The Dish

Including the Apple Scrappy from Kim’s Kakery.

Owner Brad Kime intends to up the ante by introducing a front patio area with 24 seats, a small dance floor, wall cutouts to connect patrons between the two rooms, double-pane front windows apt to open in April 2014, and more.

Reviving a century-old storefront that used to be a pharmacy in the 1950s, as well as the Black Curtain Dinner Theatre, Craig and Kait Mariutto have sparked some life in a part of town without a bona fide sit-down restaurant in decades.

Featuring the fried mortadella sandwich at Libertine Liquor Bar.

Including a sticky, smoosh-able pig-face Asian bun, its melt-in-the-mouth fatty meat sweetened with Korean barbecue sauce, at Bluebeard

Given the string of restaurant concepts that have failed to make a go of it at 36 E. Washington St. in the last few years, we were eager to see what 36 East Irish Pub & Grill might do to have more staying power in the downtown dining scene.

Including a trio of oversized scallops, gently seared, wrapped in bacon, and resting in a puddle of leek cream sauce—an appetizer at Taverna.

“The Negroni is easily my favorite cocktail to make and drink. People who appreciate the Negroni’s bittersweet profile are few and far between. If you come to my bar and order one, I am probably going to try and start a conversation with you because I know you’re going to be cool.”

Including the rich, custardy French toast at Dufour’s in Irvington.

Including the sweet, tropical liliko’i (passion fruit) margarita at Revolucion.

A slightly edited menu makes finding the best dishes easier. Familiar Chinese takeout fare is serviceable, but it’s the namesake Vietnamese soup that’s the real treasure here now.

Including a feta-topped lamb burger from The Pantry by Brad Gates.

Including the vegan fish and chips at Broad Ripple Brewpub.

Sunday marked yet another Dig IN festival in White River State Park.

Szechwan Garden offers a daily taste of dim sum, the midday snacks popular from Shanghai to Brooklyn.