Fountain Square

Lux & Ivy outfits the whole family—men, women, and children—in cool, sustainable fashion.

“A lot of filmmakers don’t shoot here because Indiana is one of those states that doesn’t have a tax break for filmmakers. Hopefully, that will change.”

See fashionable ways to go from your 9-to-5 to that restaurant or concert, courtesy Profyle, The Secret Ingredient, 14 Districts, and more Indy shops.

After months of anticipation and a slow, sexy rollout that included a series of preview brunches, Milktooth was finally ready for business in October.

She asks authors like John Green and Lois Lowry to not sign their book to her, but instead to write a jokey note, like, “Thanks for a magical night I’ll never forget.”

Cake Bake Shop woos us with cream puffs, and a boutique grocery is coming to Fountain Square.

“Now, in addition to having a vibrant local food/local beer movement, [Indianapolis has] a parallel local arts movement.”

When the opportunity came to open a second space downtown off of The Alexander hotel’s south lobby, executive director Shauta Marsh saw the benefits immediately.

The mom-and-pop ice cream stands of small-town Indiana get a lot of love, and rightly so. Often overlooked, though, are the quaint little Dairy Queen stores that dot city neighborhoods around Indianapolis.

Perfect maritime sandals and lip gloss your hair won’t stick to.

A brand-new design from La Margarita restaurant benefits Indy Pride.

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

The revolving menu of complex dishes, such as the thin slivers of lamb tongue fanned out amid dollops of tart ricotta tzatziki, remains the city’s most inspired source for quirky gourmet.

Here’s how her biz began: “I went out and realized it was really expensive to drink. So I took glue and scrapbooking paper and just made a flask. I put it on social media, and it blew up. Sold out at First Friday in Fountain Square.”

IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden definitely dances best in the clip. He impresses with or without his helmet, as he bounces on the IMS track’s pavement and then in front of the Pagoda.