What is this south side you speak of?

nothing :( I've been trying to find ways to meet people around here and there is nothing.

As a southsider, I find that the most fun thing to do is to drive north and pretend I bought a house there instead.

What kind of fun? I've lived on the Southside on and off for the past 30 years.

I recently roadtripped with a friend to the Stables to see Otis Gibbs. Does that count? I'm fairly certain we were the only ones who arrived there using the onboard GPS in a Mercedes SUV. And when did Harley shirts and mechanics shirts replace western wear in a country bar? (Or were those guys actually mechanics?) (Seriously, I'd like to know more about the southside, too, but am likely to never get in the habit of going that direction. It's too hard to cross the mental barrier of downtown. (I'm in Meridian Park.)

Since the southern part in Marion county contains the last of the local farmland ... cow-tipping is still an option there. Ask any Purdue grad for a copy of the rules. :-)

I lived in Southport for six years. It's safe and family-friendly, but not fun.

Greenwood is what Noblesville was 10 years ago, and what Carmel still is in its heart of hearts. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.

Marti, I think we were searching for ideas about shopping, restaurants that aren't chains, night clubs, places to go on the weekend, entertainment...

The Key Cinema is probably the best the south side has to offer and Long's Donuts has a Southport location.

I moved down here a year ago and am overwhelmed by the selections of TGIFridays, O'Charleys and Applebees. I haven't found a good non-chain restaurant here south of fountain square.

I grew up on the Southside and, while I've moved north, I find it pretty condescending to suggest that the entire southside is full of backward hicks. Especially when that opinion is based on the price of your automobile. There are fun things to do there, it just takes a bit more effort. And, more significantly, the people that live there are interesting, even if their access to edgy fun stuff is limited.

That said, in terms of fun things to do, restaurants, etc., I offer the following picks (some of which require a sense of fun and/or flexibility, so drop your attitude at the door - sometimes it's fun to be around people who aren't just like you): Beech Grove Bowl, Santorini's, Vito Provolone's, Carvers, Stone Creek Dining Company, Radio Radio, Shelby Street Diner. There are a lot of smaller places in Greenwood, too, but I'm not from that far south.

One final, out of season pick - Adrian's Orchards - my favorite cider in the world and a lovely staff who are know their apples! Perfect for crisp autumn weekends.

We're talking about the South side and no one has mentioned Shallo's? Man, I love that place. Best burgers and beer in the city IMHO.

I live just north of County Line Road on the south side. Shallo's Restuarant & Pub is right next to the Old Time Pottery just north of the mall. It's what I would consider a "best kept secret" of the south side. Great atmosphere, LOTS of beer, great food.

Garfield Park, if you consider that southside. Near southside, maybe.

To be fair, the east side, west side, northwest side, and most other parts of town aren't worlds of fun. Most residential areas don't have much unique, fun stuff to do. The only real hubs are downtown and broad ripple, and north side for shopping and dining.

That said, there is an arts league in
Greenwood. There's a neat little dog bakery. There's a pretty good German fest, I hear. There's a place that has a fur-coat collection that would surprise you. There's a nice park for the physically disabled. There's even a new magazine, South.

The south side is where you go for all of the urban based haunted houses such as Fright Mannor and Nightmare on Edgewood. You've also got the "cool" Game Preserve, where they open up the back room for miniature war-gaming, sometimes hosted by an actual Games Workshop Outrider.

There are some really nice areas of Greenwood as well - rolling hills, tree filled neighborhoods, and plenty of post-war architecture. I kinda like the south side. I'd probably live there if it were closer to work.

Well, there is the Indian restaurant in the shopping center at Madison & Stop 11. The people that run it are the same ones that ran Shahi Dawat next to United Art and Education in Greenwood. Very tasty stuff! They also have an Indian grocery next door.

There is also Roscoe's Tacos right across from Greenwood Middle School. Granted I've only been there once, but I have two children who don't like tacos that well. I thought it was good.

For those who like Thai, there is Thai Spice. Excellent summer rolls!

For those who live in Franklin, there is the Willard on Main Street. Good music and food. Beer too! Also, Benjamins, coffee shop on the courthouse square has music on Friday nights. They aren't open real late, so that's the only drawback. A couple of my friends go to the Jeff Street Bar on Jefferson Street. Trina sayz they have excellent bar food. Chris says the beer is always cold and good. If you are into motorcycles, there are several bars in Franklin that have a majority of bikers.

I have shopped the Goodwill stores in Greenwood and I've gotten some pretty good deals on children's clothes. Especially jeans, my oldest outgrows them pretty quickly.

Kid's Kloset, a resale clothing store near 135 (sits behind the McDonald's, next to the Krogers shopping mall) has good deals on children's clothing. I bought about 4 different outfits for each of my 2 kids for no more than 50 bucks. I also like Once Upon a Child, it has good deals too.

For those of the Anglican faith, there is the Village Dove. They are located just south of Southport Road on 31.

And of course, there is Half-Priced Books across from the mall. Anyone, who likes to read should go there.

I hopes this helps.

I have made trips to the southside for the express purpose of shopping at that Half-Price Books! It's a good one, and its stock is a little different from what you'll find at the two HPB's on the north side (Castleton or 86th & Ditch), with a bit less non-fiction and more mass-market paperbacks.

I also like the Game Preserve that Packer mentioned; it's on 31 and Stop 12.

Other fun restaurants:

Sir Walter's in Beech Grove
Maria's Pizza on Shelby Street
Sisters on Madison Avenue
The Bay Window on 135 in Greenwood (My brother calls it the Gay Window; he's 18.)
Steak and Ale in Southern Plaza

What else?
We go swimming at the Benedict Inn in Beech Grove, get our groceries at Buck's on Troy, and our doughnuts from Boyden's on Hanna.

In Greenwood, you have the Bead Palace and a knit shop on Main Street.

And you can't forget Garfield Park. Garfield Park has concerts almost every week during the summer, many of which are free. Our 4th of July celebration features live music and a fireworks show to rival Downtown Indy's.

My friends just moved in near Garfield Park, so hopefully we'll be checking it out soon. This all really good information, guys. Thanks for sharing it.

I agree with Keeks. Those who make snide comments about the southside have probably never lived or visited there. Garfield Park is a gem - sunken gardens, conservatory, new art center, and summer concerts. And as far as restaurants go, Maria's Pizza, and then head over to Fountain Square for Deano's Vino, Shelbi Street Cafe, Santorinis and more. And don't forget the non-smoking Radio Radio and Duckpin Bowling. In Greenwood you have Oaken Barrel, Atlanta Bread Co. And Southport has one of the best Targets in the city
I'm a convert - I used to be a northside snob but I saw the light and live in Garfield Park now. Check this month's Indianapolis Monthly - with several other neighborhoods lGarfield Park (along ike Irvington) was just named one of 12 "Where to Buy Now" Indianapolis neighborhoods for the old arts and crafts houses and bungalows, the park and the community feel.

I also grew up on the South side. I second Keeks. You have to relax and drop your attitude at the door to have fun on the South side-- have to suspend your assumptions about people who go to church, listen to country music or 80s rock (on a regular basis), or wear blue jeans instead of khakis on date night.

People have made some really great suggestions here for Garfield Park, Fountain Square, Beech Grove, and Southport, all of which ARE on the south side. The south side of Indianapolis doesn't mean Greenwood. That said, there are good restaurants to visit in Greenwood, too, including Roscoe's Tacos, The Bay Window, Stone Creek, Kacey's Pizza, and Lotus Garden-- all independents. Lotus Garden's specialty alcoholic beverages are the ultimate in 70s Chinese kitsch, and the best thing about them is that no one who works there even realizes that. They serve you a tiki bowl for two or a drink in a plastic coconut with a bamboo umbrella in it with a completely straight face.

In the Fountain Square area, I'd like to add a plug for the Mass Ave Knit Shop (actually on Virginia Ave). In Southport, I'd like people to know about Edgewood Feed & Seed (actually more on Shelby Street than on Edgewood), a great garden center with reasonable prices, a knowledgeable staff, and a surprisingly large selection of all natural pet foods and treats.

Barringer's Tavern is good. It's at S Meridian and Pleasant Run Pky. It's a bar and dining room with good food, open 7 days a week. It's relatively cheap, you can smoke and they have tv's - what else could you want?

As a Southsider, I'm glad someone in this town is starting to recognize how much-maligned the Southside is. I live in Greenwood, and we certainly have our share of chain-restaurants, but we have some great hole-in-the-walls, too. Some of my favorites:

1. Barlo's Pizza (Bluff & Southport). FANTASTIC PIZZA. If you're really hungry (or hosting a party) try the 29" pizza.

2. Oaken Barrel (Main St., Greenwood). Tasty food, great craft beer in the same strip mall as...

3. One-Liners. The forgotten comedy club. Granted, it doesn't bring in the acts like Crackers does (which is, like, once a year), but still a fun evening on the Southside.

4. Vito Provolone's (near Perry Meridian) is tasty italian food

5. Roscoe's Tacos is delicious tacos, as well.

I grant you that the "club/music venue" scene is somewhat lacking. But the Southside is predominantly familes and/or older folks. Which begs the question: do creative/culturally inclined neighborhoods build themselves around venues and restaurants, or vice versa?

Besides, the other thing the Southside doesn't deal with nearly as often is traffic. You can keep I-69.

One of the best places to buy beer in Indianapolis is on the south side: Parti-Pak Liquors. On the outside it looks like a run-down liquor store, but inside are ceiling-high shelves of imports and microbrews. The staff are friendly and very well-versed in the art of beer drinking.

They also carry French Lick wine (yum!).

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/8237/

Matt's right that the traffic on the southside isn't nearly as bad as the north side, but it's catching up. I think the southside has more escape routes, which makes the traffic situation more tolerable.

Any time there's a traffic hiccup - usually weather related - you see just how much traffic there is on the southside. Each time a tornado has hit the southside, the traffic was a mess for hours. For some reason, the Sheriff's deputies down there don't know how to direct traffic. When the tornados hit Homecroft, they had folks driving around those neighborhoods in circles for hours. The tornado hit at 2:30. At 8pm, traffic was still backed up on 135 South (that's Meridian Street for you northsiders) from Southport Road all the way up past Hanna. These were folks trying to get home from downtown and the northside. There was no excuse for that.

With as much weather-related damage as we've had on the southside, you'd think we'd have a better emergency action plan. My experience is that they shut down all the major thoroughfares and run people around in circles through neighborhoods they don't know how to navigate. The response efforts never seem very coordinated. It's always a bunch of cops standing in the street barking for you to go this way or that. An hour later, you wind up back at the same intersection and a different cop sends you in a different direction.

There is a website for Old Towne Greenwood with lots of info on it. Its www.oldtownegreenwood.com
It loads a bit slow but it lists all the independent shops and places to eat in Downtown Greenwood. I suggest hitting the art gallery on Madison Ave (the house its in is worth seeing on its own) then eating dinner across the street at La Trattoria (get the Filet its AMAZING!) There is also a nice Farmers Market at the Greenwood Public Library Parking Lot.

You'll want to try Shallo's restaurant/bar which is on 31 just on the north side of County Line road. It's (strangely enough) in the strip mall with Old Time Pottery, but trust me, this is a place not to be missed. Cool atmosphere filled with intresting antique find from around Indianapolis (cool stuff, not some grandma garage sale trash).

The food is very good, and you'll want to get the homemade potato chips and dip for sure. They've got the best beer selection on the Southside, and maybe in the city as a whole. They'll have hundreds of beers to choose from at any one time.

Kid friendly as well, and now it's also non-smoking.

You'll want to try Shallo's restaurant/bar which is on 31 just on the north side of County Line road. It's (strangely enough) in the strip mall with Old Time Pottery, but trust me, this is a place not to be missed. Cool atmosphere filled with intresting antique find from around Indianapolis (cool stuff, not some grandma garage sale trash).

The food is very good, and you'll want to get the homemade potato chips and dip for sure. They've got the best beer selection on the Southside, and maybe in the city as a whole. They'll have hundreds of beers to choose from at any one time.

Kid friendly as well, and now it's also non-smoking.

It is about time people start sticking up for the southside (and, yes, I have lived on all 4 sides of town for at least 2 years per side)!

What else is there to do that has not been mentioned?

Mrs. Curls, which is in old town Greenwood, has the best ice cream. It is very much an old-school place. But the ice cream is much better than DQ, much cheaper than DQ, and a great place that your kids will love.

Apple Works in Trafalgar. This is my favorite weekend activity in the fall. Their honeycrisp apples are the best I have ever tased. And they have a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, cider slushies, and all around beautiful location. Their apple barn is awesome.

Adrian's orchards. I know this has been mentioned, but they truly do have the best cider I have ever tasted. And it is a neat place to visit (though they are building some new homes fairly close).

Richard's Kitchen is in Franklin and quite good.

Sharky's Pizza. Gallagher's Pizza meets fish tanks and a few arcade games. But it works! The pizza is great.

Check out the charm of Homecroft and the Southport High School homecoming parade.

And take a drive through some of the neighborhoods in Center Grove some time. The topography, as well as many of the homes, are beautiful!

Take a drive down to Brown County/Nashville. Or the Hoosier National Forest. Or Morgan Monroe Forest (not too far down SR 37 on the way to Bloomington).

During the summer, many of the churches have very good fireworks shows and nice little festivals.

And as a reminder, the beloved Ritter's frozen custard got its start in Franlin!

If you are looking for nightclubs, you are out of luck. That is not, nor hopefully ever will be, what the southside is about.

i'm in Franklin. The thing about the southside is space. Once you get past Greenwood, there is some of it. In Franklin: Richard's Kitchen (seriously phenomenal dining), Provencial Gardens (art outside), The Willard (best pizza around and it's a haunted hotel turned into a bar), and the Artcraft theater (decked out in original campy 1920's neon--i saw the star wars movies there as a tot. Afraid of Ewoks to this day).

get your passport stamped to head even further south down 135 to the morgantown/trafalgar area. Apple Works is an orchard with a petting zoo and scenic ponds. they have a kickass highlander fest each fall and food to die for. Euphoria, its an aveda salon. best stylists you'll find outside of indy. Sheepstreet. buy your yarn there, they make a lot of it themselves on the sheep farm.

i could go on about my neck of the woods, but don't want to drone. we're more about scenery than scene. enjoy, please!

I've lived on the Southside since '94 and prior to that lived in the OC and NYC. I prefer the Southside of Indy to any other side of town (incl D'town).

I agree with many posters, however the music scene is starting to change up on this side of town.
Some really good bands have been created in the area and new venues are springing up every day.
John Wayne's Pub (Stop 11 & Madison) has bands on Fri. and Sat. from all over town that serve up a variety of music.
Across the street is Drifty's Sports Pub (formerly Club Mark and City Lights). The bands range from blues to rock to country. The best thing about Drifty's, however, is their fabulous pizza! Definately the best on the southside and the closest taste I've found in the entire midwest to New York style 'zah.

Something else that is starting to pop up more often are Open Mic nights. Stop by M-Th at any given open mic night in town and hear the bands tryout new material. If you like what you hear, get on a mailing list (or two or three) and support our local musicians!

There's Shallo's and Clancy's, Gallagher's 2, Bubbaz, Gary's Restaurant and Bar and a bit further down the road, Whit's Inn in Whiteland.

ive lived on the south side my whole life practically and believe me its not hickville i live very close to a pool hall thats always fun and one block from one of the most hauted houses in indianapolis the Hannah Hauted House everything is really close and convient there all kinds of restraunts, stores, bars, so theres alot of fuun things to do and downtown is really close to.

First off, this is extremely offensive to people who live on the southside. I have lived in Australia as well as SF, CA and have always moved back to the southside of indianapolis. What is fun on the southside? There are a lot of fun things to do on the southside, you have the rockhouse for live music as well as Visions at the Ameriplex where you are sure to always have an awesome time and cheap drinks while listening to live music. You have open mic nights for those who dabble in playing music but have a real life on the for front.. Indy's jukebox, Lizards, mucky duck and all sort of hole in the wall bars where everyone knows everyone. The southside is a community of people who care and have fun with eachother, and do not search for "the next big party" to get wasted and be socially isolated. If you want that, go to broadripple or up north. The southside is for people who like to connect with others as well as families.

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