The Inferno Room ★ 4.6
The Inferno Room on Virginia Avenue in Fountain Square, Indianapolis is the city's home for tiki and exotic cocktails. Six nights a week, 21-plus only.
Signature drink: Tiki cocktails and rum flights
Food: Tiki bar snacks
The Ball & Biscuit is a bar in Mass Ave, Indianapolis.
The Ball & Biscuit on Mass Ave in Indianapolis runs the city's most-decorated craft cocktail program with a deep American whiskey list and back bar.
Food program: Snack plates and shareables
Address: 331 Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204
The Inferno Room on Virginia Avenue in Fountain Square, Indianapolis is the city's home for tiki and exotic cocktails. Six nights a week, 21-plus only.
Signature drink: Tiki cocktails and rum flights
Food: Tiki bar snacks
The Red Key Tavern on North College in SoBro, Indianapolis is a 1933 tavern. Vonnegut's hangout, no cell phones rule, the city's most respected dive.
Signature drink: Cold beer and a cheeseburger
Food: Cheeseburgers and tavern plates
The Aristocrat Pub in South Broad Ripple, Indianapolis since 1933. A cherished neighborhood pub with a wide draft list and the city's longest patio.
Signature drink: Indiana craft drafts and a pub burger
Food: Pub menu
High Velocity at the JW Marriott Indianapolis is the downtown convention-district sports bar. Eighty-plus screens, an extensive beer list, full kitchen.
Signature drink: Craft cocktails and a long beer list
Food: Elevated bar food
Plat 99 at The Alexander Hotel in Indianapolis is a cocktail lounge built around the hotel's contemporary-art collection. Curated drinks, late hours.
Signature drink: Bartender-choice cocktails and art-program pairings
Food: Small plates
1933 Lounge above St. Elmo Steak House on South Illinois in Indianapolis pours bourbon and serves the steakhouse small-plate menu. Walk-ins only.
Signature drink: Bourbon flights and a shrimp cocktail
Food: Steakhouse small plates