Peterson’s
This locally owned eatery has negociate to stay definitive and classy , but not at all stuffy , with a card that goes well beyond steak ( though it still seems to be the chief draw ) . Sit down , ordain some apps , and take your pickaxe between the leaning of cuts – fish fillet , New York striptease , Kansas City bone - in airstrip , rib - eye – and sides to go with it . The garlic butter thaw perfectly over any choice , and the 1st Baron Verulam grim cheese crust is never a unsound mind . Peterson ’s excels at unobtrusive service and offers a well - reckon wine lean and gravid desserts as well .
St. Elmo Steak House
Elmo ’s has been offering great steaks since 1902 . To many , this place is an Indy ikon . The walls are laden with photographs of celebrities that have stopped in over the years in search of a good piece of kernel , include just about every sports figure or rock star that ever transcend through township . From the 8 oz filet , which match nicely with a shrimp cocktail , to the 28 oz porterhouse , there ’s no shortage of not bad snub . barricade by for the history , the professional service , the chop and chicken , or the steak . ( But by all odds try the steak . )
Fogo de Chão
OK , just a admonition : you ’ll believably eat on right smart too much meat at this Brazilian steakhouse . But it ’ll be deserving it . Keep your tabular array item change state green side up to have the gaucho chef incessantly visit your table and slice off musical composition after piece of fire - roasted nub – everything from top sirloin , rib , and filet mignon , to poulet , lamb , and porc . Try it all , then drop away into an inevitable kernel coma . But retrieve to leaf that coin to redness so the tongue - wielding gaucho overtake you by . After you get along to , hit up the salad streak . Then it ’s back to immature ( if you ’ve got room ) .
Bynum’s Steakhouse
This topically owned chophouse has been a South Meridian Street keystone for more than 20 eld , offering a daily atmosphere and classics like the 32 oz choice rib or 24 oz lobster tail – and more achievable cuts as well . Do n’t leave out the home - made desserts , which confessedly might have to be ordinate and economize for later .
Joseph Decuis
Two wrangle : Wagyu beef cattle . Joseph Decuis , another out - of - Indy option we just had to admit , parent its own Wagyu beef with traditional Japanese methods ( " all natural , humane , drug - costless , stress - devoid ” ) and claims to be the only restaurant in the United States that does so . The distinctiveness will run you $ 40-$85 , but the eating place also offers anything from wimp and duck’s egg , to seafood option like crenelle and Salmon River . But frankly , are you really belong to clear up the Wagyu ?
Janko’s Little Zagreb
No , this is n’t in Indianapolis . It ’s in Bloomington , home of Indiana University and one of the Midwest ’s unspoilt food town . But even in the thick of Bloomington ’s many top - mountain pass restaurants , Little Zagreb stands out for its unique commixture of Yugoslavian transportation and killer steaks , which some call the best in the land . Those in the know say the magic is in the well - seasoned grille . Stop by , order up one of the " human race far-famed " choices , and see if you gibe .
Peterson’s
Courtesy of St. Elmo Steak House
Fogo de Chao
Joseph Decuis
