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5 Best Restaurants in Carmel, Indiana You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Carmel, Indiana — a city where red-brick paths wind through art-filled streets, where the laughter of families mingles with the hum of cyclists on the Monon Trail, where the scent of fresh bread and slow-cooked sauce drifts from kitchen windows. Here, the architecture is a patchwork: modern glass and steel beside historic farmhouses, all stitched together by the stories of those who gather at tables and counters, sharing meals that taste of memory and hope.
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How Plainfield's Pizza King became a new hub for Indiana political hopefuls
The de facto hub for Indiana political hopefuls isn't the Convention Center or the Statehouse: It's a Hendricks County pizza staple. Indianapolis-area favorite Pizza King's Plainfield location is fielding both praise and protest for hosting a slew of political figures for a meal ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. The restaurant made headlines after Democratic secretary of state candidate Beau Bayh stopped for lunch , which led to a string of other candidates and politicians from across the aisle making the trip in the final campaigning opportunities before voters hit the polls. Seth Grant, who opened the Plainfield Pizza King with his wife in 2022 and now helps run its marketing and social media as a volunteer, said the attention has been "overwhelmingly positive." "We never intended that it would be a political circus, but it also sparked me to think, 'Well, maybe we could use it as a platform,'" Grant told IndyStar. "It gave a lot of our customers the opportunity to ask sometimes-pointed questions of these folks that stopped in. Overall, it was a good thing." The political pie in play is an extra large with an array of toppings, so to unpack things slice-by-slice: Bayh made
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Q&A With Gosia Baniak Of Gosia’s Rustic Kitchen
After moving from Poland to the United States in 2001, Gosia Baniak eventually landed in Indiana, bringing with her a lifelong love of cooking. She started out cooking for Polish community gatherings, which grew into a catering business built around traditional Polish and Eastern European food, from pierogi to Polish sausage. This year, she parlayed her catering business into a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Sheridan, Gosia’s Rustic Kitchen.
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Hilligoss Bakery is a Must For Any Doughnut Lover
Hilligoss is a full-service bakery known for its wide variety of donuts, danishes and cookies that are made fresh each morning. Mike and Linda Hilligoss opened Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg in 1974. And it has been a local staple on Main Street ever since, creating some of the best pastries and breads in Hendricks County.
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This Unassuming Indiana Restaurant Serves Pulled Pork So Legendary People Drive Hours To Devour It
There’s a red and wood paneled building in Edinburgh, Indiana that doesn’t look like much from the parking lot. But looks can be deceiving, and in this case, they’re hiding some of the best barbecue you’ll find in the entire state. Hickory Hillz BBQ sits along...
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The Best Kept Secret Restaurant In Indiana Has Foodies Making Pilgrimages From Miles Away
Some secrets are too good to keep, and the one hiding in Cannelton, Indiana just got out. The Patio Steak House is the kind of restaurant that makes you genuinely annoyed you didn’t know about it sooner. Let’s start with Cannelton itself, because the town deserves a proper introduction....