Food & Drinks

Including a sugar-rimmed brandy sidecar—with Cointreau and lemon juice at McCormick & Schmick’s.

The tennis legend put on a show, faring far better in the same arena than his favorite Knicks do this season against the Pacers. He defeated two fellow former stars and went out downtown.

Did you remember to stock up on bread, milk, and eggs? These restaurants did! A gallery of the best french toast in town.

Given that the same people who brought burnt-cheese cheeseburgers in adorable wire baskets to Punch Burger conceived the place, we weren’t surprised that Labor District wears a similar mod-but-approachable style.

Patrons can also expect an impressive array of house-made pastries like made-to-order cinnamon-sugar cake donuts and a gooey brioche sticky bun.

What this snug hideaway lacked in signage (just look for the “T” on the front door), it made up for in gritty-chic charm.

Get to know eight couples operating some of Indy’s favorite restaurants and food services.

Including a sharing stack of still-crisp green beans, pan-fried and topped with crunchy bacon crumbles at Divvy.

Items range from Midwestern chow chow at The Loft to curried broiled salmon at FARM Bloomington to oysters Rockefeller at Weber Grill.

“I loved making my own dough, and I always wanted to open a pizza place, but time gets away from you,” he says.

From milk to bittersweet, ganached to moussed, chocolate works its delicious charms on dessert menus around town. We rounded up some interpretations that made us shout, “Oh my Godiva.”

So you’ve munched on corn at the Indiana State Fair and had your mouth set afire by a certain shrimp-cocktail sauce. But what are the modern-day rites of passage? We have answers.

The meat-packed Mac Daddy from Rockstone Pizzeria Pub contains bacon, capocollo, and Smoking Goose City Ham baked in asiago sauce.

The Local’s Craig Baker deconstructs the Sunday-dinner staple into a cooking-school final exam dish reminiscent of chicken cordon bleu or rolled meats from Eastern Europe.

Rook’s Carlos Salazar concocts a beguiling bowl of ramen in an aromatic miso-enriched pork broth laden with anything from a marinated soft-boiled egg to homemade kimchi pickles.