Cocktail barIndiana beer bar$$$downtown
Tomlinson Tap Room above City Market in downtown Indianapolis pours Indiana-only drafts. Mezzanine seating, food from the market vendors below.
Signature drink: Indiana-only drafts
Food: City Market food vendors
Cocktail barDistillery tasting room$$$fletcher-place
Hotel Tango on Virginia Avenue in Fletcher Place, Indianapolis is the country's first combat-disabled, veteran-owned distillery. Tasting room and patio.
Signature drink: Hotel Tango cocktails and spirit flights
Food: Snack plates
Cocktail barFried-chicken bar$$$mass-ave
The Eagle's bar on Mass Ave in Indianapolis pours pitchers and serves the full dining-room menu. Sit at the chef's counter for a half-chicken and a Hi-Lite.
Signature drink: Hi-Lite cocktails and a pitcher
Food: Fried chicken and spoonbread
Cocktail barBrewery bar$$$carmel
Moontown Brewing in Carmel is the suburb's craft beer anchor. Long Indiana list, full kitchen, a yard for warm-weather drinking, 21-plus only.
Signature drink: Moontown drafts and seasonal pours
Food: Pub food
Cocktail barUrban winery bar$$$downtownDaily 12:00-17:00
Easley Winery on North College in Indianapolis is an urban winery and tasting room. Indiana fruit wines, cheese plates, the city's longest-running wine bar.
Signature drink: Easley wines by the glass
Food: Cheese plates
Cocktail barBlues bar$$$downtown
Slippery Noodle Inn on South Meridian in Indianapolis dates to 1850 as the Tremont House. Indiana's oldest bar in continuous operation, a blues room.
Signature drink: Bourbon and a Sun King draft
Food: Bar menu and Indiana American sides