Terry Kirts

When you fuse the smoke of Texas barbecue with the rib-sticking classics of German cuisine, you get Liter House.

This coffee drink is just as elegant as its cocktail counterpart.

Eli Sanchez serves up his thoughts on new trends in cocktails, what the soul of a good bar should be, and what we can expect at The Inferno Room.

Sink into a lipstick-red swivel chair.

The Darlingtons hit all the audiophile classics with recipes to accompany 70 albums.

Making a dramatic entrance comes with the territory here.

A daily chalkboard menu that might include a whole fried catfish plated with greens or one of the roasted pork-belly sliders that garnered a loyal following the minute the couple moved here from Milwaukee, home of the original Love Handle.

With so many restaurant menus changing by the season—or even the day—it’s good to know that a few places are still producing iconic dishes you can count on every time you visit.

The six-course tasting menu simplifies decision-making, although FOMO is still possible, especially when you see pastry chef Hattie McDaniel’s bourbon-glazed ricotta doughnuts at the next table.

Samples of something bubbly as soon as you’re seated set the tone for the convivial meal to come.

The most remarkable thing about Milktooth, which grabbed Indy by the Dutch baby pancakes in 2014, is that it shows no signs of atrophy.

How should one sum up Bluebeard, which doesn’t fit neatly into one culinary category, but is the most delicious version of all things to all people?

Yes, it sits pretty just off the entrance into Le Méridien, but don’t call Spoke & Steele a “hotel restaurant.”

Whiskey made us do it.

Big Lug Liter House to open in Bent Rail Brewery location in early summer.