Chicago-style pizza chain Lou Malnati’s adding Broad Ripple, Carmel sites

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14 thoughts on “Chicago-style pizza chain Lou Malnati’s adding Broad Ripple, Carmel sites

    1. Generally agree with you about Portillo’s but at least Chicago has a food passion and cult following. I love Indianapolis but when people visit and ask what food Indianapolis is well known for, the answer is basically nothing. Some may say pork tenderloins (or sugar cream pie) but I wouldn’t call it a cult following by any measure let alone one compared to Chicago deep dish pizza, Philly cheese steaks, Baltimore crab cakes, Seattle coffee, and Austin Taco’s to name a few. Indy is just mostly known for restaurant chains and foods that don’t have a cult following

    2. Tenderloin sandwiches are indeed unique Hoosier food.

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      But I’d still rather have a real cheesesteak (and not those Penn Station fakes…provolone and peppers, really? C’mon.)

    3. Ah, but the Portillo’s and Giordano’s in Chicago *are* a delicacy. It’s the satellite operations which have the problems. More times than not, it’s a management issue. And right now, it’s just as well Malnati’s isn’t coming to Fishers because the Fishers’ pizza operations are not all that great. And when you get a good pie, it’s a flash in the pan (no pun intended) — inconsistency is the watchword. Restaurants are a cutthroat industry but it’s also not that tough – but it is hard work to be consistent.

    4. Every food Chicago is known for is a cheap imitation of somewhere else, with the exception of the deep dish. Which itself is highly overrated.

  1. What – first Indy and now Carmel and Broad Ripple get a new pizza joint but Fishers is left out? C’mon Scotty – pick up your game and keep bringing the PIZZA!!!!

  2. For its Broad Ripple location, Malnati’s paid more than times the 2019 tax assessed value (which was a piddling $178,100). That kind of premium ought to send a message to property owners of Broad Ripple retail and office buildings that investing in the district is both necessary and wise. Let us hope the owners of some of the deteriorating store fronts on the avenue step up and improve their properties.

  3. Oh wow, another pizza chain – one can have a different pizza twice a day, each day of the week and delivered… meh…Happy for Broad Ripple business gain, though…just wishing for more healthy and higher-quality food choices (organic, better protein grades, less of the processed foods/fried foods, breads, soy, gluten, etc.) along with keeping them viable through this stay-at-home period – still bothered by loss of NextDoor.

  4. Hope it succeeds! But I think the location will prove to be a “Flop” in comparison to a more prime location with street frontage.

    Congrats to Walt Friehofer on the Sale!

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