Fountain Square

Warm up with loaded fries at Bluebeard, pancakes at Super Bowl Pho, and combat holiday sweets with a kale power salad.

Even before its grand opening, the inner loop—31 miles of interstate within I-465, built at a cost of nearly $300 million—had begun paying downtown dividends.

No. 2 – Everything about Marrow radiates years of forethought, from its russet-toned color palette to the dining room’s faint campfire aroma emanating from a smoker that John Adams installed before the restaurant’s November opening.

No. 23 – Food is the headline act at this Fountain Square music club.

Over the last few years, an enterprising group of restaurateurs and entrepreneurs seized on an opportunity to turn this strip into Indy’s hippest address for restaurants, breweries, markets, and bars.

“It’s more about the quality of the space, opposed to the quantity. This house has a double-height living space, which is completely unexpected and gives you a sense that this house is much more spacious than it is.”

“A lot of the menu choices had to do with the history of Fountain Square, which was predominantly settled by Germans, Italians, and people from northern Europe. This is where the cultures collided in this city. Literally, where I am standing right now.”

An HGTV debut coming soon tackles renovations in Bates-Hendricks. But one street has already arrived.

The three-bedroom, two-bath bungalow has been refurbished into a picturesque Tiffany-blue cottage and sits on the market for $259,900.

For sale in Fountain Square.

John Adams gets soulful at his new Fountain Square venture, Marrow.

A peek into the new HGTV star’s Fountain Square home. “I could’ve bought a car for what I paid for that couch.”

But that’s what happens when you pour such inventive, balanced drinks: People storm the place.

“We’ve had some good discussions with leaders about potential expansions,” says trail executive director Karen Haley.

Indiana adopted “The Crossroads of America” as its motto in 1937, and I’m happy to report the phrase still applies—at least if my loved ones have anything to do with it.