NORTH SUBURBAN
101 Beer Kitchen
CASUAL The energy is high and the flavors are forward at this Ohio import. In a dining room that combines the best parts of a craft brewery and an unfussy family haunt, crowdpleasing dishes like loaded tater tots, Andouille sausage–spiked shrimp and grits, and brown-butt ered pierogies have lots of moving parts, complex but more fun than fancy. A full bar runs parallel to the booths, offering a row of taps and special att ention to honeyed meads. The Yard at Fishers District, Fishers, 317-537-2041, 101beerkitchen.com
1933 Lounge
STEAK AND COCKTAILS A younger, sexier take on Indy’s fine-dining institution, St. Elmo Steak House, informs the genteel tone of this modern cocktail lounge, one of the first occupants to open its doors in The Yard at Fishers District, 1933 Lounge. The twist here is that the black-vested servers deliver Oysters Rockefeller and 45-day dry-aged ribeyes to diners tucked into noir-lit corners where no one can see their faces melt into a brief ugly-cry at that first bite of incendiary shrimp cocktail. The Yard at Fishers District, Fishers, 317-758-1933, 1933lounge.com/fi shers
Anthony’s Chophouse
A large set of doors marked with a scripty “A” welcomes diners to this swanky heavy hitt er along Carmel’s bustling Main
