Wow. Look where we are. After over a year of everything from appetizers to dessert, it is time to let go. We’ve reviewed Indy’s best, delivered top lists for every occasion, and truly given to you, the students, a valued food perspective on one of the nation’s most underground and burgeoning food scenes. Well, now it’s time to hang up the apron, and move on. As college approaches for me, and I move out of the city that I’ve called home for nearly 18 years for Los Angeles, I feel obliged to leave you with my golden lists-the classics and the red hot restaurants to test today. On top of that, the destinations in bold are my ride or dies, places that have defined my childhood. In the words of DJ Khaled, this list is undoubtedly a major key, not just for your Instagram’s aesthetic, but for your hungering tastebuds. These are the type of places that never get old, but mature. The type of places that don’t just change and improve, but evolve. The type of places that don’t carelessly slap dishes on the menu, but curate the menu to play off of the ambience and forge a memorable experience. And most of all, the type of places that will make homesickness strike deeply throughout the next stage of my life. I wish to bid you all adieu, and want to thank you all for taking in the delicious content that I worked hard on for the past year and a half. Thank you for all of your hungering support.
Classics
Shapiro’s Deli-808 S. Meridian Street
St. Elmo’s Steakhouse-127 S. Illinois Street
Hollyhock Hill-8110 N. College Avenue
Bagel Fair-1300 E. 86th Street
Szechwan Garden-3649 Lafayette Road
Giorgio’s Pizza-9 E. Market Street
Cafe Patachou-4901 N. Pennsylvania Street
Today’s Hot Restaurants
Milktooth-534 Virginia Avenue
Rook-501 Virginia Avenue
Garden Table-908 E. Westfield Boulevard
Napolese-114 E. 49th Street
Petit Chou-823 Westfield Boulevard
Bluebeard-653 Virginia Avenue
Plow and Anchor-43 9th Street
Nicey Treat-916 E. Westfield Boulevard
Locally Grown Gardens-1050 E. 54th Street
Late Harvest-8605 River Crossing
Taste Cafe-5164 N. College Avenue
Delicia/La Mulita-5215 N. College Avenue
The Loft-9101 Moore Road
Goose the Market-2503 N. Delaware Street
The Eagle-310 Massachusetts Avenue
North End BBQ-1250 E. 86th Street
Pizzology-608 Massachusetts Avenue
Natural Born Juicers-865 Massachusetts Avenue
Thirsty Scholar-111 E. 16th Street
Public Greens-900 E. 64th Street
Thank you again, eat on my friends 