Indiana

On State Road 46 in Brown County, there is a small gas stop that people drive more than…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 10

Some meals start with a menu. Others start with a plate, a long row of serving stations, and…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 9

Grab a tray, pick a pie, and point at what you want. That simple routine has fed Hoosier…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 9

Keeping a restaurant open for one generation is hard work, so keeping it in the same family for…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 9

Winter visitors always ask the same question once the bags are unpacked: where are we eating tonight? In…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 9

A good breakfast plate in Indiana should not cost as much as a tank of gas. Across the…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 9

Some of the best steaks in Indiana are not served in big cities. They show up on country…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 9

Some of the best meals in northeast Indiana come out of buildings small enough to miss on a…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 8

Some people retire and stay put, while others pack up and go looking for a fresh start. On…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 8

Some dinners start with a menu. This one starts with a long country drive, a gravel parking lot,…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 8

Some Indianapolis families drive clear across town for one bowl of chili, and they have been doing it…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 8

Some of the best breakfasts in Indiana are not found downtown. They are served next to diesel pumps…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 8

If you grew up in southern Indiana, persimmon pudding probably needs no introduction. If you did not, picture…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 8

Apple trees are only half the story at some Indiana farms. The other half sits inside the farm…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 7

West-central Indiana is famous for its old wooden covered bridges, and Parke County alone claims the title of…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 7

Indiana lake towns get quiet once the boats come out of the water and the summer crowds head…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 7

Some lunch breaks deserve more than a drive-thru bag and a quick shrug. On the north side of…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 7

Some breakfasts fit neatly on a plate, and some seem to need a bigger table. In downtown Indianapolis,…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 7

Some restaurants feed a town for a season, and a few feed it for generations. On the west…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 7

Long before interstates sped everyone past small towns, the Lincoln Highway carried coast-to-coast travelers right through the main…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 6

Some restaurants chase trends, and some simply keep the lights on and the coffee pot full. In Princeton,…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 6

Indiana has a coney dog habit, and it runs deeper than most people realize. In Fort Wayne and…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 6

Some buildings in Indianapolis used to sell fuel for cars. One of them now fuels people instead, and…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 6

Some Indiana traditions show up on a plate, and fried biscuits with apple butter might be the tastiest…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 6

Tucked into the wooded hills of Brown County, one Nashville, Indiana property turns an ordinary lunch stop into…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 6

Indiana interstates are great at getting you somewhere fast, but they are not great at feeding you well.…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 5

Some of the best breakfasts in Indiana come from buildings that were never meant to serve pancakes. Old…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 5

Some pizza places come and go faster than a Friday night delivery. These five Indiana spots have stuck…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 5

Some people judge a diner by its coffee or its pancakes, but in Indiana a lot of us…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 5

Some Northwest Indiana restaurants come and go faster than rush hour on US-41, but one Schererville dining room…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 5

Biscuits and sausage gravy might be the most honest test of a Hoosier diner. There is nowhere to…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 5

Not everyone wants to spend Thanksgiving week basting a bird and scrubbing roasting pans. Luckily, Indiana has a…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 4

Truck drivers know where the real breakfast is, and it is rarely in a fancy downtown cafe. Across…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 4

Some Italian restaurants follow a corporate playbook, and some follow a recipe that has been handed down for…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 4

Some Indiana meals still arrive on a tray that hooks right onto your car window. Across the state,…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 4

Some Indiana bakers start work while most of us are still asleep, and in a few small towns…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 4

When the snow piles up in Indiana, some people stay under the blankets and some people go find…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 4

A basket of frog legs or a slice of thin crust pizza just tastes better when there is…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 3

Some Indianapolis traditions come with a parade, and some come with a bowl of green beans passed across…

By Rachel Collins · Nov 3