Cunningham in the past seven years has opened Mesh, Bru Burger and Union 50 on Massachusetts Avenue. He launched Vida—where Amici’s Italian Restaurant once stood—in February, and followed up with The Livery on College Avenue in November.
The Yard, a 17-acre development by Thompson Thrift Retail Group, would replace the existing Springdale Estates neighborhood on the southeast corner of 116th Street and Ikea Way, just east of Interstate 69.
By my estimate, by the year 2055, every third restaurant in Indianapolis will be part of the Cunningham Group.
A 17-acre project called The Yard would be located next to Ikea and include numerous lots for restaurants, a culinary incubator and possibly a dinner theater. It could cost $40 million to $60 million to develop.
A Scottsdale, Arizona-based company announced Friday that it has closed on its acquisition of Indianapolis-based restaurant chain Scotty’s Brewhouse. IBJ first reported the deal in October.
Instead of portions that could sustain an entire village for a week, Convivio is confident enough to serve a fair but not ridiculous lunchtime repast.
Starbucks Corp. wants to persuade its coffee-loving customers to come back for lunch, after stumbling several times in previous attempts to expand its food offerings.
Sonic is the nation’s largest drive-in chain and has solid name recognition, but has struggled to gain a major foothold in central Indiana.
The sisters who co-own the restaurant say they’re in negotiations to sell it and will serve their last customers on New Year’s Eve.
LongBranch helps a neighborhood continue to evolve into a dining destination.
Burn By Rocky Patel has agreed to take 5,500 square feet at the corner of Meridian and Maryland streets as mall operator Simon Property Group continues to fill spaces left by the departure of Nordstrom.
The company said it took a $1.4 million loss in the third quarter from discontinuing operations in its standalone take-and-bake restaurant operations. It plans to focus on a new restaurant concept that will debut in January.
Indiana-based Womack Restaurants began its association with the Atlanta-based chicken chain in 2014 and also has locations in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Rooster’s Kitchen has a lot going for it…but don’t look for chicken.
It took nearly two years to finalize design and financing for the first phase of Midtown, but its developer predicts that other components will fall into place quickly now that construction has started.
Sales at established Steak n Shake restaurants rose slightly in the latest quarter following disappointing results last period that snapped a streak of 29 consecutive quarterly increases dating to 2009.
The yet-to-be-named restaurant will occupy 5,500 square feet in Gershman Partners’ Marietta building under construction next to the Marott Center.
Buffalo Wild Wings hopes to open 15 to 20 R Taco locations in the metropolitan area as soon as possible and is seeking franchisees with multi-restaurant experience to lead the growth.
The ex-wife of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle has filed suit against the fast-food sandwich chain, alleging executives knew about Fogle’s sexual attraction to young children as early as 2004 and stayed quiet about his pedophile predilections to preserve his role as a “cash cow” for the company.
If you are from Pittsburgh, you might not want to read the commentary that follows.
