The Dish

Tin ceilings and now a massive handmade mahogany bar set the tone for Shawn and Tammy Miller’s 1920s-inspired bar, Liberty Street, set to open in the former Yats location at 653 Massachusetts Avenue within weeks.

Including this glossy dark chocolate bar flavored with warm pumpkin spice and textured with the tiniest nibs of almond, one of two just-released seasonal flavors from Endangered Species Chocolates.

Kathy Jones, a familiar toque around town, divides her time between her job as executive chef at Iozzo’s Garden of Italy and her new gig as the captain of her own fresh fish stand in City Market.

Featuring the ultra-sugary Pralines from Newfangled Confections (the makers of Frittle).

Including deviled eggs piled with fat salmon roe at Eat + Drink.

Almost as soon as he installed himself in the kitchen in late August, Carlos Salazar was coining new dinner dishes that, while adding sophistication and breadth to Rook’s already funky menu, furthered Ed Rudisell’s goal of making Asian street-food standards worthy of a night on the town.

Including smoked salmon eggs Benedict, sporting textbook poached eggs and sunny yellow hollandaise, at Dufour’s in Irvington.

Including a soul-warming Maple-pecan Hot Toddy, made of infused Maker’s Mark, maple syrup, and muddled orange, at Eat + Drink, Taste Cafe & Marketplace’s new conjoined cocktail lounge.

Taste of Havana opened August 15, offering nine ethnically inspired sandwiches.

About local-favorite Long’s Bakery, Stewart tells IM, “They let me go in the back and photograph the entire doughnut-making process. We ate so many of them.”

She enjoyed buffalo margherita pizza, vegetarian double chopped salad, and dessert at the downtown location of Indy’s own Martha Hoover’s Neapolitan-style pie spot.

Including Thirsty Scholar’s fluffy S’mores Cupcake.

Including the crispy, sauced-to-order duck wings (try the chimichurri) from Shoefly Public House.

Including a scoop of dense, sweet pumpkin ice cream from Wyliepalooza’s Ice Cream Emporium.

She says that a deal to return to Chicago is in early talks with two franchisees and involves 12 locations. New stores are soon coming to Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; Nashville, Tenn.; and a few Indiana cities. Yet another store opened at September’s end in Hamilton Town Center.