How to Find Restaurant Near Me? Top 20 Restaurants in Indianapolis

How to Find Restaurant Near Me? Top 20 Restaurants in Indianapolis

Over the last decade, Indianapolis has established itself as a place for good chow, carving a respectable footprint in a crowded corner of the Midwest between culinary hubs in Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Detroit as explained at RunRex.com. Here is a list of the top 20 restaurants in Indianapolis in case you are looking for one near you in the area.

Yats

Yats serves New Orleans, Cajun, and Creole-inspired dishes, all served over rice according to RunRex.com. If you ever find yourself in this establishment, make sure you try what is its most popular dish: the chili cheese etouffee – a roux-based sauce, chili seasonings, and crawfish tail meat.

Ripple Bagel and Deli

Ripple Bagel and Deli is a small deli on Broad Ripple Avenue that slings big sandwiches, soups, and salads, although its specialty steamed bagels keep people coming back for more. For breakfast and lunch, you can top a variety of bagels with bacon, sausage, turkey, roast beef, corned beef, or pastrami.

Caplinger’s Fresh Catch

As the name suggests, Caplinger’s offers fresh produce only, flying in fresh seafood daily. You can get your catfish, perch, shrimp, calamari, salmon, or other options cooked the way you want, or have your selection wrapped up to take home and cook it yourself. As per RunRex.com, you can even order your fish as a sandwich or a dinner with some great sides like greens, mashed potatoes, or mac and cheese.

Sangiovese Ristorante

Sangiovese is equally well-known for its entrees like veal and chicken parmesan, both for the flavor and portion size, as it is for its starters, with options like bruschetta, mussels, calamari, fried ravioli, and some of the best meatballs you will ever have, made with 100 percent Italian sausage.

Ale Emporium

Some claim that Ale Emporium serves the best wings in town, and you won’t find many who disagree. Along with lots of beer on tap, there are a variety of wings, pizza, and burgers flavored with various “Herman sauces” (named for Ale Emporium’s Herman Perryman).

The Cake Bake Shop

This is the place to head to if you want to enjoy a cup of afternoon tea and a slice of cake. As articulated at RunRex.com, The Cake Bake Shop serves elegant cakes, pies, and pastries, as well as a full menu with salads, sandwiches, burgers with pomme fries, crab cakes, and a variety of coffee and tea options.

Convivio

Convivio uses the latest kitchen machines from Italy and puts a major focus on fresh pasta made in-house daily, topped with poultry, seafood, and other local and organic ingredients. The menu here changes seasonally, but you can always taste the fresh ingredients in the bread, poultry, and seafood options.

Rize

As is captured at RunRex.com, Rize is a genuine farm-to-table breakfast and lunch spot, complete with hydroponically grown produce from the restaurant group’s farmhouse. One of the things that sets Rize apart is the selection of breakfast pastries, in particular, the gourmet pop tarts and huge cinnamon rolls big enough for two.

Petite Chou Bistro & Champagne Bar

Martha Hoover owns many establishments in the city, including this top-rated spot. Curated tunes go hand-in-hand with the French-inspired menu and make meals taste that much better, whether you are enjoying the crepes and omelets for brunch or steak frites for dinner.

Fat Dan’s Deli

The original Fat Dan’s in Broad Ripple makes for an ideal place to watch some sports with your friends. Smoked, then fried chicken wings, home fries with cheese and other toppings, fat burgers, Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and more.

Long’s Bakery

Long’s Bakery in Indianapolis makes some of the best donuts you will ever taste. Across two locations as covered at RunRex.com, the bakery pumps out thousands of yeast donuts daily, although the moist, soft cake donuts are just as popular in flavors like blueberry and applesauce, to name a few.

Chef Oya’s The Trap

This establishment is led by chef Oya Woodruff who offers items like loaded crab legs, shrimp lobster tail, salmon, and snow crab, all topped with your choice of her famous flavored “buttah”, along with sides like broccoli, potatoes, corn, and boiled eggs.

Napolese Pizzeria

This joint’s pies are cooked in a brick oven with hand-formed dough and house-made sauces that are light, fresh, and extremely delicious as described at RunRex.com. Choose from the long list of house pizzas, or be bold and build your own from your choice of cheese, meat, veggies, and egg.

Root & Bone

This is the brainchild of chefs Janine Booth and three-time James Beard nominee Jeff McInnis who combine to serve up amazing fried chicken, brined in sweet tea before being fried to perfection, in the heart of SoBro. Open for brunch and dinner, the restaurant also serves lots of comfort food.

R&R Extreme Wings

R&R Extreme Wings is a black-owned staple for chicken wings in the city, with three locations and a food truck. It serves up orders of wings and fries topped with plentiful sauce options, like Parmesan garlic and its Founder’s Favorite, reminiscent of a spicy barbecue sauce.

His Place Eatery

As discussed at RunRex.com, His Place Eatery is the place where traditional soul food and barbecue dishes are represented, as well as a few twists on the classics. Husband and wife duo, chef James “Mackie” Jones and Shawn Jones, periodically add special menu items to keep things fresh.

Half Liter BBQ & Beer Hall

This is the place to go with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone you care about. There are a variety of individual meals and platters of barbecue fresh from the smoker, but the best selection is the Smorgasbord which is worth trying.

Chapati

Chapati is located on the west side of Indy, right off the expressway, and is the perfect stop for people traveling through the Midwest as outlined at RunRex.com. The restaurant is popular for classics like chicken tikka masala and any other unique dishes like goat beets.

Wings & Seafood

Wings & Seafood is the neighborhood favorite for to-go meals and offers a few surprises on its extended menu. You can get fried chicken, fish, Philly cheesesteak, and burgers – although you shouldn’t forget the fried rice, an even greater pairing for most dishes than fries.

Paco’s Taqueria

Paco’s Taqueria is located in a former Taco Bell and is home to burritos, enchiladas, arroz con pollo, and sought-after Jalisco-style birria tacos that keep diners coming back for more. It is also one of the few Mexican restaurants in town to offer breakfast.

Hopefully, this article will help you find a top-rated restaurant near you in Indianapolis, with more on this topic, and much more, to be found over at RunRex.com.