Blake Fogelsong

Clancy's Hospitality has grown immensely since Indiana Restaurant Hall of Fame member Carl Fogelsong opened Clancy's Hamburgers in Noblesville in 1965—the Midwest's first fast food double-drivethrough. Today, Carl's children remain active owners, with his grandson Blake Fogelsong at the helm, steering the ship with the same core values of honesty, integrity, fairness, focus and concentration, and always keeping hospitality at the heart of every operation. "At Clancy's, we coach our staff to think of our customers as guests in our own home. That's who we are. That's who we will always be," he says.

Blake began cooking pizzas at Michaelangelo's (the family's only Italian restaurant) when he was just 15, but he officially joined the business in 2014. Since then, he has helped grow the original corporate team of three to a full dozen and opened renowned restaurants across the city, including Grindstone Public House in Noblesville, Grindstone on the Monon in Westfield, and Clancy's Hamburgers and the Fountain Room in the Bottleworks District of Indianapolis. He credits the current success to the work and dedication his father and grandfather put in before him, saying, "It took my grandfather and dad running the business the first 53 years to get us to these last five years."

Clancy's Hospitality continues to elevate its concepts and is gearing up for more growth, with a remodel planned for the flagship Grindstone Charley's on the city's westside and another new project on the horizon. But Blake says they also plan to take some time to replenish themselves. The word restaurant means to renew and restore, he explains. "Over the years, we've found it's pretty hard to restore other people if you have not restored yourself."

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