Julia Spalding

Everything—even a small Aveda shop—is positioned around a pool that’s under a peaked glass greenhouse ceiling.

Some suggestions for Barack Obama’s Indianapolis meal plans.

Salvaged barn wood, weathered to a fine patina. A hostess stand behind an ancient baling press. Servers in crisp denim aprons. Are we really in Greenwood?

The shrimp cocktail is very good—let’s get that out of the way. The real reason why downtown’s 113-year-old chophouse still thrives: It’s the steak.

A dramatic glassed-in wine closet spans an entire wall, like a Barney’s display window, and the female servers wear hemlines well above the knee.

The biggest draw at this landmark eatery is its 32-ounce bone-in prime rib, a meltingly tender slab of beef rimmed in fat.

Which inexpensive steaks are worth the effort? Get the scoop.

Ladies and gentlemen, starch your engines for this tasting guide.

After months of anticipation and a slow, sexy rollout that included a series of preview brunches, Milktooth was finally ready for business in October.

What’s your poison? Hotel Tango, a new artisan distillery in Fletcher Place, has it.

Check out this locally sourced meat-and-cheese board perfect for holiday parties.

Under sandwiches, fried bologna and a BLT made with fried green tomatoes have enough Southern flair to give a person the vapors.

He will emerge from restaurant retirement to open a 72-seat vegetarian-friendly joint named Tinker Street.

He served at The Local and Mesh before taking over Cerulean’s head-toque position. There, he can do what he loves most: experiment with clean flavors and modern presentation.

Opening a tequila bar in the gingerbread-trimmed village of Zionsville sounds like the kind of business plan one might draw up after too many shots of Patron.