Where to eat, district by district
Each neighbourhood page lists every restaurant, bar, market and bakery we cover there.
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Downtown Indianapolis
34 places
Monument Circle and the convention-center core.
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Mass Ave
34 places
The arts-and-dining corridor running northeast from downtown, lined with breweries, theaters and the city's most-watched new kitchens.
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Broad Ripple
20 places
A canal-side village known for bars, brunch and a Saturday farmers market, six miles north of downtown along the Monon Trail.
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Fountain Square
9 places
Historic Indy reawakened.
- Meridian Kessler 8 places Tree-lined residential streets between 38th and Kessler, anchored by Cafe Patachou at 49th and Penn and the Hubbard Cravens cafe nearby.
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Fletcher Place
6 places
A pocket between downtown and Fountain Square where Bluebeard and Milktooth defined the modern Indy dining map.
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Haughville
6 places
Indianapolis's near-west-side neighborhood across the White River from downtown.
- Near Eastside 6 places The corridor around East 10th Street and Woodruff Place where Beholder runs the city's most-watched a la carte room.
- Speedway 6 places The town surrounding the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which goes all-in on food and beer through May's race month.
- North Side 5 places
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Old Northside
4 places
A near-north historic neighborhood between downtown and the Children's Museum, anchored by Goose the Market on North Delaware.
- Bottleworks District 3 places A 2020 redevelopment of the historic Coca-Cola bottling plant on College Avenue, now anchoring Garage Food Hall and the Bottleworks Hotel.
- Carmel 3 places A wealthy suburb 15 minutes north of downtown with a Saturday farmers market and a small fine-dining row in the Arts and Design District.
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Irvington
3 places
An east-side historic neighborhood built around a former Butler University campus, with a small main street of cafes and family-run kitchens.
- Stutz 2 places
- Varies 2 places
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Crown Hill
1 place
- East Side 1 place
- Fishers 1 place
- Geist 1 place
- Herron Morton 1 place
- Indy East 1 place
- Northwest 1 place
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Holy Cross
0 places
A small near-eastside neighborhood with Eastern European Catholic roots and family-run kitchens off East Michigan.