Metro Diner

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

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

A Russian potato pancake, killer shrimp and grits, and a Bloody Mary with all the fixings warm up this week’s list.

Gourmet ice cream. Barrel-aged coffee. A week’s worth of dishes from Rook. Here, our list of the food and drink that made this city great this year.

We plucked through dozens of offerings to find Indy’s best fried chicken, on the full spectrum of grandma to gourmet.

Indy dining news this week includes an update on Giordano’s downtown location, the grand opening of Big Woods Speedway, and a Florida-based diner launching its first Indianapolis location.