The backyard chicken coop craze is catching on from Carmel to Irvington. Here is everything you need to know to join the flock. Feed Store:
The only chicken feed store inside the I-465 loop, Backyard Birds (2374 E. 54th St., 317-255-7333) also hosts classes on raising them.
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St. Elmo Steak House (127 S. Illinois St., 317-635-0636) is shooting for a Labor Day weekend opening of its $1.8 million renovation. The redo will convert the 3,000-square-foot second story of the 109-year-old restaurant into a bar/lounge area featuring a 10-person private dining room and Prohibiton-style lounge. The lounge area will have a fireplace and TVs, making it more of a
Kevin Matalucci, longtime Broad Ripple Brewpub brewer, is teaming up with his wife, Tracy, to open Twenty Tap at 54th Street and College Avenue. The new taproom will feature, fittingly enough, 20 kinds of draft beer, including Sun King, Bloomington Brewing, and New Albanian. Matalucci, who has been in the brewing business for more than 17 years and has worked at Broad Ripple Brewpub for 18, plans to have the taproom open by early August.