Gomez BBQ branching out from City Market
The homegrown venture will open its first stand-alone restaurant on East 10th Street. Also this week: Peloton, Culver’s, Lululemon and more.
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Steak n Shake closures top 100 in 2019 amid slowing customer traffic
Steak n Shake classified 103 of this year’s closures as “temporary,” and said it plans to reopen the stores under its new franchise partnership program.
Jonathan Brooks’ Beholder restaurant has had a tough year
Business has been slow to build at Beholder, which isn’t yet consistently profitable and has had to cut staffing to the bone.
Broad Ripple restaurant The Vanguard closes, but plans comeback
Owner Bill Ficca said he plans to reopen the restaurant at 6319 Guilford Ave. after Labor Day with a new concept.
Wahlburgers announces first Indianapolis-area location will be in Carmel
Speculation about where the first local Wahlburgers would open has been circulating since last August, when IBJ first reported that Wahlburgers, the restaurant concept by actors Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their brother Paul, was planning to open an Indianapolis-area location.
Steak n Shake makes $8M legal settlement, suffers downgraded credit rating
Indianapolis-based Steak n Shake Inc. is facing more setbacks in its already-suffering financial situation due to a new legal settlement regarding overtime pay and a downgrade in its credit rating.
Natural Born Juicers closes both locations
Natural Born Juicers, which operated juice bars on Mass Ave and in Broad Ripple, has closed, the owners announced Tuesday on Facebook and on Instagram.
Five more Scotty’s Brewhouse locations call it quits
The corporate owner of many of the remaining Scotty’s Brewhouse restaurants said it had closed all of its operations. The decision leaves less than a handful of independently owned Scotty’s locations.
Broad Ripple site of Thr3e Wise Men up for auction
The assets of Thr3e Wise Men’s now-closed Broad Ripple location will be auctioned off next month. Also this week: Kopetsky Auto Wash, Hendricks County Bank and Trust, Chuy’s, Ross Dress for Less, more.
Popular southern Indiana pizza chain to open first Indianapolis location
Evansville-based Azzip Pizza, which has eight restaurants in Indiana and Kentucky, has a site locked up for its first Indianapolis location. The company said it could open several more restaurants in the area in future years.
Irvington-based brewery planning restaurant, bar in Zionsville
The 2,700-square-foot watering hole and family-friendly eatery is expected to open this fall in a 93-year-old edifice with the moniker Corvus-Black Acre Rotisserie, Taproom and Bourbon Bar.
Owner of former Scotty’s Brewhouse location sued over closure
A Pots & Pans Production LLC, which provides management services for all of Scotty’s Holdings LLC’s restaurant locations, filed suit this week against Johnson Hospitality Group LLC.
Long-awaited Birdies to debut in Westfield
The mini-golf portion of the entertainment and dining complex opens Friday, but its 250-seat American grill restaurant won’t open until November.
Downtown steakhouse closes; owners plan conversion to event venue
For the second time in less than three years, restaurateur Gary Brackett is forming a new business strategy for the downtown space he leases at 14 E. Washington St.
Scotty’s Brewhouse closes another Indiana location
The Indianapolis-based restaurant and bar chain is down to eight Scotty’s locations, plus a Thr3e Wise Men Co. taproom and eatery in Muncie. The chain had more than twice as many locations at the end of last year.
Q&A: Conrad chef Sven Hildebrandt brings international flair
The 47-year-old told IBJ he hopes to make the most of what he learned in Germany—where he grew up and got his start in hospitality—as well as in Dublin, Phoenix and Virginia, with hopes of adding some authentic German flair to the hotel’s specialty menus.
Casual-dining chain O’Charley’s shuts down two Indianapolis locations
The regional restaurant chain has closed three restaurants in Indianapolis this year, leaving it with just one location in the city and six others in surrounding areas.
Utah-based Vasa Fitness coming to Indy
The chain will move into a former Kroger store on the city’s southeast side. Also this week: 16-Bit Bar + Arcade, Greenleaf Juicing Co., U-Haul and more.
IBJ Podcast: Scott Wise talks Scotty’s, starting over and his new restaurant Roots
Wise tells IBJ Podcast host Mason King that he’s both emotional and excited about his new start, which he says has been like hitting control-alt-delete on his career.
Indiana fish farm poised to make history with genetically modified salmon
The salmon produced by AquaBounty are the first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption in the United States.