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Gotta love a slow food truck right?   I think the idea is great, and I love the mobility they have, although for me to eat at Duos, takes a bit of travel, because they are usually found downtown.   I like that they are sourcing most of their stuff locally, and offer vegan and vegetarian options, as I am sure this is an underserved consumer base in Indy.   On the day I went, they were parked at Alabama and Vermont, which is a fairly easy place to park around—of course I ended up in Mass Ave Toy shop for awhile and spent a fair amount of money, which made for what turned out to be a somewhat expensive lunch—although I really love that store. What great stuff. So I wanted to try a bit of lots of things, so on this day, I got the asparagus soup, the turkey sandwich (which came with a side salad) and a piece of almond cake. I don’t remember the exact breakdown, but all together, it was $11.50. So the asparagus soup was vegan I believe, although they did a nice job of thickenin...

We lost a couple of good restaurants in Indy lately but I have to say, I am relieved to have Black Market, because it looks like we have replaced them with a good new one.   Based on my first visit anyway, this one’s a keeper. I usually don’t try a new restaurant this quickly (it had only been open a week and a half at this point), but it was a friend’s birthday, and his choice, so we happily obliged. As of our visit, Black Market still didn’t have its sign out front, so you sort of feel like you are sneaking into some secret restaurant—it’s tucked away at the end of Mass Ave (near R Bistro) with just a plain black awning out front.   And get this; they have their own parking lot—a very nice benefit for a downtown restaurant.   There is also a small outdoor eating area. When we walked in, we were warmly welcomed, the door opened for us, and we were told to have a seat wherever we liked.   There is a long communal table and then several other tables for 2 or...

We just got an opportunity to take our kids to Disney and the beach for a few days to celebrate the end of the school year.   It was my son’s first time in Disney, and needless to say, he was very excited.   I thought doing a review or two might be helpful since so many Indy people seem to travel to Disney World, and Florida in general. Overall, I found the food in Disney to be pretty much what I expected—mediocre park food, and our dinner at Chef Mickey’s not much better than the food in the park.   It was a buffet—the real purpose of this restaurant was to meet Mickey Mouse and his friends, and for that purpose, it was exactly what we wanted.   I didn’t eat a lot there, because it was one of those meals that felt a bit like a waste of calories.   Our last night in Disney though, I had made a reservation for the California Grill which is at the top of the Contemporary hotel .   It is a very large place, but has lovely windows almost all the way around with...

Desperate for soft shell crabs the other day, and getting shut out right and left, I finally found them at Oceanaire on a night we actually had a babysitter.   Now, the last couple of meals I have had at Oceanaire were a little disappointing, but I was willing to take a chance to get some soft shells.   As always, I like the interior of Oceanaire, although they tried to seat us upstairs when the bottom floor was nearly empty—this kind of annoyed hubby so we asked for a table downstairs, and were given a nice booth.   I recently read an article by Michael Bauer, the San Francisco food critic, who questioned why hosts seat people in bad tables when others are clearly available.   There were no clear answers in the article, but the comment that made the most sense to me, is that someone eventually will take it and up until then, they just keep trying to seat people there.   Anyway, by the time we left the downstairs was quite full of conventioneers and they were do...

Recently, I had the opportunity to go to Oakley’s for lunch and then again for dinner not long after.   I had heard that the menu had changed a bit and was interested to see how much.   I have always enjoyed Oakley’s and am excited to see something new on their menu. So the first meal was lunch, for my Dad’s birthday.   I had the soup and tart combo (really it was a pizza, not a tart). I started with the shrimp bisque.   It was good.   The soup had a nice shrimp flavor, and I usually enjoy the little chopped bits that Oakley’s puts into their soups, but these tasted mostly like celery and were just a little too crunchy for me. I also had the “spring” pizza simply because it had morels on it (my Dad got the same thing).   It sounded really good—with ramps, morels and pesto. The crust was very thin and crisp, sort of what I imagine a flatbread should taste like, actually. I found it humorous that they called it a pizza instead.   Anyway, the flavor was g...

One of the last breakfast places near our house that we have been wanting to try is Just Judy’s.   It is in an old Waffle House on 54 th Street.   It’s a pretty big place, and actually serves other meals besides breakfast and even has a bar.   The breakfast menu is fairly standard, and hubby went with your traditional choice—a 2 egg breakfast with bacon, hash browns and ½ order of biscuits and gravy.   I went with the breakfast sandwich on a croissant. Unfortunately, it will also likely be the last time we ever eat there.   Some of the things were fine—the eggs were generally cooked well, and….well, honestly, that’s really about it.   The bacon was so hard you couldn’t bite a piece off of it. After trying to take a bite of my sandwich, and not being able to do it, I pulled it all off and set it aside. I still had my two eggs with melted cheese on my croissant, so it wasn’t too bad.   Hubby unfortunately also ordered the bacon and felt the same way. A ...

**THIS RESTAURANT IS OUT OF BUSINESS** I am pretty excited about this place. To be honest, we had sort of put off going for a couple of reasons—one, it is also a nightclub, and I sort of feel too old for nightclubs, and two, when you look at the menu online, it looks like you get a lot of food on each plate, and with only 2 people, I was worried that we wouldn’t be able to try too much.   It IS a nightclub after 10 pm, and certainly has a nightclub feel, but it was a very enjoyable experience going earlier in the evening and there were quite a few people there that were even older than us, so that was reassuring.   It is a very dark modern interior (hence the dark-ish pictures), and the music while in the forefront, wasn’t so loud that you couldn’t easily carry on a conversation.   As for the portion size, I was totally wrong. At the time we went, it wasn’t reflected on the online menu (now it is), but many of their plates come in half portions, or you can buy them by the...

It has been a couple of years since we’ve been to Zoobilation, but we were able to get there this year—it’s always fun to people watch at this event, particularly later in the evening.   I also ate a ton of different things, but here were some of the highlights that stuck out in my mind: Tilapia ceviche from Adobo.   Maybe because it was so hot, but the cold dishes were hitting the spot.   This ceviche was light and limey with a hint of heat from jalapeno, and had a perfect slice of avocado on the plate.   Shrimp, octopus and tuna ceviche with avocado, cucumber, cilantro, tomato, soy and yuzu from H20. It was served on a tortilla chip and the flavor was great.   I also like that it was easy to eat—not so big that you made a mess, and it was easy to walk and eat it.   Handling your drink and a plate with a fork got to be a little challenging sometimes—especially when you are trying to take pictures of it on top of everything else.   And I noticed it is ...

I have decided to start something new here on the blog and introduce you to some of my favorite local places that are food and drink-related, but aren’t restaurants.   Locally owned places you would actually find me in on a regular basis. These aren’t reviews—these are places I really like.   But I want to try and support other local places here on the blog by giving them a little love and also get suggestions for some of your favorite places or products that are Indy specialties. (Don’t worry; these features will be in addition to all the regular restaurant reviews).   Feel free to let me know what you think of the idea too! My first featured place is my all time favorite wine shop, Cork and Cracker.   This place has a lot of things going for it---first, it is pretty close to my house (it’s in Broad Ripple), second, they mainly stock wines that are under $15 a bottle, and finally, the people who own it are really nice.   They have become good friends of ours ac...

I know it hasn't been that long since I last reviewed The Local, but the other night I really wanted to go to Pizzology for soft shell crabs, and I dragged hubby up to Carmel just after he had gotten off a plane.   The wait was too long for him (he was starving) and even the bar was full, so I remembered that the Local was close by, and we went there instead.   It was quite crowded as well, but we could at least sit at the bar and get a drink while we waited.   Also, since a lot of people hassled me over my last review of The Local, so I thought I should give it another try. We started with the warm goat cheese appetizer ($9.50) which I quite enjoyed.   Seems like a lot of people have this on the menu, but they are almost always prepared the same way—surrounded by marinara.   Which is good too, but it is nice to see a little change of pace.   This one was the goat cheese with some olive oil and several cloves of roasted garlic—the mellow but rich garli...