MESH

Five things we’re craving this week.

From Mesh’s charming bread service to the Rathskellar’s pretzels, bread is back on the menu in Indy.

This week’s Swoon List visits a Kokomo gastropub and celebrates a good cup of coffee at Open Society.

With a portfolio featuring Mesh, Bru Burger Bar, and Union 50, Mike Cunningham is reimagining the dining experience one restaurant at a time with Cunningham Restaurant Group.

Eight Indy locals share where they love to get dinner before or after a performance.

Indy dining news this week features Rook closing before a move, Rocket 88 opening in SoBro, and Cunningham Restaurant Group opening a dinner-only spot.

In cases of mass emergency, Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare (MESH) helps Indianapolis-area facilities train for and coordinate with each other during pressing situations such as the three noted here.

Dan Dunville, the award-winning chef at Meridian Restaurant (5694 N. Meridian St., 317-466-1111), recently left his post after a dispute with owner Rick Lux of LUX Restaurants. After Dunville’s departure, Lux announced to the staff that sous chef Edsel Chad Secrest (who had been with Meridian since the restaurant’s opening) would be the new executive chef. After this staff announcement, and unbeknownst to Edsel, Lux interviewed other chefs in the city for the executive chef position. Through a text message, Edsel learned that Lux had hired Layton Roberts of Mesh (725 Massachusetts Ave., 317-955-9600) as the executive chef. When Lux was asked why the sudden change, he said he was concerned Edsel was too close to Dunville. Roberts begins his new post on February 29 and is expected to bring his kitchen crew.