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Headed there for a meeting and have one night free. Any good thoughts on hotels and/or dining would be great. I like to hit up local steakhouses so any thoughts on that would be good for anyone that knows the area.

Should I wear my Andrew Luck Jersey? Too early?

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33 minutes ago, elfenix said:

free wifi is what i'm looking for in my next vacation destination.

Just throwing it out for the kids who want to social media their mocha frapachinos while walking around downtown indy and I sure hope you never really consider indy as a vacation destination. 

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Used to go there all the time for work. As stated, St. Elmo is the place to for a steakhouse, be sure to get the shrimp cocktail. The 1933 Lounge upstairs is a nice little spot as well. The Le Meridien right next store is a nice hotel if you can catch a good rate. 

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14 hours ago, midtown said:

I've you've ever eaten there then you can actually taste that picture.

You can have the cocktail sauce shipped.  I ordered six bottles last year.

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13 minutes ago, chitwood said:

You can have the cocktail sauce shipped.  I ordered six bottles last year.

additionally, as you are flying out of indianapolis, you can buy it by the bottle at harry & izzy's in terminal a past security.

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On 9/17/2019 at 10:45 AM, captained said:

additionally, as you are flying out of indianapolis, you can buy it by the bottle at harry & izzy's in terminal a past security.

I didn’t see this until after I got back to ATX. However, I did do the Amazon order and it came in a six-pack only. That’s ok....I’m about to perfect my shrimp cocktail game!

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Looking at maybe doing the Bruin/Indiana roadie in late October with the boy (not the best destination, but the dates work well).  Any tips on what to do in Indianapolis (other than St Elmos), hotels, etc are appreciated.

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I like Indy. It's been a few years since I stayed downtown but there's a JW that is beautiful and the Conrad is also nice. Noodle is fun. And yeah, St. Elmo's. 

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Bruin, here are a few things I'd suggest that haven't been mentioned yet:

Bottleworks just northeast of downtown on Mass Ave is a cool revamped area repurposing the Coke bottling factory.  There's one place there called the Garage that has a dozen or more food options.  There are other cool bar and restaurant options up that area, too.  Good place to walk around.

Depending on age of your son, the Indianapolis Children's Museum is the largest in the nation.  Lots of good exhibits and stuff to do.

If he's a bit older and y'all are into history the Indiana State Museum is a good place, plus you can get your parking validated when you go in the museum and only pay $4 to park in downtown.  Indianapolis has the most war memorials of any city in the nation other than DC.  The best one is the Indiana War Memorial & Museum just north of downtown.  Amazing history and a collection you could take hours exploring; it's also a really cool building.   I'd prioritize the War Memorial over the State Museum.

Hotels - other than the previously mentioned JW, my favorite hotels in downtown are Bottleworks Hotel and also the Alexander.  

Not to discredit St Elmo's but there are a good number of downtown restaurants that are significantly better than StE.  If y'all have never had the shrimp cocktail, go to StE's partner restaurant next door - Harry & Izzy's , sit at the bar and order a couple drinks and the shrimp.

  • Bluebeard - $1 oysters on Sundays.
  • Livery - my favorite place
    • Favorite dishes: Tuna tostada, watermelon aguachile salad, skirt steak.
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  • Vida
  • Milktooth
  • If you want a good breaded pork tenderloin sandwich, go 15 mins north of downtown, there are two in Broad Ripple:
    • The Pawn Shop - a true dive bar, loin is only $7.  My favorite tenderloin in the city.
    • Plump's Last Shot - lots of old basketball memoribilia on the walls, a cool history of high school and college basketball in the Hoosier state.

There is no good Italian place in town, but we do have some really good pizza, surprisingly.  On Mass Ave there is Goodfellas (NY style).  Portnoy gave it an 8.2 in his review. Just outside downtown is Sam's Square Pie that does Detroit style and is absolutely fantastic.  Futuro, also just outside downtown offers both Detroit style and Chicago tavern style.  Get the tavern style there and the Detroit at Sam's. 

If you have the coin to pop on the Indy Car ridealong experience... there really is nothing else like it.  I've gotten to do the Nascar experience at Texas Motor Speedway and drive the car, and it doesn't hold a candle to going 200mph flat out at Indy, even if you are just the passenger in a 2-seater.  The museum was recently completely redone (its in the infield) and it is pretty awesome. 

Let me know if you have any other specific questions or want any other recs. 

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