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
Cocktail barDive bar$$$haughville
Workingman's Friend on North Belmont in Haughville, Indianapolis is a 1918 lunch counter dive bar. Macedonian-origin, cash only, the West Side standard.
Signature drink: Beer and a smash burger
Food: Smash double cheeseburgers and fries
Cocktail barGerman biergarten$$$mass-ave
The Rathskeller's Kellerbar in the Athenaeum, Indianapolis has poured pilsner since 1894. The biergarten opens late spring through fall with weekend music.
Signature drink: Hofbrau on draft and German wines
Food: Schnitzel and pretzel