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Hoaglin Café quaint, welcoming

By: Michelle Hu <[email protected]>

Walking down Massachusetts Avenue is strangely similar to the feeling you get while perusing the shops of downtown Carmel. Each store is quaint, unique and doesn’t always have the feeling of competitiveness.

Hoaglin To Go Café and Marketplace is comparable to any café on Main Street in Carmel. Its environment is warm and friendly, especially on a chilly Saturday night. The interior is decorated with small, four-person tables and eclectic artwork on the walls. Almost every shop on Massachusetts Avenue is like Hoaglin: artsy and proud of it.

The food itself, if you happen to arrive there after lunch, will not be something you expect at a formal restaurant. This is mainly due to its rule that meat and other products may not be bought after 2:30 p.m. However, Hoaglin is a perfect stop after a day’s stroll in downtown Indianapolis. Its café goodies are behind a glass case, refrigerated and on display for you to browse.

Before Valentines Day, there were special heart-shaped cookies and marshmallow brownies as part of its dessert menu. If you manage to arrive before 2:30 p.m., there are also other dishes, such as wild mushroom pate, prosciutto-wrapped chicken breast laced with a marsala sauce and even their special tomato pesto sauce alongside various other dishes. There is also a special vegetarian menu that offers the same dishes but made only with veggies.

The café also includes a small variety of coffee. Like a traditional coffee shop, all the flavors are written in chalk on a side wall, and your drink is made right in front of you. So, for the picky coffee connoisseurs out there, Hoaglin can easily personalize your order.

Best of all, Hoaglin is right next door to numerous other shops on Mass Ave, such as Global Gifts and Luna Music Shop. After browsing those unique stores, it is definitely a treat to relax at Hoaglin with a hot mocha cappuccino with whipped cream and a chocolate marshmallow brownie.

SUMMARY
Atmosphere:
A-
Food: A-
Service:
A
Price Range:
$5 to $15
Overall:
A-
Location:
448 Massachusetts Ave.
Phone Number:
(317) 423-0300

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