Too bad. No Indiana restaurants in the list of the best 50 in the world. Not being an expert in anything but my own tastes, I'd never attempt to name the "best" restaurants in Fort Wayne. But I always have my current favorites. Right now, they'd include the Rib Room (if you like a certain kind of food, you find the place that makes it the way you like it, and nothing else will do; I'm amazed by the people who actually like Ziffles), Casa's on Fairfield (best place on my way home for carryout) and the Gas House (actually, the Saloon side), one of the few good places to go on a Sunday evening. For bar food, I'd have to list the Acme. I had several out-of-town visitors last week and ended up with groups there twice; everyone was amazed at the variety of food a neighborhood tavern could offer.
Hmmmn. It occurs to me that people will read my list and wonder if I ever get out of the same old neighborhood. Well, here's one: Bravo's, a fabulous Italian restaurant in a strip mall on 86th Street on the nortwest side of Indianapolis; best steak I ever had in that city -- and that's speaking as a longtime fan of St. Elmo's.
