Indianapolis, IN
20+ soul food restaurants to visit in Indianapolis
If you’re looking for southern or soul food in Indianapolis, there are dozens of restaurants that can help satisfy your cravings.
Check out these 20+ soul food spots:
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Soul food restaurants in Indianapolis
Bar-B-Q Heaven
2515 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., Indianapolis
317-926-1667
877 E. 30th St., Indianapolis
317-283-0035
barbqueheaven1952.com
BlankUS Luxury Lounge
501 N. College Ave., Indianapolis
317-734-3161
blankusluxurylounge.com
Chef Borel’s Kitchen
Ghost kitchen
6950 Michigan Road, Indianapolis
317-492-9448
chefborel.com
Chef Oya’s The Trap
3355 N. Keystone Ave., Indianapolis
317-762-6172
instagram.com/thetrapseafood
Circle City Soul Food
Sunday only
1164 W. 30th St., Indianapolis
317-924-3485
circlecitysoulfood.com
Garrett’s Smokehouse Barbeque
5502 N. Emerson Way, Indianapolis
317-722-0506
garrettsbbq.com
Gip Got Tips
2073 N. Emerson Ave., Indianapolis
317-258-1447
gipgottips.com
Georgia Street Rhythm & Blues Lounge
28 W. Georgia St., Indianapolis
317-492-1454
georgiastrhythmblueslounge.com
Healthy Soul Meal Prep
The AMP at 16 Tech, 1220 Waterway Blvd., Indianapolis
317-210-0345
healthysoulindy.com
Hank’s Smoked Briskets
3736 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Indianapolis
317-925-1689
hankssmokedbriskets.com
His Place Eatery
6916 E. 30th St., Indianapolis
317-545-4890
hisplaceeatery.com
Huge Impact Restaurant
5110 W. 38th St., Indianapolis
317-975-0037
facebook.com/Huge.Impact.Restaurant
King Ribs
3145 W. 16th St., Indianapolis
317-488-0223
4130 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis
317-543-0841
kingribsbbq.com
Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place
1831 N. College Ave., Indianapolis
317-635-6000
kountrykitchenindy.com
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Mississippi Belle
2170 E. 54th St., Indianapolis
317-466-0522
facebook.com/mississippibellerestaurant
Pa & Ma’s Backyard BBQ
3469 N. College Ave., Indianapolis
317-835-1695
instagram.com/paandmasbackyardbbq
Papa Bear’s Chicken
1938 E. 46th St., Indianapolis
317-253-2697
facebook.com/pages/Papa-Bears-Chicken
Pull Up Grill & BBQ
2412 E. Raymond St., Indianapolis
317-419-3515
pullupgrill.com
Simply Southern Soul Food Restaurant & Catering
2920 E. 38th St., Indianapolis
317-542-0203
ordersimplysouthern.com
SouthPaw Soul Kitchen
3351 Central Ave., Indianapolis
317-974-9349
facebook.com/SouthPawCatering
Stacey & Rick’s Soulfood
3399 N. Sherman Dr., Indianapolis
317-541-1929
staceynrickssoulfood.com
T Street Eatz
City Market, 222 E. Market St., Indianapolis
317-800-4436
tstreeteatzindy.com
Taste of Innova Wings + Greens
The AMP location will be closed Feb 15-18; but Taste of Innova will be open at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center.
The AMP at 16 Tech, 1220 Waterway Blvd., Indianapolis
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., 4th Floor Club Level, Indianapolis
Lucas Oil Stadium, Terrace Level, 500 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis
765-400-0929
tasteofinnova.com
Tiff’s Love Butta Baked Seafood
1021 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis
317-440-0556
tiffslovebutta.com
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on X.com: @cherylvjackson.
INDIANAPOLIS — One person is in critical condition following a shooting on Indy’s near east side.
According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, around 8:10 p.m., officers were called to the 2000 block of East Washington Street on reports of a person shot.
Upon arrival, police located a 50-year-old man with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound.
He is currently reported to be in extremely critical condition.
No additional information has been made available at the time of this article’s publication.
This is a developing story; check back for updates.
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on June 17 gave AES the nod to raise electricity rates enough to earn an additional $71 million each year, a decision that drew reproof from Indiana lawmakers who called it another blow to cost-burdened consumers.
The approved rate represents less than half of the $192 million increase that AES initially requested. It’s also less than the $91 million increase proposed in an October settlement agreement between AES, the city of Indianapolis and major electricity consumers like Kroger and Walmart.
But the new rate is still significantly more than what the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, the state agency representing ratepayers in the case, recommended in September. The OUCC’s proposal would have capped AES’s annual operating revenue at $21 million less than the current level.
The rate increase authorizes AES to earn a total of nearly $2 billion each year, or an estimated $384 million in profit.
The higher base rate comes as a double whammy for Indianapolis-area households, who are already paying more for electricity this summer after AES temporarily raised rates to account for higher-than-anticipated fuel costs during last winter’s storms. The increase also arrives against the backdrop of inflation, which rose to a three-year high last month, and surging gas prices due to the war in Iran.
Gov. Mike Braun wrote in a Wednesday post to X that he was “deeply disappointed” by the IURC’s approval of the rate increase.
“Hoosiers have spent years tightening their belts and making tough financial decisions,” Braun wrote. “It’s time for utility companies to do the same.”
The IURC’s decision also drew fire from the other side of the aisle. In a June 17 news release, five Democrats representing Indianapolis in the state Senate – J.D. Ford, Andrea Hunley, La Keisha Jackson, Fady Qaddoura, and Greg Taylor – chastised Indiana’s Republican supermajority for failing to rein in rising utility costs.
“Hoosiers pay more. Monopoly utilities collect more. And the leaders in the super-majority who promise affordability over and over again show those are just empty words,” the news release said. “Instead, they continue to defend a system that takes more and more out of our paychecks.”
The consumer advocacy group Citizens Action Coalition also slammed the rate increase. Ben Inskeep, CAC’s program director, said the decision left him “less optimistic that this commission is willing to do things differently and to actually hold utilities accountable.”
He said the IURC should have penalized AES for issues that plagued customers after the utility updated its billing system in 2023, including duplicated withdrawals for the same monthly bill.
The rate increase will take effect in two phases, with rates going up in July 2026 and January 2027. AES officials anticipate the hikes “will be less than $5 per month per phase” for a household that uses 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month, according to a Wednesday news release from the utility.
“The IURC’s decision reflects a thorough, transparent process and balances the need for continued investment in the electric system with a focus on customer affordability,” the news release stated.
Under a state law that Braun signed in February, AES cannot ask for another increase to its base rate until January 2030 — though electricity bills could still go up for other reasons, like the fuel adjustment charge hitting consumers this month.
Three members of the five-member IURC signed off on the rate increase: Andy Zay, David Veleta, and David Ziegner. Commissioner Bob Deig dissented. Commissioner Anthony Swinger recused himself from the decision because he worked on the AES rate case for the OUCC before he was appointed to the IURC by Braun in January.
“None of this was taken lightly,” Zay, the IURC’s chair, said at the Wednesday hearing, adding that the commission and its staff had carefully weighed concerns about affordability. The commissioners did not go into further detail at the hearing.
But the commission’s order shows some of the debates that played out during the rate case. One point of contention was AES’s authorized return on equity — that is, how much the utility can earn each year in profits. Other disputes hinged on how AES forecasts its operating expenses.
The OUCC accused AES of including more than 100 “phantom hires,” vacant positions it did not necessarily intend to fill in its calculations. Last year, AES said that the rising costs of vegetation management, or trimming trees around power lines, also drove the need to raise rates. The OUCC recommended keeping vegetation management costs flat.
One factor that’s not driving higher prices? Data centers.
AES does not currently provide service to any data centers and did not include them in its calculations, AES president Brandi Davis-Handy said in testimony before the IURC.
Tilly Robinson is a Pulliam fellow for the Indianapolis Star. She can be reached at tilly.robinson@indystar.com.
Interactive radar | Weather alerts by county
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(WRTV) — A tornado watch has been issued through 1 a.m. EDT Thursday for much of Indiana, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said.
The watch area covers 47 of Indiana’s 92 counties, and includes Indianapolis and its surrounding counties.
Counties in the watch area are Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Decatur, Delaware, Fountain, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warren, and White.
WRTV Meteorologist Ryan Morse says Wednesday afternoon’s rain was the first of two rounds coming to the Hoosier state. A line of supercells were expected to form in Illinois and travel into central Indiana.
In neighboring Illinois, dozens of counties are under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. CDT/11 p.m. EST.
All threats of severe weather were on the table: damaging wind, strong tornadoes, large hail, and flooding.
Severe storms should exit Indiana in the early morning hours.
WISH-TV Meteorologist Keith Gibson says people should have multiple ways of getting alerts and have electronic devices fully charged in case they lose power.
The next chance for rain after these storms could be on Saturday.
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