Food & Drinks

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.

Making superior coffee isn’t convenient—extracting the purest flavor involves ratios and chemistry and special equipment. So Stephen Hall of Tinker Coffee Co. did the hard math for you and provided this step-by-step guide to scientific coffee dominance.

Ditch Folgers for these five fine Indy roasters.

And even if you never do detect more offbeat scents such as sun-dried tomato or marshmallow, it’s eye-opening to taste how each coffee evolves during the cupping, depicted here.

Indy’s coffee community poses with their favorite cups for some sweet mugshots.

The most important meal of the day is no longer a sleepy affair at downtown’s original food court.

Marrow is as complex as its own deep, rich vegetable curry. If this food needs some kind of user-friendly portmanteau, may we suggest globalicious?

Scratch Truck’s new venture, the James Beard Foundation recognizes Indy chefs and restaurateurs, and new restaurants coming to Circle Centre.

The five dishes you must try this week, including Union 50’s savory-sweet toast and jam plate.

Your guide to Indy’s 2016 James Beard Awards semifinalists.

Credit the Cultural Trail for helping turn Fletcher Place into the city’s new Restaurant Row.

Named for an American doom-metal band, this Kuma’s Corner beast cranks up the flavor. What’s in it?

Indy’s Ash and Elm Cider Co., which is opening the city’s first cider-exclusive production facility and tasting room this spring, might be the one good apple to unspoil the reputation of hard ciders.

Indy dining news this week includes the opening of a new hotel diner, Broken Beaker Distillery, and Nada’s grand opening date.