Indiana Insider Blog

I’m a foodie who often plans trips around the dining establishments I want to experience and the meals I want to enjoy. That includes a lot of upscale meals, historic venues, classic supper clubs and ethnic eateries – and it... Read more

Put Micks It Up Diner on your breaded tenderloin radar! The small-town diner is located in tiny Harmony, Indiana, and features one of the best breaded tenderloins in the state. Explore western Indiana’s backroads and byways. Then head to this... Read more

On one of my drives south through Indiana on I-65, I noticed a billboard for the Triple XXX Family Restaurant. The sign noted that it had been featured on Guy Fieri’s show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, which was enough for... Read more

Mayberry is alive and well in Cammack, Indiana! Nestled at the western edge of Delaware County, lies the quaint village of Cammack. Like many other hidden treasures found in small and rural communities in Indiana, Cammack has one of east-central... Read more

As part of our goal to get to know parts of Indiana that were new to us my husband and I traveled recently to Anderson in the central eastern part of the state. We had always stopped at an Anderson exit... Read more

Some people want to tell you about the best thing that happened to them on vacation. I’m telling you the worst thing – not living closer to Triple XXX Family Restaurant in West Lafayette. I had heard about this 119-year-old... Read more

I spent a FULL day in Corydon a few weeks ago (post coming about that) and had the opportunity to try a few of their local dining establishments. I had lunch right downtown at Frederick’s Cafe.I’m a sucker for local... Read more

Sharing weekend stories, procrastinating schoolwork and pigging out because we have nothing left in the pantry is something my friends and I look forward to every weekend. We live for Sunday brunch. Last weekend, I visited some friends in West... Read more