Best of Indy

NEW IN INDY

Seventeen outstanding new reasons to love the city, everything from a music-video bar to a trampoline park. Read More
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DINE & DRINK

The best gluten-free pizza, craft cocktail mixer, delivery service, salmon, Bloody Mary bar, restaurant makeover, doughnut holes, wine room, fresh bread, beignets, new menu, local spirit, mini desserts, ice cream, counter seats, crab rangoon, and more Read More
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BEAUTY & WELLNESS

The best Brazilian wax, hair blowout bar, juice cleanse, TRX class, nail polish lab, straight-razor shave, ballet classes, and more Read More
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ARTS & CULTURE

The best book of 2012, season concerts, Super Bowl leftover, literary souvenir, museum overhaul, fashion photography, new concert venue, artistic discovery, museum exhibit, and more Read More
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PLAY & PARTY

The best weeknight scene, cheap thrill, local beer selection, holiday family fun, day in the park, wedding band, kids' class, happy hour twist, and more. Read More
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HOME & SHOPPING

The best baby-shower gifts, men's shoes, barware, bath fixtures, imports shop, craft supplies, Indiana-pride tees, gift shops, party frocks, patterned tights, and more Read More
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BEST OF CARMEL

Five great picks in Indy's neighbor to the north. Read More
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Profile: Kickin' It with Pat McAfee

Pat McAfee won’t use urinals in public restrooms, and he always washes his hands. Because you never know who’s watching. “What usually happens is, people see me, and then tweet about it,” he says. Read More
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Best Gay-Friendly Bar

Music videos and cocktails mix like J.Lo and backup dancers—this we learned from Tini, a petite bar with TVs where a four-round night might go something like this: Read More
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Best Art Gallery

Signed works by major artists fill the Conrad’s new Long-Sharp Gallery, an extension of Rhonda Long-Sharp’s renowned online dealership, Modern Masters. Here, her rules for investing in fine-art prints: Read More
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Best Dinner Spread

When Bluebeard opened in June, word of its Bohemian cuisine and cocktails spread like a meme. The deconstructed menu changes nightly, but order from each category and you can’t go wrong. Read More
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Best Coffee Shop

Six reasons to race over to Lino’s Coffee, a real-deal Italian cafe inside Dallara Automobili: Read More
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Best Meat Empire

The only question now is how to use the sexy cold cuts from Smoking Goose Meatery. Here, some tasty ideas. Read More
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Best French Onion Soup

Some people say you can read the quality of a restaurant in the way it cooks a steak ordered medium-rare. Others use the poached egg, or the quality of the table bread, the pluckiness of the staff, the cleanliness of the washrooms. I’ve decided that such merits lie beneath the melted Gruyere of French onion soup. Read More
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Best Gift Shops

Find the best picks for the book-club member, the city-chic niece, the snowboarding son, the choosy mother-in-law, and the domestic-goddess pal in your midst. Read More
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Fast Company: Best Dating Spots & Activities

Arie Luyendyk Jr. is in the driver's seat, and he calls the shots for us as to where one should take a date and what to do there. Read More
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Best Movers-and-Shakers Hangout

It's not exactly a bar, not really a business incubator. But the Speak Easy, a members-only work lounge in SoBro, combines the best aspects of both into a 9-to-5 hotspot for the tech sector. On any given day, creative minds are hard at work at the reclaimed-wood desks developing websites, apps, and related services, craft beer from the self-serve taps in hand. Read More
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Best Bookstore

True story: In the post-paper Kindle age, an independent used-book shop opened with enough bright-eyed enthusiasm to triumph over dark capitalist forces. Even if you adore your e-reader, you’ll love hanging out here just as much, thanks to a cast of winsome characteristics. Read More
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Best Vintage Market

The parking-lot Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace moved indoors to the Fountains Conference Center for the season, meaning lovers of the retro look can keep clearing space for bargains like these, found in October. Next sale: January 26. Read More
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Best Calorie Burn

Even adults jump for joy here once they get out there and bounce up a sweat. Don’t fear the face-plant—grab a pair of issued sneakers and hop to it! Read More
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Best Zine: The Hipstorians Present Commercial Article

Untold chapters of local art history come to light through a series of enchanting design publications. Read More
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Exclusive: Pat McAfee Won't Stop Talking

One thing you can say about Colts punter Pat McAfee: He’s never at a loss for words. He had plenty to say when he sat down recently for his IM profile—so much so, in fact, that we couldn’t get it all into the article. Here are a few of the tastier morsels we were able to forage from the editor’s cutting-room floor. Read More
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Best Holiday Essentials

Pick up the December issue of Indianapolis Monthly for the complete list of this year’s Best of Indy winners. Read More
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Reader's Choice

Your voices are heard in this companion piece to our December 2012 cover feature of 109 great Indy gets, finds, tastes, and experiences. Read More
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Pat McAfee's Top 10 Tweets of the Year

“I think people who decorate 4 Christmas be4 Thanksgiving hate America.” Read More
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109 Top Picks!

NEW IN INDY

DINE & DRINK

BEAUTY & WELLNESS

ARTS & CULTURE

PLAY & PARTY

HOME & SHOPPING

BEST OF CARMEL

Profile: Kickin' It with Pat McAfee

Best Gay-Friendly Bar

Best Art Gallery

Best Dinner Spread

Best Coffee Shop

Best Meat Empire

Best French Onion Soup

Best Gift Shops

Fast Company: Best Dating Spots & Activities

Best Movers-and-Shakers Hangout

Best Bookstore

Best Vintage Market

Best Calorie Burn

Best Zine: The Hipstorians Present Commercial Article

Exclusive: Pat McAfee Won't Stop Talking

Best Holiday Essentials

Reader's Choice

Pat McAfee's Top 10 Tweets of the Year

BEST INDY TEES

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