Muldoon’s on Main
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Pretty loose with expense report approval too.
I have an irrational anger towards Grindstone Charleys because when I lived in Kokomo there was a Rax restaurant and it went out being replaced by Grindstone Charles. In fact I refused to eat there. With all this breaded tenderloin talk it makes me think that June can't get here fast enough so we can vacation in Indiana and get some. Here in Central PA we don't have any breaded tenderloin places.
Why are all your entries under $50?
B/c under $50 doesn't require itemization.
Right here you've got mulitiple $49 transactions marked as "entertainment".
Yep. Don't ask.
$3,588 at the Doll House in Orlando? Add some more customer names.
I'm a dive bar guy. Muldoon's is neither fine dining or a dive bar. It has the best menu of the bar/pubs in Carmel. Their tenderloin is good for sure, but it's not my goto when I go there. Their French dip is fantastic.
If you're in a group, get the skewered fried cheese, also fantastic.
Muldoon's is the argument against those who complain about Carmel's growth, citing Carmel has lost its charm.
Carmel never had any charm around downtown and along the Rangeline corridor. Sure, they had Steckley's, but it closed long before any of the current growth. The antique 'mall' was nice for some, and Phelan's Music was certainly a staple. Only the antique 'mall' was a victim to modernity.
Most of Carmel's development and redevelopment of its central area replaced empty or abandoned lots. Muldoon's was in a strip mall long abandoned by Kroger. Next to it was an empty field where City Centre now sits. I would imagine the move to downtown Carmel with the subsequent development has been great for business.
The key is not pounding them out too thin. They are dry, bredy and gross.
Many many places want to show off huge BTS' with a tiny looking bun in the middle and they are stupid.
I used to love the food at Sahms in Fishers. You ever been there? They had a good tenderloin and steak sandwich.
Sahm's is good, but it's not worth traveling for. We have one in Carmel, but I never go to it. My goto for Sahm's was in Nora on the Monon, but it's now their breakfast version, which does nothing for me. Their Monon/Nora location had outdoor entertainment. Their interior sucked, so they didn't draw anyone who might be looking to combine dinner with a game, and I'm sure they felt like there was too much redundancy with nearby locations, as well as being attached to Big Lugs.
I'm not a Big Lugs guy.
Didn't even realize that the Sahm's place next to Big Lug was a brunch spot. Shows how much I'm out these days. When did that change? I don't even recall what it was before.... Was it just a regular Sahm's? I had been in there for dinner years ago when they had first opened that whole complex.
I've never been. Always heard about it, but it was out of my budget at the time.
My cousin used to work there with the guy who opened Bonge's. He died before Bonge's opened.
Another connection to Bonge's - my mother-in-law used to date Bonge's son. (yes, the original owner's last name was Bonge)
F if I know. I don't even remember now when it was I found out. I was taking a date there sometime last year, and it was gone, rather renamed and closed since 2pm.
Luckily, T2's was acceptable, with a pool table even.
I used to frequent the Mousetrap during the 90's and early aughts. It was a spectacular dive bar. I've heard they do live music now. Haven't been in years.
Is the Alley Cat considered a dive bar? I really can't remember - I never went in there sober.
Broker must have been in Nora, but I'm not familiar with it. The Pawn Shop was on College North of 54th. Brinkley's might be the name the place that is there now.
Did you ever hear of the Vu in Nora? Kind of a diner/bar/dance place. Great music (kind of like Ike and Jonesys used to be) and a gathering spot for hot women. Good times.
I didn't know a time where they didn't do live music.
My favorite dive closed. Keystone Sports Review across street from Mousetrap. The building was sold and torn down. They are supposedly reopening at the old Birdy's location at 71st and Keystone... But it's been months now and still nothing. Never can recreate the vibe in a new location, so I don't have high hopes
Yes Binkleys has been there for damn near 20 years now. Pawn Shop still exists at least in name.... Over on 54th closer to keystone.
mid to late 90's the live music wasn't a focus. I think there was new owneship in the early to mid aughts that made it a point to be something other than a drug dealer's bar.
Eclectic group of people though if you happened to be there in say 1997 or 98 and you might see a pimp, a hillbilly, college idiots and everythign in between playing pool in the backroom.
Yeah I wasn't around then. By 2005 or so definitely seemed to have live music on the regular. Still a dive today.
I’ll also offer The Dugout in Fountain Square as a fine dive bar. I rate my dive bars based upon ambience, drinks, music, food and most importantly, day drinking vibe.
The Vu and Pawn Brokers followed each other in the same building in Nora. I don't remember which one was there 1st, maybe Pawn Brokers......
Battered > Breaded
Mustard, Iceberg, Tomato
The Willard in Franklin makes a good one
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Mustard, Iceberg, Tomato
The Willard in Franklin makes a good one
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Love the Antelope Club. Plus you can smoke in there. It’s the Wild West.
Live music five nights a week, and they have really good food. The smoking laws compelled bars to up their ante on food. Many have scratch kitchens.
Tell me you've never been to Bonge's without telling me you've never been to Bonge's.
I know the guy who owns the Mousetrap. There's a group of people who worked at OPT and branched out, some partnerships with the original OPT owners and some on the their own. Side Out on the westside (now long defunct), Mousetrap, Chumleys (gone), and the crew that owns Northside Social, Kitchenette & Delicia are all from that group of people. All really good dudes and dudettes too.
Met a friend for lunch today at Charelston's. Saw it on the menu and had to do it for reporting purposes.
I give it a B. It was not quite overbreaded and was pounded thin, but not too thin to dry it out. I would do it again. $16 with the a side.
Fries look fantasticI know the guy who owns the Mousetrap. There's a group of people who worked at OPT and branched out, some partnerships with the original OPT owners and some on the their own. Side Out on the westside (now long defunct), Mousetrap, Chumleys (gone), and the crew that owns Northside Social, Kitchenette & Delicia are all from that group of people. All really good dudes and dudettes too.
Met a friend for lunch today at Charelston's. Saw it on the menu and had to do it for reporting purposes.
I give it a B. It was not quite overbreaded and was pounded thin, but not too thin to dry it out. I would do it again. $16 with the a side.
They were, but I left most of them behind. Tried my best to keep lunch under 2800 calories.
You should try it. You might like it in spite of the fact a bag of dicks isn’t on the menu…
