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Best Restaurants 2022

As the pandemic slowly subsides and diners return to tables, we celebrate the 25 best places in the city to do just that.
sushi from Hinata

Best Restaurants 2022: Special Occasions

The year's best restaurants to get dressed up for.
Best Restaurants 2022 winner Love Handle breakfast hash

Best Restaurants 2022: Trendsetters

The year's buzziest restaurants.
Festiva tacos

Best Restaurants 2022: Come As You Are

The year's most approachable restaurants.

Best Restaurants 2025: 9th Street Bistro-Bluebeard

This year’s list reflects Indianapolis in all its glory, from creative geniuses, to inventive immigrants, to established, well-worn classics. Pull up a chair and dig in to the first installment of this year's Best Restaurants.

Best Restaurants 2025: Borage-Corridor

From Speedway’s Borage to lunchtime spot Corridor, there’s so much more to try … and taste in the second installment of Best Restaurants.

Best Restaurants 2025: Lone Pine-Sam’s Pie

Lone Pine The first solo effort of Beholder partner and award-winning sommelier Josh Mazanowski is a culinary innovator that promises to take Carmel’s dining...

Editor’s Note: Above-Par Restaurants

For the September edition of Editor's Note, our editor-in-chief reflects on her late father, golf, and the local dining scene throughout Indianapolis.

Best Restaurants 2025: Dining Solo

Dining out alone is one of life’s greatest joys, especially at these area restaurants.

Best Restaurants 2025: Eating Out With Kids

Grown-up dining that welcomes the youngest among us.