Food & Drinks

Sugarfire Smoke House, Naked Chopstix, and The Old Spaghetti Factory headline this week’s restaurant shuffle.

While consistency has been the key to this Mass Ave standard’s success, creativity and change are what keep customers coming back.

Take yourself back to a crisp fall day with one of these as Doris Day and Artie Shaw drawl from the vintage radio at Victory.

Turns out, operating a high-end steakhouse isn’t as easy as St. Elmo makes it look. So if you’re going to come after the champ, you’d better come strong.

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.

“I do a deviled-egg taco and a short-rib taco with Chinese five-spice powder in the tortilla, topped with kimchi. Those are so popular, they’re always on the menu.”

“I knew the day I walked in that I was supposed to buy it.”

Please finish your cold-pressed juice, then you’re allowed your Hoosier Pie.

“Be conscious of what you’re doing, and your baked goods will tell you when they’re done.”

Chef Braedon Kellner is now co-owner of Tinker Street with Tom Main.

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.

The new roadtrip-worthy outpost sits next to the water tower and train tracks in this trending Hancock County town, and chef Ryan Kernodle uses the nouveau Mayberry setting as a backdrop for his Midwestern spin on casual gastropub fare.

Now that it’s been on stage for more than two years at its second location, this rollicking tribute to Asian street food in Fletcher Place has enough classics in its repertoire that it could put out a greatest hits album.