Dining

Carlos Salazar’s umami-rich mushroom dumplings, pork-belly steamed buns, and meat-on-meat pig-face hash have raised the culinary bar while channeling the true spirit of Asia’s great street-food snacks.

The repurposed decor jibes with the menu’s reinvention of tavern fare: comfortable yet civilized, with flashes of brilliance, as in crispy-fried Citrus Spiced Seitan; beer-battered walleye with housemade tartar sauce; and black bean–corn fritters with cilantro cream.

After work, folks head upstairs to the 1933 Lounge, where they tuck into plates of mini bone-in filet chops, like caveman finger food. Even that famous cocktail sauce is now available by the bottle.

The servers here know they have the local lock on authentic Chinese dishes: twice-cooked pork belly shimmering in a tangy-sweet sauce; silky eggplant redolent of garlic or basil; perhaps the lightest seafood soup in the city.

Including this almond croissant from Rene’s Bakery.

A counter with literature-themed offerings includes warming renditions of red-pepper curry; broccoli cheddar; Tuscan white bean with steamed kale and potatoes; and a thick, sweet tomato bisque.

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Fans stalk Circle City Sweets’s Twitter and Facebook accounts waiting for the announcement of doissant day, because the delicate, vanilla-glazed pastries disappear as quickly as they are cooked.

An approachable but definitely high-aiming lunch menu currently features several playful starters and a short list of “mains,” including a burger seared on a plancha grill and a grilled cheese with three types of fromage and a mushroom jam.

Every Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., local food trucks line Georgia Street, enticing Indy residents to walk from truck to truck, searching for the perfect lunch.

Avid home-brewer Jerry Rezny now lives in Indianapolis, where his next business venture—soda—has taken off.

Five new mostly rum-based drinks at Tini are poured into punch bowls and offered with cups and ladles.

Including the Everglades Popcorn Chicken at Tow Yard Brewing.

Including this Asian-inspired burger, adorned with sweet chili sauce and crunchy slaw.

The threat of rain might have sent partygoers under the cover of tents during the weekend’s Rev festivities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But spirits were not dampened during the evening party.