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Newfangled Confections, the parent company of Frittle Candy, has a new brick and mortar location in the heart of Indianapolis’ Mass Ave on North Street. For more information, visit: NewfangledConfections.com Three Carrots is a 100% vegetarian, entirely plant-based restaurant set to open in either the Fountain Square or Irvington area in early spring of 2014. Their motto is “Vegetarian Cuisine from the Heart(land).” They will be serving contemporary vegetarian interpretations of Midwestern comfort food. Currently, they are still in the process of fundraising and have had monthly dinners and brunches raising money and awareness. You can find out about the fundraising meals and the restaurant at facebook.com/threecarrots.

Add shrimp or prawns to the new @ChefWhit Smoking Hot Grits for an easy breakfast at night meal using the slow cooker from U-Relish Farm at Indianapolis City Market. Visit u-relish.com for more information. Crust Pizzeria Napoletana, located in Carmel inside Providence at Old Meridian, opened September 23 and offers a wonderful rustic atmosphere influenced by Neapolitan tradition. Crust prides itself on using local, organic meats and cheeses, the finest flour and the freshest produce. Try one of fourteen specialty pizzas from Crust’s 700-degree stone hearth oven, create your own pizza or savor other Italian-inspired menu choices. Crust also offers a variety of local beers and specialty wines. Reservations are accepted and group seating is available. Visit crustindy.com.

Natural Born Juicers is launching a full service juice truck to replace their City Market location. The truck will be on the road late October and will also be participating in the Indy Winter Farmer’s Market. For more daily location information you can follow them on Twitter: @NatbornJuicers or facebook.com/naturalbornjuicers. Opening just in time for your holiday shopping, awardwinning Chocolate for the Spirit announces a new store location coming to 301 E. Carmel Drive, Carmel. Look for opening details on the company website chocolateforthespirit.com or facebook.com/chocolatespirit.

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Best Boy & Co. launches the Redhead hot sauce for folks who don’t think they like hot sauce. It’s a very soft and round sauce, full of great flavors and a little sweetness. It has just enough heat to make it a perfect accompaniment to many dishes. Like most redheads she’s a little sweet and spicy. Redhead is joined by their other new fall release: Ginger Infused Caramel. Go to BestBoyandCo.com for retail locations. The Indianapolis Zoo has hired executive chef, Joe Hsu. He has revamped the menu at the zoo to create fresh flavors, local ingredients and healthy options for guests. Guests can look for signs at the zoo highlighting “Riley’s Recommendations for Healthier Eating” to know they are making smart food choices. Check out the build-your-own-salad feature plus dishes like hummus, yogurt parfaits, couscous salad and more.

Looking to gift some holiday wines? Check out Harmony Winery’s Mom’s Apple Pie and Ruby Divine both perfect flavors for the season and available now in at the Fishers winery. Country Heritage Winery and Vineyard has a sweet red wine cleverly named Jolly Juice 2013 for $10.95 a bottle available for purchase at the LaOtto, Indiana location. Lastly, Mallow Run released Reindeer Red and Winter White. Both are great choices for the holiday feasts. Sunny Chinese Kitchen located in Fishers launched in June: Rolling Asian Delights, their first mobile food truck. In addition to their restaurant, they offer group and young chef cooking classes. For more information visit sunnychinesekitchen.com.

Indiana native, Shawn Vail and his wife Deana Vail, have produced several recycled gifts including glasses and jewelry out of ceramic beer bottles for Big Woods Brewing in Nashville, Indiana. Groovy Green Glass, located in Myrtle Beach South Carolina, sells recycled glass wear made out of beer, wine and liquor bottles online and several places in Indianapolis. For more information visit groovygreenglass.com.

Hoosier Momma Cocktail Mixers has introduced their Half and Half Blood Mary Mix. For those who don’t want it too spicy, but just enough, this is perfect for you. Raw chef, Audrey Barron, is set to open Ezra’s Enlightened Cafe in January 2014. It will be a dairy-free, processed sugarfree, GMO-free and gluten-free cafe. They strive to be as close to 100% organic as possible and will be a green café as well. A large amount of their veggies and fruits will be supplied by local farmers. For more information visit ezrasenlightenedcafe.com.

After 30 years, Ambrosia Italian has a new location in Broad Ripple. Visit them at 5903 College Ave, Indianapolis. View their new menu at ambrosiaitalian.com.

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