Tag: restaurant
Sunday Ads: Be a Secret Agent and Win the Jackpot!
Business: Burger Chef Systems Date of Ad: April 6, 1966 Location: 1300 West 16th Street, and...
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At Your Leisure: On Tour
The La Tour dining room in all of its swanky seventies glory. (Image: eBay) Valentine’s Day has...
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At Your Leisure: Hamming it Up
Indy natives believe that Shapiro’s is the first, last and only name in delicatessen dining. First...
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At Your Leisure: Snack Time
An unfortunate truth about downtown Indianapolis streetscapes is the “missing teeth” in what was...
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At Your Leisure: Indy’s Once Favorite Pasta
Shorter and colder days, increase cravings for comfort food. And comfort food means...
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At Your Leisure: Relaxing at Fireside
Indianapolis is a ‘meat and potatoes’ type of town. That tends to happen when...
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At Your Leisure: A Night on the Circle
Monument Circle is always a pleasant place to take a stroll on a summer evening. The center of the...
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At Your Leisure: Saint vs. Saint
Even those who know little about Indianapolis are likely familiar with that “saintly”...
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At Your Leisure: An Evening in Merry England
A postcard showing the Sheffield Inn. The single story section was a later addition as a large...
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At Your Leisure: Pardon my French
Not many would picture fine French dining at a roadside motel as this ad from the 1960s boasted....
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At Your Leisure: Summertime Cruisin’
Happy May 1st! As spring heads into summer, we start thinking of how to take advantage of the warm...
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At Your Leisure: Rebirth Along Tinker Street
The neighborhoods bordering Sixteenth and Meridian Streets are some of the next “in” places to be....
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At Your Leisure: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
A promotional magazine ad from the late 1950s. (Image: Indiana State Library) Valentine’s...
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At Your Leisure: Key West Shrimp House
The view driving down South Madison Avenue would never be mistaken for being particularly scenic....
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At Your Leisure: Jackets Required
1930s postcard showing the interior that became the King Cole. (Image: eBay) Do you have a special...
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At Your Leisure: Rubbing Elbows with Indy’s Elite at The Marott Hotel
An early postcard showing the Marott Hotel and Meridian Street Bridge. (Image: eBay) Today’s...
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At Your Leisure: Rene’s French Restaurant
What comes to mind when you think of French cuisine? Could it be an elegant dining room with...
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At Your Leisure: The Red Gables
It’s unclear what made this the “Most Streamlined Restaurant in the Middle-West”...
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Out on the Town: An Evening at the Embers
Mid-century Indianapolis may have had the reputation for being kind of a snooze; the era spawned...
Read MoreHI Mailbag: Northside Chinese Restaurants
Reader’s Question: Back in the Fifties and Sixties, my family sometimes dined at a Chinese restaurant called the Mandarin Inn, which was as well-known for its steaks as it was for its Chinese food. There were also several...
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