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Owner closes all five Indy-area Bagger Dave’s restaurants
Southfield, Michigan-based Diversified Restaurant Holdings Inc. said it shut down eight of its 26 Bagger Dave’s restaurants in all, including seven in Indiana. It said the restaurants were losing money.
Local McAlister’s franchisee sells 19 restaurants
McIndy Ventures LLC, which opened its first McAlister’s in 2002 in Indianapolis, has sold its portfolio of eateries across Indiana to Tennessee-based Southern Rock Restaurants LLC.
Chipotle tweaking cooking methods in wake of outbreaks
The fast-but-fresh restaurant chain plans to change the way it handles its meats, vegetables and cheese to combat a hit to its image from incidences of foodborne illness.
DINING: Broad Ripple staple Chumley’s transitions into Village Tap Room
The Tijuana Sunshine Dog, wrapped in bacon with caramelized onion, queso fresco, and peppadew pepper chowchow, is not for the feint of heart.
Artisan distilleries are on the rise since 2013 law change
The state has approved permits to let 13 distilleries sell vodka, bourbon, whiskey and other spirits directly to the public. More permits are under consideration.
Downtown Dunaway’s restaurant building attracts buyer
A local company bought the historic building at 351 S. East St., near the entrance of the Fletcher Place neighborhood, and plans to convert it into office space.
DINING: Illinois Street gets Byrned
If you’ve ordered from the window of Byrne’s Grilled Pizza’s food truck, you should have a pretty good idea what to expect at its new brick and mortar location
Large Noble Roman’s investor calls for sale of company
In a scathing letter to directors, Privet Fund LP said accountability is sorely lacking throughout the upper ranks of the company, which has a stock price languishing below $2 a share.
Hotels, retailers expected to follow Ikea to Fishers
Hundreds of acres of undeveloped land surround the 35-acre site the popular Swedish home furnishing company selected—land now ripe for new projects. And in other communities, hotels, restaurants, retailers and even tech companies have followed Ikea stores.
DINING: City Market bistro offers twist on traditional grilled cheese
Bedecked with playful signage and a menu handwritten on butcher paper, Say Cheese adds another option to downtown lunch dining.
Retailers, restaurants struggle to find staff in north ‘burbs
Advertisements for traditionally low-wage jobs in hospitality and retail decorate major thoroughfares in the northern suburbs, offering management positions and higher pay as incentives.
Local restaurant offering discount to legal gun carriers
Restaurateur Art Bouvier announced the discount Saturday night on Facebook shortly after a robbery at his Cajun eatery, Papa Roux.
Embassy Suites, restaurants part of $35M Noblesville project
A seven- to eight-story hotel and 20,000-square-foot conference center are in the works for a $35 million mixed-use development just off exit 210 of Interstate 69 in Noblesville.
City block in Fountain Square on the market
The seven parcels on Prospect Street, which are available for a total of $1.5 million, could attract the area's next big apartment development.
Irvington on the upswing with efforts to bolster commercial growth
Grassroots efforts by local residents have meant a boost in the number of restaurants and retailers in the historic Indianapolis neighborhood, which was once considered a suburb.
Business lunch spots to savor
There’s no shortage of places to have a great lunch in central Indiana. But where do you go to close the big deal? IBJ asked locals where they like to go when it’s all on the line.
Turkey breast prices jump after bird flu creates shortage
U.S. restaurants and retailers are facing a shortage of turkey-breast meat, with prices at a record high. The nation’s worst outbreak of avian influenza is to blame.
DINING: Sandwiches in good hands at Love Handle
Something wonderful is happening in Pogue’s Run thanks to a pair of expat Milwaukeeans.
McDonald’s all-day breakfast could increase egg shortage
Restaurants have already been struggling to get enough eggs following the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history. With the world’s largest fast-food chain adding all-day breakfast, the strain is only going to increase.