Here's the list of restaurants from the facebook:
In the immediate area within walking distance (a chains unless noted) are:
Cheesecake Factory - in mall
Seasons 52
PF Chang
Maggianos
TGI Fridays
Late Harvest Kitchen $$$(local)
Ocean Prime $$$
Flemings $$$ - except in the bar during happy hour with 5 apps for $6 till 7:00 + their cheeseburger and fries
Sullivans $$$ - also has a bar with a Thursday night special
Ruth’s Chris $$$
Bonefish Grill
Patachou - breakfast & lunch (local)
Napolese Pizza - (local) same owner as Patachou
Ruth’s Keystone Cafe (local) - breakfast and lunch
LePeep - breakfast & lunch
First Watch - breakfast & lunch
McAlister’s
Subway - in mall
Chipolte - in mall
Nordstrom Tea Room - in the mall
Naked Tchopstix - in the mall
Elevation Burger - in the mall
Pinkberry - in the mall
Champps Americana
Joe’s Crab Shack
Oobatz
Chick-Fil-A
Benihana
Shanghai Lil (local)
Don Pablo
BD Mongolian Grill
Jason’s Deli
Puccini’s (local) Italian
Chili’s
Pizza Hut
and here are a few specifics.....
Harry & Izzy's northside; it's a spinoff of the famous St. Elmo's which is downtown. They're known for their shrimp cocktail, but it is not for the faint of heart. The cocktail sauce should come with a fire extinguisher:
http://www.harryandizzys.com/locations/northside-more-information/for those that are willing to get beyond the immediate hotel area, some of my fave Indy restaurants are just a taxi/Uber/Lyft ride downtown to Massachusetts Avenue (Mass Ave):
http://www.discovermassave.com/cat/restaurants/Bru Burger (Burgers and beer - nuff said! Indy has a good reputation for craft beer -
http://www.bruburgerbar.com/Bakersfield (Little Tacos and margaritas - yummy!)
http://www.bakersfieldmassave.com/R Bistro ($$$, but great for true foodies)
http://www.rbistro.com/There are plenty more restaurants (as well as shops and galleries on Mass Ave, but those are just a couple of my favorites.) If people stay on Mass Ave, then they should be just fine safety wise.
If they want to try a "breaded tenderloin", then they might want to head to downtown Carmel to the Art & Design District which is just a few miles northeast of the hotel. If the weather's nice, then you can sit outside.
http://www.muldoons.net/ **Also, just a few doors down in the same building at "ARTSplash Gallery", a member of our calligraphy guild, Erika Woods, will be having an exhibit of her calligraphic artwork during the month of August! The gallery is open until 6pm on Friday and until 8pm on Saturday.
Here's a link (I hope) to the restaurants in downtown Carmel's Art & Design District. Nearly all have outdoor seating, and I believe all but 1 are locally owned. Bub's was featured on the Food Chanel's Man vs. Food.
http://www.carmelartsanddesign.com/directory/category.asp?cid=11Carmel's Art & Design District is very safe.
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Everything sounds delicious, but I would rather we go someplace that isn't too far so we can make it back for the evening activities at 7:30pm.
I don't think I will be alone in saying I prefer not to go to places like Subway/Pizza Hut/Chipotle.. I think a proper sit down place would be better. Iampeth is my only 'vacation' this year so I wanna go someplace nice.. lol.
Also if it's Saturday or Friday where the dinner time is longer than usual, we can go someplace further..
