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Bring Your Stretchy Pants To This Indiana Restaurant’s All-You-Can-Eat Buffet That Locals Adore

Some restaurants make you dress up for them, and some restaurants make you wish you’d worn something with an elastic waistband. Stoll’s Lakeview Restaurant in Loogootee, Indiana falls firmly and gloriously into the second category. Let’s get one thing out of the way right from the start.

Loogootee, IN · 12d

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Emerald Greens reopens with longer hours, larger menu

At 11 a.m. on October 28, a line of people stood outside Emerald Greens in Jasper, waiting for the new location’s restaurant doors to open after being closed for nine weeks. What began as a catering business in a garage evolved into a food truck, then a cafe on Vine Street and now, Emerald Greens is in a new, larger location with expanded menus and extended hours.

Jasper, IN · 10d

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Indiana Diners Keep Visiting The State’s Last Location Of A Once-Massive Restaurant Chain

Bus drivers eat free here when they bring a group of 15 or more. That tells you plenty about the kind of crowd this buffet expects to feed. This restaurant is the last of its famous chain still standing in Indiana. At its late-1980s peak, the brand ran hundreds of locations and ranked among the largest steakhouse chains around.

Indiana · 5d

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This Indiana Pizza Shop Makes a Massive 20-Inch Pie for People Who Think Regular Pizza Is Too Small

A 20-inch party pizza sits at the top of this menu, and it’s built for serious appetites. The dough is made from scratch, and the sausage and beef get cooked right in-house. The shop has been making pies since June 6, 1995. That’s three decades of tossing dough in a small Indiana downtown.

Princeton, IN · 1d

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The Fried Chicken At This Unassuming Indiana Restaurant Is So Good People Drive Hours For It

Somewhere between the cornfields and the county roads of southwestern Indiana, there is a restaurant that has quietly been making people very, very happy, and The Log Inn in Haubstadt is exactly the kind of place that reminds you why road trips were invented. If you’ve been sleeping on Indiana’s...

Haubstadt, IN · 11d

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Two Families, One Table, And A Mountain Of Mexican Food At This Washington Restaurant

A burrito so big that diners regularly fail to finish it sounds like a dare. In this Washington, the Burrito California can come loaded with shrimp, and portion size is the thing people bring up again and again. The twist? This Washington isn’t in the Pacific Northwest at all.

Washington, IN · 3d

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Indiana’s Covered Bridge Country Hides These 5 Diners Worth Pulling Over For

West-central Indiana is famous for its old wooden covered bridges, and Parke County alone claims the title of Covered Bridge Capital of the World with 31 of them. But after a morning of bridge hopping on winding county roads, you are going to get hungry. The good news is that...

Parke County, IN · 2d

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From Crawfordsville to grocery stores across America

When most Americans pick up a package of sliced cheese at their local grocery store, they probably don’t give much thought to where it came from or the people and technology involved in getting it onto the shelf. But right here in west-central Indiana, hundreds of Hoosiers are helping make that possible every day.

Crawfordsville, IN · 9d

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Drive From Anywhere In Indiana To This Legendary Seafood Shack That Skips The Frills

Indiana has a lot of things going for it, but “world-class seafood destination” has never really been one of the phrases people reach for first. Paula’s On Main in Fort Wayne is here to change your mind about that, one plate of almond walleye at a time.

Fort Wayne, IN · 8d

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This Humble Roadside Stop In Indiana Serves Up The Best Fried Fish You’ll Ever Taste

There’s a place in Newburgh, Indiana where the fried fish is so good, it makes you question every life decision that kept you from finding it sooner. Tin Fish is that place, and once you eat there, the world starts to look a little different. Now, before you scroll...

Newburgh, IN · 14d

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Grab Your Keys And Road Trip To This Remote Steakhouse In Indiana For Its Legendary Steaks

If Indiana had a Mount Rushmore of great restaurants, Teibel’s Family Restaurant in Schererville would be carved into that stone with a very large chisel. It’s been quietly serving some of the best steaks in the state from a stone-faced building on a busy road in Lake County, and the people who know about it tend to keep coming back with a loyalty that borders on devotion.

Schererville, IN · 6d

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This Old-Fashioned Candy Store In Indiana Has Been A Sweet Local Legend For Over 130 Years

Some places just refuse to be forgotten, and Schimpff’s Confectionery in Jeffersonville, Indiana is one of them. It’s the kind of spot that makes you stop mid-step on the sidewalk, press your nose against the glass, and wonder if you’ve somehow wandered into a different century. Step...

Jeffersonville, IN · 9d

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5 Best Restaurants in Bloomington, Indiana You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Bloomington, Indiana — a city where limestone buildings glow in the morning sun, where the laughter of students mingles with the wisdom of old-timers, and where the air is perfumed with the promise of something soulful simmering on every block. Here, the architecture is a patchwork: stately university halls, indie record shops, and the gentle sprawl of neighborhoods stitched together by memory, migration, and the restless hum of possibility.

Bloomington, IN · 3d

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These 4 Old Indiana Truck Stop Diners Still Serve Breakfast Like It’s 1970

Some of the best breakfasts in Indiana are not found downtown. They are served next to diesel pumps and big rig parking, where the coffee keeps coming and the gravy never went out of style. Truck stop diners were built to feed hungry drivers fast, and a few of them...

Indiana · 1d

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7 Budget-Friendly Indiana Restaurants That Serve Up Big Flavor Without Breaking The Bank Ever

Craving budget-friendly restaurants in Indiana that won’t drain your bank account?. These 7 wallet-friendly spots offer filling meals and small town charm without the hefty bill!. 1. Charlie Browns Pancake & Steak House (Indianapolis) Charlie Browns Pancake & Steak House sits close to the legendary Speedway, and breakfast is...

Indiana · 2d

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This Hidden Indiana Lakeside Town Spot Turns Lunch Into a $12 All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Situation

Unlimited pizza, deluxe breadsticks, and cinnamon bites for about the price of a single takeout pie? That deal shows up at lunch twice a week at a family-run pizza spot in central Indiana. I like how simple the idea is. You grab a plate, pick a slice, and go back...

Cicero, IN · 3d

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Five Indiana Cafeterias Where You Still Slide A Tray Down The Line

Grab a tray, pick a pie, and point at what you want. That simple routine has fed Hoosier families for generations, and it is still alive at MCL Restaurant & Bakery locations around central Indiana. The chain dates back to 1950, and its cafeterias keep serving scratch-style comfort food like...

Indianapolis, IN · 5h

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These 7 Little Hot Dog Joints In Indiana Are Absolutely Worth The Trip

Ready to find the best little hot dog joints in Indiana?. These 7 spots serve up bold flavors and serious fun!. 1. Fort Wayne’s Famous Coney Island (Fort Wayne) Some places just have a way of making you feel like you’ve stepped back in time. Fort Wayne’s Famous...

Fort Wayne, IN · 12d

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This 24-Hour Indiana Diner Lets You Order a Full Breakfast at 2 in the Morning

Breakfast here costs half price from 8 p.m. to midnight, and the kitchen never closes. That means pancakes at late dinner, skillets at 11 p.m., and a full-priced chicken and waffles craving satisfied at 2 a.m. The ovens and grills stay on all day and all night. Bakers make fresh...

Highland, IN · 4d

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This Hidden Indiana Dinner Theater Pairs A Homemade Buffet With Incredible Broadway Musicals

The menu here actually changes to match whatever musical is on stage. A dinner themed around the show you’re about to watch?. I need to know who plans that. The owners named the place after the dating site where they met. They also got married in a small Indiana town that shares the same word.

Hillsboro, IN · 5d

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