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MacNiven’s Restaurant to close after 18 years on Mass Ave
The restaurant will be replaced by “a modern, casual, California-influenced, Peruvian-style raw fish & oyster bar with craft beer, specialty cocktails and a seasonally-rotating menu.”
Punch Bowl Social restaurant chain files for bankruptcy
The company, which opened a location in downtown Indianapolis in 2016, describes its business as being in a “mothballed period” and said that it anticipates reopening venues “once it is safe to do so.”
Current, former owners of Moe & Johnny’s embroiled in dueling lawsuits
The longtime Meridian-Kessler sports bar and restaurant that announced last month it was closing “until further notice” is at the center of an ongoing legal dispute between the original owner and the new owner, who now wants out of the deal to buy the business.
SoHo Cafe & Gallery in Carmel to close after 10 years in business
Owners Vivian and Larry Lawhead said the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting an earlier-than-expected end to the business they started at 620 S. Rangeline Road in 2010.
North-side mainstay Moe & Johnny’s closes as owners go back to drawing board
The sports bar and restaurant discontinued dine-in service on Oct. 30 because of the rise in COVID-19 cases. It announced Sunday that it had decided to close “until further notice.”
BoomBozz pizzeria closes in Fishers, making room for liquor store
BoomBozz Craft Pizza & Taphouse has called quits after four years in Fishers. A liquor store chain has acquired the building and is planning to open there in January.
Fall Creek Place eatery Shoefly cites pandemic for closure
Shoefly Public House suspended operations on Saturday after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The initial plan was to reopen, but the owners soon decided to make the closure permanent.
Fletcher Place eatery Repeal to close, making way for distillery, pizzeria
Neighboring 1205 Distillery plans to take over the space along with Greek’s Pizzeria, creating a combination tasting room and restaurant.
Westfield restaurant Rail Epicurean Market calling it quits
The highly rated restaurant, which opened in a century-old barn more than six years ago, plans to close for good on Nov. 1.
Ruby Tuesday files for bankruptcy, closes 185 more restaurants
Indianapolis is down to just one Ruby Tuesday’s location. The chain now operates 236 dining rooms in total, a decrease from more than 500 three years ago.
Sahm’s Restaurant Group closing downtown cafeteria, tavern
Ed Sahm, the restaurant group’s founder and owner, said the pandemic-related exodus of downtown office workers meant the two locations are no longer financially viable.
Lunch spot Duos Kitchen closing after eight years in Midtown
In a Facebook post, the owners of the restaurant blamed “the pandemic and our inept government” for the closure.
IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner urges immediate support for restaurants, plus answers to burning money questions
We all know that restaurants have been devastated by the pandemic. Some have closed, and Pete predicts more are about to. He suggests determining how much you can afford to help and then spending that cash at two or three restaurants that are meaningful to you.
International Marketplace district welcomes new, reopening restaurants
Meanwhile, plans are in the works for a $12 million International Marketplace welcome center and museum that would replace a former Value City Furniture store.
Pittsburgh-based restaurant-and-bar chain closes last Indy location
Primanti Bros., which is known for serving french fries on its sandwiches, has permanently closed its downtown restaurant in Circle Centre Mall, at 49 W. Maryland St., according to its Facebook page.
Carmel’s Clay Terrace loses seafood restaurant, Italian eatery
Carmel outdoor shopping center Clay Terrace has two sizable restaurant spaces to fill after the closures of Mitchell’s Fish Market and Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano.
Downtown’s Sugarfire restaurant sues landlord in rent dispute
St. Louis-based Sugarfire Smoke House has closed its downtown Indianapolis restaurant following ongoing issues with the building’s landlord.
Burgerhaus’ downtown canal location likely won’t reopen
The restaurant opened in 2014. The chain also has locations in Carmel, Schererville and Valparaiso.
Broad Ripple sports bar calls it quits after 30 years in business
Nicole Harlan-Oprisu, who co-owns Old Pro’s Table and several local restaurants, previously told IBJ that business has been difficult during the pandemic.