I know St Elmo's for steaks and the Speedway Museum, but what else would you recommend in your fine city!

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Drive to Chicago? I kid.

What are you looking to do? Restaurants, nightlife, sights, museums?

Yes to all the above, with emphasis on anything around the downtown/Conseco Fieldhouse area. But willing to venture out of that area for anything really exceptional.

And no need to go to Chicago. Been there, done that with the men's team a couple weeks ago.

Any really good sports bars around the Fieldhouse would be much appreciated.

Gig'em!
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I second the request. Staying by Conseco and would love to know a good sports bar to watch men's games on Saturday.

Aren't there supposed to be bars dedicated to each team and decorated with the school's stuff? Wish I knew which one was dedicated to us.

We ate some restaurant right next to our hotel tonight and had filet sliders, wow, top 3 best dinner ive ever had for sure. I'll find the name tomorrow

Harry and izzy's is the name of the restaurant. HAVE to eat filet sliders. Wow. I'll be eating them a few more times this wknd

The official sports bar for A&M is Scotty's Brewhouse. It is located 1 block north of Conseco. It's a good place to eat and watch sports with a good selection of beer. As a bonus, it is one of a few places in the Indy area with Shiner Bock on tap.

Things to do:
Indianapolis Museum of Art Nice museum and it’s FREE
If you have kids or not, the Children’s Museum is fantastic.
Talk a walk around downtown to Monument Circle (the reason why Indy is called the Circle City)
You can walk around White River State Park. From there, you can go to the Indiana State Museum or the Indianapolis Zoo
There are plenty of things to do in the various Cultural Districts. The two places I’ve been are Broad Ripple (a little north of downtown; plenty of shops, restaurants and bars) or Mass Ave (the east side of downtown; similar setup)

Restaurants:
Of course, St. Elmo’s. Especially for the shrimp cocktail. Insider tip: Harry & Izzy’s is owned by the same people as St. Elmo’s; similar food at a slightly cheaper price.
Shapiro’s Deli (808 South Meridian Street) is good. I recommend the Reuben.
Mediterranean food – I recommend Santorini’s (1417 Prospect Street) in Fountain Square.
Mexican food – El Sol (2444 East Washington Street) I’m not sure why a Texan would get Mexican food in the Midwest but this place is good.
Scotty’s (the Aggie headquarters) has good food (1 Virginia Ave # 100)
Rock Bottom Brewery (10 West Washington Street)
Plenty of restaurants within walking distance of the hotel. Also, along Mass Ave and in Broad Ripple if you go there.

Bars:
Local Brewery: Sun King (135 North College Avenue). They have a tasting room for you to hang out and sample their different beers. If you have a fridge in your hotel, you can pick up a growler filled with your choice of beer ($4 for the bottle; $5 to fill it on Friday). I’ll be there around 4pm on Friday filling up my growlers for the weekend.
Around downtown: Slippery Noodle (live music – blues), Kilroy’s, Cadillac Ranch (they have a mechanical bull), Howl at the Moon, Jillian’s (I know a bartender here – Nate, tall bald guy, tell him Todd recommended the place)
Mass Ave: Chatham Tap (great English pub), MacNiven’s (another English pub), the Rathskellar (German biergarten – live music; looks like the outside isn’t open yet), plenty of other bars along that stretch
Broad Ripple: More of a younger, college crowd and a good cab ride from downtown. Similar to a 6th street type area. Old Pro’s Table, Brothers (this place can get packed on a weekend), Broad Ripple Tavern, the Vogue (dancing)

Just a quick list of some suggestions. I tried to list local-ish restaurants (that happen to be my favorites) but we have a lot of the chain places as well. I’m sure I missed a few places so others can chime in. Enjoy and I'll probably see you around town.

Thanks, Millertyme. Just the info I wanted. Hope to meet you to wtaw! Gig'em.

If anyone is up for some B-ball history then there is the iconic, historic Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University.

The first large arena to specifically play B-ball in. Built around 1930 or so.

The championship game of the movie "Hoosiers" was filmed there as well as the game the movie was based on.

It's my favorite arena ever. Played there several times while growing up.

Gig'em girls and BTHOS

RAM brewery is pretty cool.

Also, a tour of IMS is great. Really puts into perspective how big and prestigious it is.

Thanks millertyme!

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Arrived in Indy today. Looking for other Aggies favorite places for drinks and food.

Breakfast at Patachou's
across from state capital area. Cinnamon toast is awesome and great omlett.

Is parking going to be an issue around Conseco?

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