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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
Day 2
  • 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 PrimitivesBe 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’sAn Indianapolis classic, this is the best New York-style delicatessen this side of New York!
    Cost: $10 - $15
    Time: 1 hour
    Contact: 317-631-4041
     
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  • 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 ParlorEnjoy 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 LodgeA 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 KitchenThe 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 HillCountry-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 WineryTastings, group tours and entertainment take place year round.
    Cost:$3-$15 tasting packages
    Time: 1 ½ hrs
    Contact: 317-837-9463
     
  • Freetown Village DinnerExperience 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

Day 3
  • 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 CompanyThis 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 HouseDine 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 TavernIt’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 DistilleryNo, 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
     
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