cocktails

Salvaged barn wood, weathered to a fine patina. A hostess stand behind an ancient baling press. Servers in crisp denim aprons. Are we really in Greenwood?

Knowledgeable waitstaff serve the table in tandem, outfitted in what look like white lab coats.

Including Hotel Tango’s sugar-rimmed Mason jar of spiced-rum cider.

In a new holiday-shopping survey, respondents chose dads as their least-favorite person to shop for. Here’s the solution.

Opening a tequila bar in the gingerbread-trimmed village of Zionsville sounds like the kind of business plan one might draw up after too many shots of Patron.

Some of the top bartenders in Indianapolis reached for their shakers to duel in a mixology competition on the final night of the 2014 Beer, Wine, and Spirits Trade Show.

“Classics” include a host of homey breakfast dishes such as a Belgian waffle with plums and cocoa nibs or a Dutch baby with berries and creme fraiche.

Including the bracing Chicago Cider from The Ball & Biscuit’s new brunch menu.

Who knew there was a hipster colony in the City of Lakes? Housed just off an alley, this is their home base.

You’ll want to add these classic cocktail vessels to your bar.

Victory Field, consistently rated atop the heap of the nation’s minor-league baseball stadiums, has multiple seating packages and a range of ballpark foods to devour. Plus, beer.

As consulting chef, Carlos Salazar assembled a menu of modified Southern dishes that are surprisingly complex for the bar-centric format.

In a hotel with eye-popping art installations such as a flock of birds carved out of old LPs and a portrait of Madam Walker made from combs, the dishes at this restaurant are the real attraction.

Showstoppers among the ultra-fresh fish include Maine scallops, striped bass, and grouper. Fresh oysters are a must.

Five new mostly rum-based drinks at Tini are poured into punch bowls and offered with cups and ladles.