Eddie Merlots

Four new additions to the city’s most authoritative dining guide.

A steakhouse chain with women in mind, cultivating a warmer aesthetic than that of conventional manly temples of beef.

Ladies and gentlemen, starch your engines for this tasting guide.

Including the smoky bacon-wrapped barbecue shrimp from Eddie Merlot’s.

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Meals ranging from $48 to $119 should leave you with a satisfied stomach, and a lighter wallet.

1.    Fin & Shellfish Stew in a spicy Pernod broth at The Oceanaire Seafood Room (30 S. Meridian St., 317-955-2277).

2.    The banana-and-Nutella crepe at Petite Chou (823 W. Westfield Blvd., 317-259-0765).

3.    Eddie Merlot’s (3645 E. 96th St., 317-846-8303) Trio of Medallions—a mini steak flight of four-ounce filets. One has a bubbled crown of bacon and Gorgonzola, the second an elaborate Oscar treatment, and the third a mild peppercorn sauce.

4.    The Vietnamese beef bun at the recently expanded Egg Roll #1 (4576 S. Emerson Ave., 317-787-2225). A deep bowl of cold vermicelli noodles is layered with fresh greens, veggies, sprouts, and strips of caramelized meat topped with crushed peanuts and the most delicate fried egg roll hacked into bite-sized pieces. Addictive.

5.    Extra chunky potato soup at Kitley Inn (825 S. Kitley Ave., 317-357-3160).