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Culinary Delight Tour
Day 1
- City Market for lunch and tour … This downtown gem has been recently remodeled, serving up something to satisfy anyone’s taste; there are also Farmer’s Markets in the summer and a Demonstration Kitchen throughout the year.
Cost: $6, adults; $2.50, children
Time: 30-40 minutes for tour; additional 1 hour for lunch
Contact: Ann McWilliams at 317-634-9266 - Chef’s Academy tour and demonstration … Learn how to cook up your own culinary classics.
Cost: $30-$100 based on program selected; groups must spend a minimum of $500 to reserve tour/demonstration.
Time: 2-3 hours, Friday & Saturday, Monday-Thursday based on availability.
Contact: Josh Horrigan at 317-656-4866 - Easley’s Winery tour, dinner and wine tasting … From "grape to glass," Easley’s guides the winemaking process, and then you get to taste the fruit of their labor.
Cost: Wine tasting and tour, free; Dinner, TBD
Time:1 ½ hours for tour & wine tasting; 2 ½ hours including dinner
Contact: 317-636-4516
- Hunter's Honey Farm tour and shopping … Ninety-eight years of nature’s sweetness. Come see what all the buzz is about.
Cost: $2, varies by activity
Time: 1 ½ hours, varies by activity
Contact: Tracy Hunter at 765-537-9430 - Homestead Primitives … Be your own artist in this 1880s-circa studio and antique shop.
Cost: Free, $5/person to paint gourds
Time: 30-60 minutes, depending on activity
Contact: Ann Lankford at 765-342-8516 - Lunch at Shapiro’s … An Indianapolis classic, this is the best New York-style delicatessen this side of New York!
Cost: $10 - $15
Time: 1 hour
Contact: 317-631-4041OR - MCL Restaurant and Bakery … Fresh, homemade meal made-from-scratch daily at one of their six locations.
Cost: $8-$10 (based on menu selection)
Time: 1 hour
Contact: Casey McGaughey at 317-257-5425 - Trader’s Point Creamery tour … Only minutes from the hustle and bustle of the city, step into the world of organic farming and award-winning dairy products. Lunch can be arranged in "The Loft", Wed-Sat. and Dinner Fri-Sat.
Cost: $3/person
Time: 45 minutes – 1 hour
Contact: Angie Campbell at 317-733-1700 - Carter’s Ice Cream Parlor … Enjoy a fresh made tasty ice cream treat served by warm and friendly people.
Cost: Under $10
Time: 30-45 minutes
Contact: 317-873-2590
Enjoy a unique dining experience at one of these exclusive Indianapolis venues for dinner: - Loon Lake Lodge … A seaplane on the roof outside and an 1,800-gallon fishtank on the inside let you know this will not be an ordinary dining experience.
Cost: $6-$37, lunch; $11-$37, dinner
Time: 1 hour
Contact: Amanda Russum at 317-845-9011 - The Jazz Kitchen … The only thing that can match the world-class jazz is the menu.
Cost: $13 - $25 (subject to change based on menu selected)
Time: 2-3 hours
Contact: 317-253-4900 - Hollyhock Hill … Country-style cuisine makes you feel as if you’re sitting around the Sunday dinner table at grandma’s house. A Hoosier tradition since 1929.
Cost: $15.20-$16.45, lunch; $24.05-$30.40, dinner
Time: 2 hours
Contact: Dean Black or Jay Snynder at 317-251-2294 - Chateau Thomas Winery … Tastings, group tours and entertainment take place year round.
Cost:$3-$15 tasting packages
Time: 1 ½ hrs
Contact: 317-837-9463 - Freetown Village Dinner … Experience the history of African-American life and culture in Indiana.
Cost: Varies by program
Time: Varies by program
Contact: 317-631-1870 - Conner Prairie "Taste of the Past" … Enjoy a delicious and authentic 1836 meal served by your costumed hosts.
Cost: $29.95 plus tax + $50.00 set-up fee
Time: 1 – 1 ½ hours
Contact: Joyce Duvall at 317-776-6000, Ext. 295 or 800-966-1836, Ext 295
- Morris-Butler Home tea and tour … The architecture, history, culture and society of Indianapolis in 1865 come alive in this wonderfully restored home.
Cost: $4/person for groups of 20+ for tour; $25/person for groups of 20+ for Victorian Tea
Time: 1 hour
Contact: Shannon Borbely at 317-636-5409 - Chocolate Café/South Bend Chocolate Company … This Monument Circle mainstay is dessert heaven, not to mention the coffees and mochas.
Cost: Varies by menu item
Time: 1 hour
Contact: 317-951-4816 - Lunch and magic at Ruth’s Chris Steak House … Dine at one of Indianapolis’ fine dining restaurants and be entertained by the incredible illusions of comedic magician Dan Dygert.
Cost: $30 (includes tax and gratuity)
Time: 2 – 2 ½ hours
Contact: Ramona Adams at 317-581-0101 (downtown location); Lori Seefeldt at 317- 578-1044 (northeast location)
Other local Indianapolis restaurants to consider for "Hoosier" favorites: - Working Man’s Friend Tavern … It’s a working man’s (and woman’s) joint with the best cheeseburgers in town.
Contact: 317-636-2067 - John’s Hot Stew … Dreaming of the best, most flavorful stew going? Dream no more! Or check out that Hoosier staple, the breaded tenderloin.
Contact: 317-636-6212 - The Bourbon Street Distillery … No, we don’t really have a Bourbon Street, but you’ll forget about that when you’ve enjoyed the food and fun atmosphere of the Bourbon Street Distillery.
Contact: 317-636-3316






