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Including the Verlasso salmon swiped with ramp butter from Rail Epicurean Market.

The Beatuses whip up a nutrient-packed treat to try at home.

The most surprising thing about Lisa’s Pie Shop in nearby Atlanta isn’t the signature pie in a jar. It’s that owner Lisa Sparks doesn’t like pie.

A new prohibition-focused restaurant nears its opening in Fletcher Place, and a Texas-based cinema-microbrewery debuts its new Carmel location.

Including La Mulita’s meaty take on Mexican pizza.

An establishment that bills itself as “the next big thing in downtown Indy.”

Big Woods Brewing Co. is putting down roots in Speedway, and a cool Fishers T-Shirt shop plans to open a coffee bar.

Including a savory waffle combination from FARM Bloomington.

Somehow Nelson’s unexpected fusion of high and low culture seems as natural as a dollop of sticky-sweet rib jam on a scoop of mac ’n’ cheese.

If you’re coming for dinner, don’t even think about passing up the opportunity to partake in the pickle-brined fried chicken.

Tinker Street’s mere 36 main dining-room seats almost guarantee that you will share elbow space with a stranger.

During Sunday brunch, gospel music hums in the background as dolled-up church ladies flock to the buffet for cream cheese–stuffed French toast and another piece of fried chicken.

The restaurant’s window-fringed dining room highlights slate-black tables, bench seating, wooden stools, and blown-up portraits of colorful dishes infused with produce from the onsite gardens.

Jenkins found a neighborhood niche by turning the back half of the restaurant into a grownups-only hangout with bartenders swinging bottles of Sparkle Donkey reposado over salt-rimmed Mason jars.

Fat Dan’s announces plans for a second location, and a new Elkhart-based pretzel shop opens inside Circle Centre.