Super Eats in Indianapolis

rolled down to Indy recently for about 24 hours of eat and drink with Da Beef, here are some #discoveries.

seriously now, just some data points on some places visited:

B's Po Boy, Enjoyed a really solid shrimp Po Boy here, gumbo and rice and beans weren't to my liking:

Shrimp Po Boy:


Red Beans and Rice: - a little too one note(cayenne) for me


B's Po Boy
1261 South Shelby Street
Indy

http://www.bpoboy.com/

Saw Iaria's Italian Restaurant en route to another spot, looped back to have some drinks and catch a glimpse of the neon:

As Old School as they come:




Iaria's Italian Restaurant
316 S. College Ave.
Indy

http://www.iariasrestaurant.com/

Always on the lookout for fried shrimp a visit to Mary's Seafood and Pastries was in the cards: Some good shrimps and a really great piece of caramel cake that lasted me 2 days - anyone who can remember the Sanders Caramel cakes from the Detroit area from back in the day, this is it - sorry no pic.:

Mary's skrimps:


Mary's Seafood and Pastries
5523 E. 38th St.
Indy

Almost bolted town without trying some more fried chicken - To clarify I dont live and die for fried chicken, I enjoy the search more than the eating most days, plus living in Lasalle County you kind of grow into liking it & end up knowing what is great vs good. Just good to scratch another spot off the list, what I am finding is pan fried is no better than the best of the chicken done in a deep fryer.

Iron Skillet:



The Iron Skillet, solid chicken, basic, and stripped down, the bird is the star.. no frills.:

Like $11 for all this bird:


a chunk of breast meat:



The Iron Skillet
2489 W. 30th Street
Indy

http://www.ironskillet.net/

Did a couple tenderloins in town:

Plumps Last Shot was the first, cant remember the other spots name, tenderloin wasnt as good as Plums:



Ill confess, I am not the biggest breaded tenderloin sandwich fan, a pork cutlet that size seems better utilized on a plate next to a pile of mashed potatoes and gravy, but I digress.

Plumps version was meaty, and surprisingly tensder:



Plumps Last Shot
6416 Cornell
Indy

http://plumpslastshot.com/

Lastly made a return trip to Smoking Goose, cited over here:

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=410&start=30

Grabbed up some more of their lard - great stuff, as well as some pork rillette, some spicy capocolo & some bourbon barrel slats for smoking - Big fane of Smoking Goose and what they do, if I was in my 20's Id go apprentice there.

Smoking Goose
407 Dorman
Indy

http://smokinggoose.com/

Seemingly just scratched the surface in Indy with 2 trips down in the past month or so. Ill be back.