Q&A with Kevin Rider of Divvy
Last week, Kevin “Woody” Rider opened Divvy (71 W. City Center Dr., Carmel, 317-706-0000), a sleek, small-plate restaurant in Carmel’s Arts & Design District. This isn’t Rider’s first rodeo, though. In 1998, he transformed a historic 1913 Andrew Carnegie library into Woody’s Library Restaurant (40 E. Main St., Carmel, 317-573-4444), an haute Hoosier eatery that is still going strong. Before that, he owned Parcel Pizza, and he opened the rural-gourmet outpost Bonge’s Tavern (9830 W. 280 North, Perkinsville,765-734-1625), a spot famous for its pre-meal tailgating. Divvy—for which Rider has enlisted his wife Richelle (who was chef at Scholar’s Inn for 10 years) to helm the kitchen—lists Thai chili-frizzled frogs legs with creme fraiche, pheasant sausage, and petite buffalo burgers among its small-plates offerings.
Q&A with Eric Neylon of Porch Pizza
The longtime forager and restaurant cook used time off during the pandemic to create a playful pizza pop-up.
Swoon List: 5 Things We Adore Right Now
The old-school thin-crust pizzas—with that characteristic wafer-crisp crust under a layer of sweet house sauce—at Fountain Square’s Maria’s Original Pizza (1106 Prospect St., 317-786-9283). Tongue tacos at Guatelinda (3107 Lafayette Rd., 317-926-5754), tender hunks of meat tucked inside soft corn tortillas and topped with fresh cilantro and onion.
Swoon List: Five Things We Adore Right Now
1. The Classic Poutine (fresh-cut French fries layered with gravy and local cheese curds) at Bloomington’s meatless gastro pub, The Owlery (212 S. Rogers St., 812-333-7344).
2. The Whole Foods parking lot.
3. Sweet potato chips on the late night menu at
Road Trip: Hing Kee Restaurant
This small sit-down eatery offers Asian dishes including hand-pulled noodles and soup dumplings.
Swoon List 12.10.13
Including this glossy dark chocolate bar flavored with warm pumpkin spice and textured with the tiniest nibs of almond, one of two just-released seasonal flavors from Endangered Species Chocolates.
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After a COVID-19 delay, Fishers resident Kelsey Murphy brought home this season's MasterChef win.
Top Five Indy Coffee Roasters
For one, Harvest Cafe coffee, slow-roasted in an infrared drum roaster.
Growth Spurt: The Expansion Of Three Carrots
Vegan restaurateur Ian Phillips creates seiten-ic panic with a second Three Carrots drawing crowds in Fountain Square.
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The downtown beer bar's new owner is a Florida native who opened Miles Square Bistro in 2017 and worked at The Vanguard.