Best of Metromix Indianapolis 2010Happy Hour
Just like every other retail operation out there, bars need to earn your hard-earned cash. A hot wait staff is great, but it really comes down to the drink specials.
And the winner is…
Bourbon Street Distillery
361 Indiana Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46204Neighborhood: Downtown
This well-worn juke joint has a double-decker wrap-around porch - the perfect place to drink $1 Miller Lite and Coors Lite drafts on Mondays or $3 top-shelf rum, gin, whiskey and vodka on Wednesdays.
Nominees
Brothers Bar & Grill
910 Broad Ripple Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46220Neighborhood: Broad Ripple
When LaCross, Wis.-based Brothers Bar & Grill opened a location in Broad Ripple, it offered a nice, low-key alternative to the smoky dives or meat-market dance clubs. It's also home to great drink specials, including $1 wells/$2 Long Islands/and $3.50 domestic pitchers on Thursdays.
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants
110 N. Illinois St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204Neighborhood: Downtown
Part of a national chain established in the 1970s, this restaurant' prints its menu twice daily to reflect fresh seafood varieties, aged steaks, poultry, entree salads and pasta. Dishes are seasonally and regionally inspired with many locally sourced ingredients.
Sushi on the Rocks
5252 E. 82nd St.
Indianapolis, IN 46250Neighborhood: North Indy
This sleek Japanese and sushi venue offers a half-price sushi menu and buy one-get-one-free martinis from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Knockouts
5220 E. Southport Road
Indianapolis, IN 46237Neighborhood: South Indy
Two words: Penny beers! (After 9 p.m. on Wednesdays.)
Best of Indianapolis 2010: The winners are in!
Thanks to everyone who voted for our first-ever Best of Indianapolis! The winners are in! Did your favorite restaurants, bars, clubs and retail shops win?
Congratulations to all the winners and the nominees. These choices were hard ones to make, and all of the great places in this city didn't make it any easier on the voters!
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