Riviera Maya Mexican Cuisine, 8657 E. 116th St., has announced plans to open a second eatery in a highly visible but long-abandoned former restaurant site near 96th Street and Interstate 69.
Standards such as Monopoly, Scrabble and Yahtzee can be found on shelves at Big Lug Brewery, Tin Roof, Thirsty Scholar and more. But some venues have gone even further—including Books & Brews and Kingmakers—are making tabletop games the centerpiece of an evening out.
The eatery at 110 W. Washington St. opened in 2011 and was operated by a Florida-based food-service veteran.
Marrow, an innovative restaurant with an eclectic menu, was co-founded by chef John Adams, formerly of Bluebeard and Plow & Anchor Restaurant.
Co-owner Ted Miller confirms financial problems drove the decision to shut down the 3-year-old brewery and a neighboring restaurant that opened in February.
The pub opened in 1933, shortly after the 21st Amendment repealed the prohibition on alcohol. Its 124-year-old home, one of the few remaining flat-iron buildings downtown, soon will be available.
A handful of local businesses signal of a renewed interest in the once-ubiquitous pinball machines that used to be a staple in restaurants, bars and arcades before they were usurped by video games.
A company that owns more than a dozen strip clubs around the country, including one in Indianapolis, is facing a federal lawsuit over allegations that it exploited its dancers by requiring them to pay fees in order to work.
Bourbon Street Distillery at 361 Indiana Ave. will serve its last customers on Friday, after 15 years in business.
Since 2015 at least five gay bars have closed in the city, about half the total. Among the casualties: the venerable Varsity, dating back to the 1940s. Talbott Street, long-known for its drag shows, also closed, as did the 501 Eagle, a bar favored by leather enthusiasts since 1986.
A Scottsdale, Arizona-based company announced Friday that it has closed on its acquisition of Indianapolis-based restaurant chain Scotty’s Brewhouse. IBJ first reported the deal in October.
Burn By Rocky Patel has agreed to take 5,500 square feet at the corner of Meridian and Maryland streets as mall operator Simon Property Group continues to fill spaces left by the departure of Nordstrom.
The deal with an Arizona-based private-equity firm could take the small Indianapolis-based chain to 200 restaurants within the next four years, including locations in Japan.
Under rules to be proposed next week, operators of foot-powered trolleys on Indianapolis streets would need to be licensed and insured. City councilors also hope to address noise complaints.
Indianapolis entrepreneur Erin Edds, former co-owner of Bloody Mary mix maker Hoosier Momma LLC, hopes to make a boozy splash with a beverage in a $116 million industry sector.
Joella’s Hot Chicken, a Louisville-based restaurant chain with four locations in Kentucky, is planning to open an Indianapolis eatery and bar in mid-September, it announced Monday.
Talbott Street Nightclub, which opened in 2002 on the city’s near-north side, announced it will quit serving patrons June 25.
Noblesville is seeing unexpected demand for three-way liquor licenses in its Riverfront Redevelopment District. Other north-side communities are determining how to distribute additional liquor licenses approved by the state.
Movie theater operators are dangling a range of new amenities—from comfy recliners to full food menus and bar service—to lure prospective customers off their couches and into the multiplex.
A study from CBRE says that by summer more than 50 microbreweries will be operating in the Indianapolis area and occupying space that otherwise might have remained vacant.
