Swoon List: The Loft, Duos, and More

Five Dishes We Adore Right Now

A slice of slightly sweet homemade pumpernickel bread crowned with a layer of house-smoked salmon and a mound of perfectly seasoned egg salad at The Loft at Traders Point Creamery (9101 Moore Rd., Zionsville, 317-733-1700).

 

 

The roasted eggplant sandwich from Duos’ sunny Eskenazi location (720 Eskenazi Ave., 317-880-5676). The deliciously mushy veggie gets the full complement of add-ons: melted fontina, caramelized onions, arugula, fresh cilantro, and a sweet smear of tomato chutney.

 

The roasted eggplant sandwich at Duos
The roasted eggplant sandwich at Duos

 

A glass of Brugge’s crisp boysenberry sour beer, Pooka, sipped at one of Tomlinson Tap Room’s (222 E. Market St., 317-423-2337) tables overlooking City Market.

A glass of the boysenberry sour beer, Pooka, at Tomlinson Tap Room
A glass of the boysenberry sour beer, Pooka, at Tomlinson Tap Room

 

Sunday’s vegan dinner at Three Carrots (222 E. Market St., 317-403-5867), featuring seitan buffalo “wings” over spicy creamed greens and the ultimate in vegetarian comfort food, macaroni and cheese.

Seitan buffalo wings at Three Carrots
Seitan buffalo wings at Three Carrots

 

Love Handle‘s (2829 E. 10th St., 317-430-5004) melt-in-the-mouth tres leches cake topped with lavender-tinged whipped cream and wilting berries and peaches.

The tres leches cake at Love Handle
The tres leches cake at Love Handle