The restaurant emerged 11 years ago in a previously abandoned Fletcher Place building, immediately gathering accolades and contributing to the city’s ascent as a culinary destination.
The husband-and-wife team of Dan and Anna Cage will add the bar, called Nowhere Special, to a portfolio that includes Broad Ripple restaurant Ambrosia, Fall Creek Place restaurant Bocca and Fountain Square speakeasy Commodore.
The restaurant’s co-owner, Kanlaya Browning, co-owns 10 Thai restaurants, nine of which are in the Indianapolis area. Oishii will offer a fusion cuisine of both sushi and ramen.
Breadworks, a Greencastle-based bakery and restaurant, is opening an outpost this fall at the former home of Locally Grown Gardens on 54th Street, thanks in large part to a strong connection with late Indianapolis chef Greg Hardesty.
Hardesty, described as “the godfather of the Indianapolis culinary scene,” is widely credited with having launched the careers of numerous Indianapolis chefs who went on to open their own restaurants.
Carlos Salazar is using his new outpost at The Yard at Fishers District to test ideas. He eventually hopes to open a full-service restaurant in Fishers.
Local restaurateur Neal Brown has scrapped plans to open what he had planned to call Midtown Brasserie in a 73-year-old art deco building at 215 E. 38th St.
Daredevil’s new site, to be called Daredevil Hall, will be in a hotel on the city’s north side. It will include a taproom and a restaurant run by local restaurateur Neal Brown.
One day after shutting down his upscale southern European eatery in the Mass Ave district, local restaurateur and chef Neal Brown disclosed he was moving on to an even bigger project in partnership with former Angie’s List CEO Bill Oesterle.
Moontown Brewing Co. has transformed the former home for secondary education into a taproom with 15 brewing barrels. A full restaurant is in the works.
The Chicago-based pizza chain has started construction on its third Indianapolis restaurant, a former Max & Erma’s, while Weekends Only prepares to open its second local store, in a former Kroger supermarket.
Cerulean, LongBranch and Barcelona Tapas are among the eateries that closed, but Indy welcomed Burger Study, Crispy Bird, Open Society Public House and more.
Martha Hoover’s latest creation, a Southern-style fried-chicken joint, begins serving Thursday, while the new eatery from local tastemaker Neal Brown prepares for a January debut.
