great steaks?

INDYBOB OR DAVE IN INDY, I just booked the Wingate at I 465 %26amp; 71st street for the Brickyard weekend. Do you know of any good restaurants in that area?

great steaks?

Wast side?

I think the best steaks in Indy are at Sullivan%26#39;s at Keystone at the Crossing, I-465 and Keystone Ave. It would take you no more than 15 min or so to get there. Now, Dave will tell you he thinks Peterson%26#39;s on 96th St just off of I-69 has the best steaks, I beg to differ. Sorry Dave, I%26#39;ve tried Peterson%26#39;s a few times, still think Sullivan%26#39;s is better!

great steaks?

That is on the west side. There are several places up around that area. Let me think alittle about the best steaks. I guess i have plenty oft time

Well, Gabby has stolen my thunder.

I agree Sullivan%26#39;s steaks are outstanding, but I prefer Peterson%26#39;s both for ambience and the quality of it%26#39;s meat and it%26#39;s preparation.

Plus, Peterson%26#39;s is a locally owned restaurant, while Sullivan%26#39;s is a chain. If you want the best chain restaurant steak (and, IMO, the flat-out best steak in town), there%26#39;s Morton%26#39;s downtown.

Among the other locally owned steakhouses serving excellent steaks:

St. Elmo%26#39;s - the classic - the one most outsiders point to as one of the top steakhouses in the country. It%26#39;s a macho atmosphere, with an interesting mix of wrestling memorabilia, mahogany and cherry woodwork, flavorful beef, and the best shrimp cocktails anywhere. But I don%26#39;t prefer their steaks in comparison to MANY of the other Indy steakhouses - just personal taste.

Ambrosia - a recently reborn family-owned Italian restaurant in the little north-side burg of Broad Ripple - a not-formal, intimate little restaurant that had suffered from inattention (or taking it%26#39;s customers for granted) for a number of years, refound it%26#39;s passion and has become an outstanding restaurant once again. They serve a mean steak (either bone-in rib-eye or a very nice filet mignon) with peppercorn sauce, and have a full range of authentic Tuscan-style Italian menu choices as well. Occasionally they serve Bistecca alla Fiorentina, and you%26#39;d think you were in Florence or Siena.

Dunaway%26#39;s Palazzo Ossigeno - a very near southeast side restaurant - a truly unique, yet elegantly so, Indianapolis dining experience. Their steaks are also outstanding, although not at all their featured dish (quite a bit of Italian, as you%26#39;d guess from the name, but also much American cuisine too).

But I prefer Peterson%26#39;s to them all. Gabby clearly has flaws in her tastebuds.

Don%26#39;t forget about the southside. Down there, about a half hour drive for our Brickyard guest, is Bynum%26#39;s (there is also one in Martinsville). It%26#39;s on south Meridian close to Epler. Does anyone miss The Fireside south?

Oh, ... there is a VERY good Italian restaurant at 86th %26amp; Ditch Road (about 5 to 10 minutes northeast of where you%26#39;ll be staying) called Amalfi%26#39;s. The same family owns several Italian places around the city, but this is (IMO) their best - Mateo%26#39;s in Noblesville is a close second. It%26#39;s a bit on the expensive side, similar to most of the restaurants mentioned above (you can get out of there for $40 per person if you don%26#39;t have drinks or go crazy on appetizers or other stuff, although with wine and/or cocktails, it%26#39;s more like $50 to $70 per person).