Meridian Restaurant and Bar

The five dishes you must try this week, including Union 50’s squash gnocchi.

The five dishes you must try this week, including Milktooth’s citrus-glazed doughnuts.

Chef Abbi Merriss and pastry chef Allison Durst at Bluebeard collaborate on kiddie faves with a playful adult twist.

The glorious excess of dishes served amid the log walls and votive candelabra of Meridian-Kessler’s showpiece restaurant have a flair for the dramatic. But the flavors steal every scene.

Including the juicy, tender crab cake at Meridian Restaurant & Bar.

See the full tasting-hour and sit-down dinner menus from our April 24 event celebrating many of the city’s top chefs and restaurants.

Including a glorified hot dog, the Mexicano, at the just-opened La Mulita.

Including the pan-fried Dijon Chicken Schnitzel at Meridian Restaurant & Bar.

Including a sharing stack of still-crisp green beans, pan-fried and topped with crunchy bacon crumbles at Divvy.

So you’ve munched on corn at the Indiana State Fair and had your mouth set afire by a certain shrimp-cocktail sauce. But what are the modern-day rites of passage? We have answers.

Including eggs Benedict with a Southern twang at The Indigo Duck.

These summertime sips are too cool for school.

From The Libertine to Recess and Oakleys to Bluebeard, Korean to Latin and sushi to steak, our critics chose the cream of Indy’s dining crop,. Who’s at the head of the table? Read on to find out.

Parmesan Truffle Matchstick Fries on the Bar Bites menu at Morton’s, The Steakhouse, precisely crisp, salty, and garlicky—slicked with that musky je ne sais quois of truffle oil. …

The cheesy bacon au gratin potatoes from The Oceanaire Seafood Room (30 S. Meridian St., 317-955-2277). A pear almond tarte that showed up on the prix fixe menu at Recess (4907 N. College Ave., 317-925-7529