Must-see nightlife in Indiana

  • Indiana City Brewing Co

    Indiana City's taproom is fittingly housed inside a pre-Prohibition bottling house of the original Home Brewing Company, which was killed off in 1922 when…

  • Slippery Noodle Inn

    Downtown's Slippery Noodle Inn is the oldest bar in the state (slinging drinks since 1850), and has seen action as a brothel, a slaughterhouse, a gangster…

  • Flamingo Pizza

    Yes, you can get pizza (from $9), but the bar is what beckons: a cozy watering hole where you sit elbow-to-elbow with locals. The good beers (six taps,…

  • Rathskeller

    Quaff German and local brews at the outdoor beer garden's picnic tables in summer, or inside the deer-head-lined beer hall once winter strikes…

  • Quill's

    You'll find most of your Third Wave coffeehouses around these parts in Louisville, but minimalist Quill's bounced across the river, giving New Albanians…

  • Hotel Tango

    Indy's first distillery since Prohibition, Hotel Tango, owned by service-disabled combat veterans, sits in all its mountain lodge-like glory in Fountain…

  • Lucabe Coffee Co

    All steel, glass and tin-plated ceilings, Lucabe is a modern coffeehouse with a sense of place. But striking architecture aside, it's one of Indiana's…

  • Mad Paddle Brewery

    Madison's first and so far only brewery whipped an abandoned feed mill space in the center of town into an inviting spot to sip on raspberry-milk stouts…

  • Hopscotch

    Along the B-Line Trail south of downtown, this trendy speciality coffeehouse attracts caffeine aficionados for single-origin espresso ($2.75), drip and…

  • Nick's English Hut

    Popular with students and professors from nearby Indiana University for 90 years, Nick's has also filled the cups of Kurt Vonnegut, Dylan Thomas and…

  • 41 Degrees North

    41 Degrees pours a terrific regional beer selection in a cool 1881 building with 14 taps.