Best of Indy

“Sometimes, I’ll just go into T.J. Maxx, find a $20 dress, and wear it on-air,” says the WTHR morning anchor. “No one can tell.”

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“My motto is leave the ego at the door,” she says. “Fantastic food and drink will speak for themselves.”

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“I still buy books at bookstores, and most of our children’s books come from Kids Ink,” he says. “I buy some YA titles there, too.”

From to Union 50 to The Mug, La Mulita to Ezra’s Enlightened Cafe, we’re highlighting 22 winners in the dine-and-drink categories.

Here are the winners of our online survey accompanying the magazine’s “Best of Indy” feature, with a selection of comments from the readers who voted.

Even the best doctors can’t be around for constant care. For that, thank goodness, we have nurses.

“We’ve done a hundred surgeries,” says Dr. Abraham of his pro bono work. “I just wish we had the budget to do a hundred more.”

For a town built on racing, Indy has been noticeably lean on racetracks. Short of the Fastimes go-karting facility near Castleton, where can the amateur go to express his inner Foyt?

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Says Bird about his return to the NBA team based in Indianapolis: “I don’t know if I’d be doing this if it was anywhere but here.”

The co-founders and CEOs, Randy and Angie Stocklin, met through Match.com. Randy was just a tad motivated: He’d previously started three businesses (and as it turned out, he read books on house-flipping during their honeymoon).