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With plans to open sixth restaurant, Luciana’s is a homegrown hit
Alberto and Sarah Bravo plan to open the latest location in their family-run business, named for their eldest daughter, at 96th and Meridian streets early next year.
Alberto and Sarah Bravo plan to open the latest location in their family-run business, named for their eldest daughter, at 96th and Meridian streets early next year.
The company will continue to have an event space and its catering operations along the Monon Trail, plus its Gallery Pastry Bar in downtown’s Wholesale District and Gallery on 16th in the Old Northside neighborhood.
MOTW Pastries & Coffee now has two locations—at 4873 W. 38th St. in Indianapolis and 8235 E. 116th St. in Fishers—and is opening a third in Castleton by the end of this year.
Sweetgreen specializes in salads, bowls with proteins and veggies, and sides that lean heavily toward farm-grown tomatoes and cauliflower.
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux will move into the former home of two troubled downtown bars: Taps & Dolls and After 6 Lounge. Building owner Todd Johnson is teaming with an NFL Hall of Fame linebacker on the project.
A former Logan’s Roadhouse is expected to become home to the second Twin Peaks sports “lodge” in Indiana.
No fewer than a dozen chicken-centric restaurants having either just opened in the Indianapolis area or plan to do so soon.
Arkansas-based 7 Brew launched a franchise program after the founders of Jimmy John’s and Lone Star Steakhouse invested in the company.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is advertising for managers to oversee restaurants in Noblesville and Avon that will open late this year.
In 2016, the Food Network selected Kountry Kitchen—which was destroyed by fire in 2020—as one of the best soul food restaurants in the United States.
Sahm’s Restaurant Group will focus on eggs and pancakes at The Roost, with lunch and dinner available next door at its Big Lug Canteen brewery.
Three of the upcoming dining options are owned by restaurateurs who already have locations in The Garage, part of the $300 million Bottleworks development on Mass Ave.
Torchy’s, which launched as a food trailer in Austin in 2006, opened its first Indiana restaurant last April in Jeffersonville.
Established four years ago in Bloomington, Mexican restaurant Social Cantina will open Carmel and Indianapolis locations in 2022.
After closing a Downtown location in 2020, the company known for smoothies, salads and grain bowls is returning to expansion mode.
Borage restaurant, bakery and cafe will feature pastries made by Zoë Taylor and menu designed by recent Turchetti’s chef Josh Kline.
Todd Hollman, who co-owns the Dave Diggity franchise group with Tyler Freeland and Matt Fortney, said the Broad Ripple building will be the second Indiana location for Dave’s Hot Chicken.
Fans of Shake Shack will have three Central Indiana locations to visit after a downtown Indianapolis location opens at 11 a.m. Sunday at 167 E. New York St.
The new nightclub owner wants to bring visual opulence associated with Las Vegas to building that was home to One Up Arcade from 2018 to 2020.
After selling the Scotty’s Brewhouse chain in 2016, Wise got back into the restaurant game in 2019 with Roots Burger Bar. But he says he expects the third location, slated for Indianapolis’ northeast side, to be the last.