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.
Thirty-three Indiana communities have a food and beverage tax: a 1% sales duty levied on businesses that sell or help sell food and drink. In some localities, both the municipality and county have one, stacking up to 2%.
Scott Wise, founder of now-defunct Indianapolis-based restaurant chain Scotty’s Brewhouse, said his personal bankruptcy is related to financial issues from the chain’s collapse.
The company said in a statement sent to IBJ that its first priority “is to make sure our partners are safe at work.”
By simply cutting a doorway to connect two businesses in Fountain Square, the owners of the Hi-Fi music venue intend to alter the concert landscape of Indianapolis.
The Rathskeller and Vida lead a list of the area’s top 10 best designed restaurants and bars, selected by AIA Indianapolis.
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.
At Easy Rider Diner, former Delicia chef Ricky Martinez plans to add Southwestern accents to brunch-inspired comfort food.
Owned and operated by three Fishers residents, the bakery will focus on the Atlanta-based chain’s line of plant-based, allergen-friendly cinnamon rolls.
The Alley Cat will take over the Egyptian Cafe’s previous location, in a move that will transform the schedule and perhaps the identity of one of the city’s signature dive bars.
The 5,400-square-foot Fishers restaurant will offer a full-service dining room and outdoor seating, unlike some of Lou Malnati’s other central Indiana locations.
Upland will add to its local roster that includes locations in Fountain Square, Carmel and the intersection of 49th Street and College Avenue.
The company also said it plans to open 2,000 net new stores in the U.S. by 2025, with an emphasis on meeting the growing demand for new types of service, including drive-thru, mobile ordering and delivery.
Thousands of businesses use Seafood Watch’s recommendations to inform seafood buying decisions, and many have pledged to avoid any items that appear on the red list.
The spinoff, Empower Delivery, is targeting independent restaurant chains that have between five and 50 locations in a market but haven’t yet gotten into delivery in a big way.
The celebrity chef also is considering additional expansion in Indiana.
It will be Bier’s third taproom in central Indiana after the brewery previously opened locations in Indianapolis and Carmel.
The 55-year-old business plans to grow in the next three to five years from an eight-restaurant regional chain in Illinois to about 50 restaurants in the Midwest and Southeast.
The stores will offer 25 to 30 different flavors of macarons made by a pastry chef who was trained in France. Customers will also find 16 different gelato flavors, chocolates, cakes, croissants and a coffee bar.
