CLOSED: Krueger’s Tavern★

The third of Thunderdome Restaurant Group’s adjacent concept eateries in the Mass Ave neighborhood pays the fullest homage to the group’s Cincinnati roots and its heritage in workingman German pubs. Meats ground to Old World house recipes are shaped into everything from giant meatballs in zesty arrabbiata sauce to double-patty smashed burgers to boutique sausages with international influences. Sauerkraut balls and hot beer cheese are a hearty way to start, alongside expert cocktails. Dozens of canned beers are a nod to the first brewery to can beer, from which Krueger’s takes its name. A burger layered with bleu and Gruyère cheeses, as well as onion jam, is a refined pub-grub choice, and the fragrant Lincolnshire sausage with chunky potato-and-kale colcannon lightens up the British classic bangers and mash. The cozy location tucked away from Delaware Street is a great lunch getaway or starting point for a night of barhopping on Indy’s most happening street. Lunch and dinner daily.