housemates. That’s when they started plotting a return to the industry as partners in a new venue that became the popular restaurant Tinker Street.
Restaurateur George and business partner Thomas Main cleared a major hurdle earlier this month for their second restaurant on the street when the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission approved the building’s design.
After being welcomed with a complementary taste of moscato (cheers!), we started with the delicious Fried Brussels Sprouts ($7), shredded and mixed with dukkah spice.
George, 60, is targeting an August opening for Tinker Street, a chef-driven and plant-based concept he’s launching with business partner Thomas Main, 56, who also has a restaurant background.
