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2nd: Puccini’s Smiling Teeth 3rd: Iaria’s Italian Restaurant BEST LOCAL MEXICAN RESTAURANT LA HACIENDA There are a lot of Mexican restaurants in our city, so you have to have something special to grow to the number of locations La Hacienda has by now. We think it has something to do with having the best salsa in town, but we’re open to debate on the topic. Multiple locations 2nd: La Margarita 3rd: La Parada BEST LOCAL GREEK RESTAURANT SANTORINI GREEK KITCHEN Do you know how you turn the perfect food, cheese, into the ultimate indulgence? Soak it in booze, set it on fire, and then yell about it. Thanks for that, Greece. 1417 Prospect St., 917-1117, santorini-greek-kitchen.com 2nd: Greek Islands 3rd: Canal Mediterranean Bistro and Grill
BEST LOCAL MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT SANTORINI GREEK KITCHEN You know how you make all food better? Serve it fresh with lots of lemon and olive oil, and buy it at Santorini Greek Kitchen. 1417 Prospect St., 917-1117, santorini-greek-kitchen.com 2nd: Bosphorus 3rd: Canal Bistro BEST LOCAL AFRICAN RESTAURANT SAFFRON CAFÉ The cuisine of Morocco is a lot more complex than to be defined by just one rare spice. No one does Moroccan food quite like Saffron Cafe, where you can get everything from garlic mussels to lamb tajine. If you really, really like Moroccan food, you can take cooking classes and learn how to blow all your friends’ dinner parties way out of the water with the help of a few artfully prepared cornish game hens. Get all the details on their very slick website. 621 Fort Wayne Ave., 917-0131, saffroncafeindy.com 2nd: Abyssinia 3rd: Major Restaurant
BEST LOCAL BRITISH/ENGLISH /CELTIC RESTAURANT CHATHAM TAP There are few places more exciting to be than at Chatham Tap during a televised international soccer match. You can get some excellent imported beer to accompany your fish and chips. I would recommend a plate of wings or the Montauks, but that’s just me. The best part is you can still score some of their excellent food on a late night after a show at Old National Centre or a night out partying on Mass Ave. 719 Massachusetts Ave., 917-8425, chathamtap.com 2nd: Red Lion Grog House 3rd: Union Jack Pub BEST LOCAL CAJUN/CREOLE RESTAURANT YATS Yats won again. In other news, Sky wins Best of Indy for Local Blueness, Water for Best Local Wetness. Multiple locations, yatscajuncreole.com 2nd: Papa Roux 3rd: Chef Dan’s Southern Comfort
BEST LOCAL SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT MAXINE’S CHICKEN & WAFFLES I’m not a faithful person, but I could be coaxed to damn near any house of worship on a Sunday if the deal included a stop at Maxine’s. If you’re one of the uninitiated, Maxine’s serves a combination of two of the greatest foods known to man, and glues them together in flavor matrimony with peach butter. Yes, peach butter. You can eat them separately if you want to, but that would be like eating a slice of pizza with a fork and knife in New York City. Make a stack and take a bite. 32 N. East St., 423-3300, maxineschicken.com 2nd: Georgia Reese’s 3rd: Kountry Kitchen BEST LOCAL DELI/SANDWICH SHOP SHAPIRO’S DELI Shapiro’s represents all that is good about locally owned, zero-frills dining. For those of us still mourning the loss of MCL, Shapiro’s remains a beacon of old school cafeteria comfort in a scary modern world. You can still get food like homemade split pea soup,
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