Recipe: Ricky Hatfield’s Chipotle Sweet Potato Souffle
CharBlue chef Ricky Hatfield shares his recipe for sweet potato souffle.
Chef Ricky Hatfield knows what locavores say about steakhouses. They’re stuffy. Dark. Chasing an older crowd that’s dressed to the nines. None of which screams sexy or interesting to Indianapolis foodies who prefer their dining experiences low on pomp and circumstance, high on community tables and shareable plates. At CharBlue, the chophouse he helped launch […]
There are easier ways to open a successful restaurant. Like choosing a raw location that is a little more accommodating than a crumbling building from the late 1800s, former horse stables with no electricity or plumbing—or picking a cuisine with some mass appeal, instead of tackling the exotic complexity of a tapas-style pan-Latin menu. You […]
With all due respect to Kurt Vonnegut, breakfast just doesn’t get us out of bed anymore. But brunch? Now there’s a meal that knows how to greet the day. On lazy weekends, it’s our culinary snooze button before the morning officially begins. We arrive with our bed heads, yoga pants, and hangovers, expecting to be […]
Chef Joseph’s at the Connoisseur Room When the thick doors open onto this downtown dining room, the scene animates like Hollywood magic, luxe and convivial with ruby-red carpet, garnet silk curtains, and rich walnut walls. A jazz trio plays over the clinking of silver, and the dapper maître d’ wears an easy smile. The eponymous chef […]
This might be a good time to mention that restaurant workers have never been big fans of brunch, the meal that drags them out of bed on the weekends to serve stuffed French toast to a bunch of perky morning people. In an unexpected twist, the restaurant that ranks as one of Indy’s hottest new […]
• Order a to-go cup of the bottomless drip and one of pastry chef Zoë Taylor’s flaky creations at the front counter. Wander outside and do a Breakfast at Tiffany’s in the window of Lift massage studio (next door). It’s closed on Sunday, but maybe … someday … you’ll come back for some Pfrimmer deep […]
Don’t expect to score a parking spot in the attached lot. And don’t get creative with the unmarked areas on the outer edges. Stick with your chosen seat at the community table, even if a more desirable end spot becomes available. It says it right there on the menu: “Modifications politely declined.” Free refills on […]
Art’s Skillet Visit Art’s Skillet on a Sunday morning, and you might spot the namesake Art Ugalde himself working the cash register or zipping around the dining room busing tables. His cheerful, unassuming diner inhabits a made-over fast-food spot that fills up daily with neighborhood regulars looking for a cinnamon roll French toast fix. Waffles […]
Taxman Brewing Company The urge to eat like a fieldhand comes naturally at a spot that sits on the edge of a little metropolis of grain silos in Johnson County. When a couple of former accountants converted the old Tri-State Bolt warehouse in Bargersville into a polished two-story brewery and gastropub in 2015, fans of […]
Eggshell Bistro The vaguely French jazz tinkling over the speakers at this Carmel spot is the kind of music Woody Allen might play over the black-and-white opening credits of one of his latter-day movies set in Paris. The furnishings might have been plucked from the perfect marché aux puces; fresh flowers grace each little marble-topped […]
