Martha Hoover

Patachou’s Meridian-Kessler speakeasy that Esquire called “a lyric poem” and “a listening sanctuary” had its soft reopening nearly 20 months after the pandemic hit.

Updates on 9th Street Bistro and Bar One Fourteen, and a Brugge Brasserie pop-up.

The Indy restauranteur-mogul joins the pod to talk about food culture and doing business during the pandemic.

A sign of the times?

Here are the other celebrity inductees.

Behind every successful person is a dog (or two).

This week’s roundup of Indy’s hottest dining news.

A downtown bakery showcasing Hattie McDaniel’s talents will open in May.

This is the fifth Beard Foundation nod for Abbi Merriss (four for Best Chef, and one for Best Restaurant).

Here’s a (cinnamon) toast to its cultural impact.

Tune in tonight as The Cooking Chanel visits Chris and Mollie Eley at Oca.

Martha Hoover’s fried-chicken concept opened 13 months ago.

Bar Bites

Another Scarlet Lane location, and more hours to belly up to The Lemon Bar.

Très chick: We are Hoosiers, after all. Fried chicken is our thing. So of course fighting about it can get as messy as eating it.