By Scott Tyree
 A summer evening spent on Wolfies’ lakeside deck enjoying a few drinks and a meal with family and friends is undoubtedly one of Hamilton County’s best dining experiences.  Wolfie’s flagship restaurant opened in 2004 and overlooks Morse Reservoir. It has since grown to include a second location in Fishers.  A true family enterprise, Wolfies [...]

Over the last decade chefs like Mario Batali have brought Northern Italian cuisine into the mainstream. While Hamilton County enjoys several excellent Italian choices, Carmel’s only locally owned and operated Italian restaurant is Mangia, started in 1997 by local legend Gino Pizzi, owner of Ambrosia Italian Restaurant in Broad Ripple.  Six years later Gino sold [...]

We can thank the original inhabitants of the Caribbean islands; the “Carib” Indians for teaching settlers and stranded sailors the art of smoking meats to preserve them.  Known as “Boucan” at the time, many seamen that embraced the technique also embraced the brutal life of a pirate earning them the nickname “Buccaneer.”   Big Hoffa’s barbeque [...]