Dining

» Chef Craig Baker, owner of The Local Eatery & Pub and Bent Rail Brewery, has repurposed his old Plow & Anchor space as a quick-turnaround taco joint. According to The Indianapolis Star, The Taco Shop (43 E. 9th St., 317-964-0538) will make 400 tacos every weekday starting at 11 a.m., and close when they […]

A taco feast and sour beer tops this week’s dining bucket list.

David Hoover’s Bar One Fourteen gives bar fare a decadent spin.

A new Rene’s Bakery location opens inside Broccoli Bill’s, and a pedal bar cruises into Broad Ripple.

The essential menu for those who like sprinkles on their doughnuts and olives in their martinis.

Take a Franklin road trip for award-winning barbecue and craft beer.

Code Red: Dolled-up strawberries are coming to a restaurant menu near you.

Tinker Street fires up a new barbecue spot, and LongBranch adds a Sunday buffet.

A longstanding champion of local gastronomy is in charge of the kitchen at Peterson’s.

Livery’s (720 N. College Ave., 317-383-0330) chicken enchilada verde with poblano cream, spicy tomato sauce, and salsa verde, topped with a lightly fried egg. The chocolate stout brownie at Bluebeard (653 Virginia Ave., 317-686-1580), layered with both chocolate and white chocolate mousse. Salty hits of peanut butter toffee and caramel, Luxardo cherry sauce, and a chocolate-glaze […]

We’re foraging for morel dishes and planning a Mother’s Day blowout in this week’s roundup of restaurant news.

Swoon: Calliope Sno-balls Don’t you dare refer to these shaved-ice beauties drizzled with natural fruit syrups as “snow cones.” For Louisiana native Lori Leaumont, co-owner of Calliope Sno-balls, there’s no comparison between the watery carnival treat and the Bayou original she and husband Nicholas Manuel serve from their brightly painted food truck that will be […]

Don’t mistake the unassuming prepared-foods case at Joe’s Next Door as ordinary; there’s serious culinary muscle behind the counter. Chef Jon Radford owned The Gathering in Geist before taking over the kitchen operation at Joe’s, where he works alongside Jason Cornelius, former executive chef at the Milano Inn, and pastry chef Danielle McQuoid, who logged […]

Chef Ricky Hatfield’s sense of adventure puts steak-centric CharBlue (located in the former home of Georgia Reese’s Southern Table) in a whole different class from its downtown red-meat brethren. The Martinsville native grew up hunting in the Hoosier backwoods—developing an appreciation for the rustic flavor of game meat—and finessed his cooking skills at Sullivan’s Steakhouse, […]

At a time when artistically uncompromising chefs can find themselves niche-marketed right out of business, Open Society owner Brian Baker refuses to make that mistake. The business school grad and restaurant industry jack-of-all-trades proudly declares his desire to be all things to all people. Open Society buzzes with coffee lovers and telecommuters on laptops in […]