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Those who deride the Cultural Trail as a glorified sidewalk should stroll through Fletcher Place. A mere sidewalk does not attract three sleek apartment buildings, 10 independent eateries and bars, and enough house-hunters to quadruple home values.

Get to know downtown Indy apartments not by features or floor plans but by these fun nicknames.

Guards Rodney Stockney and Joe Young teamed up to move compost and prepare planting beds.

Downtown’s new playspace? Rooftops. Here’s where to take your leisure time to another level.

The Best Day Out. Best Sexy Bar. Best Pocket Park. Here are seven new reasons to love the new downtown Indy.

Order secret cocktails. Ditch the sports crowd. Find an instant squad. A few insider tips for winning the weekend in downtown Indianapolis.

In the next two years, the area’s population will increase by a few thousand people once the Downtown Transit Center, a Cummins headquarters, 360 Market Square tower, Whole Foods, and the 21c Museum Hotel all cut their ribbons within a few blocks.

With ground breaking on a seven-building addition later this year, the young-adult playground will grow even bigger by the end of the decade.

Sam Sveen of Uel Zing, a Bloomington cold brew, teaches an intro coffee class at Ivy Tech. Could you pass the final?

Iced coffee is for wimps. Meet “cold brew”—coffee steeped slowly in cool water for a less-acidic, highly caffeinated sipper. These local offerings may range in potency, but they’ll all put hair on your chest.

Indy chefs are using locally roasted beans in surprising, often savory ways. But their caffeinated treats—like these recent creations—come and go, so stay on your toes.

Call him the old-school Donald Trump: Elwood native Wendell Willkie won the GOP presidential nomination in 1940 by emphasizing his business cred as a CEO. Merrie Melodies used Willkie as a punchline a few years later, when Bugs Bunny said, “IT AIN’T VENDELL VILLKIE!”

“Modbar is essentially the Ferrari of coffee brewing systems. What’s new is that the once-manual barista job now pairs with slick electronic components under the counter that can be endlessly programmed to control details like pressure, temperature, cleaning, and more.” – eater.com

We looked to our resident coffee snob to find 14 must-drink local cups. Indianapolis Monthly design director Todd Urban poured over dozens of roasts to suggest these 14.

From Calvin Fletcher’s to Near Eastside’s Rabble, this is your ultimate guide to Indy’s coolest coffee shops.