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Bravo

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Cuisine & Restaurants.

If Italian food is something that moves you, then this is someplace you might try if you haven’t already. I wasn’t sure  what this place would be like initially because it’s a franchise…and the first thing you notice is the decor, which is made to resemble an old authentic Italian villa with hints of distressed and missing pieces of trim and old exposed brick here and there with plaster pulling away in sections.

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John’s Famous Stew

Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Cuisine & Restaurants.

A few days ago I got together with some old friends of mine for lunch and they had suggested going to John’s Famous Stew in the near SW side of town near downtown and Eli Lilly’s. We live in three different corners of the Indy area so a near downtown location is a happy medium for us. I honestly couldn’t remember the last time I had been there. Many

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Acapulco Joe’s

Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Cuisine & Restaurants.

Depending on who you talk to, they either love this place or feel the opposite. The funny thing is, the reasons given for why they feel that way are for the same things. The decor and the atmosphere is sort of rough around the edges but some will say that’s the charm of the place and the attraction. It’s not pretentious like other restaurants. You can go to there and just

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St. Elmo mystique

Posted on December 19th, 2009 by Richard. Categories: Cuisine & Restaurants.

Having grown up in Indianapolis, I had been to St. Elmo’s on a few occasions. But the first time that I really became aware of the clout that St. Elmo’s has, I was about 25 and on a plane flight coming from New York to Indy. There was a businessman seated next to me from the Denver area, and we began to talk. When I told him I was going back to

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Time Machine

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by Richard. Categories: Cuisine & Restaurants, Historic Homes / Buildings.

 

Anyone want to join me here for a Big Chief, french fries and a cherry Coke? If we only could. OK…I’m dating myself by posting this but I knew a few people will get a kick out of it. It’s the only photo on this site that I haven’t take myself…so far at least…but I thought it was worth it. A friend of mine gave it to me last

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Yesterday Today

Posted on July 5th, 2009 by Richard. Categories: Cuisine & Restaurants.

Even if it’s not Sunday…there’s one place that serves a Sunday-style family dinner every day. Hollyhock Hill is one of those places that just never changes. The building, the decor, the menu…hasn’t essentially changed since they opened more than 75 years ago. They don’t have to. Their customers love it just the way it is. You can’t argue with the logic. If it isn’t broken, you don’t

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Our Illinois Neighbor

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Richard. Categories: Cuisine & Restaurants.

The first time I ever went to the Illinois Food Emporium, some clients took me out to breakfast one morning. We had exchanged emails for many weeks but it was the first time I had actually met them in person. It was a beautiful morning much like the day here in this photo. It turned out to be a perfect place to get know each other. Although there is a dining