Lounges in Indianapolis

Elements Bar is one of Indianapolis's most sophisticated downtown lounges — serving the city's convention center market, hotel guests, and downtown professional community with craft cocktails in an elegant, design-focused environment. Indianapolis's enormous convention economy, which generates $5+ billion annually, creates consistent demand for quality hotel bars and downtown lounges.

Indiana Roof Ballroom is Indianapolis's most glamorous cocktail and event venue — a beautifully preserved 1927 Spanish courtyard ballroom where outstanding cocktails are served in one of the most atmospheric historic spaces in the Midwest. Indianapolis's remarkable historic preservation and the Roof Ballroom's extraordinary 1920s Spanish Renaissance interior create a cocktail lounge experience of genuine Hoosier architectural and cultural significance.

Indianapolis's cocktail lounge scene spans from the sophisticated craft bars of Mass Ave to the energetic Broad Ripple neighborhood venues, all serving a city that has consistently punched above its weight in the Midwest's evolving cocktail culture. Indianapolis's hosting of major national events (Super Bowls, Big Ten championships, NBA All-Star games) has raised the standard for the city's hospitality and beverage offerings.

Broad Ripple Village's lounge scene complements its more casual bar culture with sophisticated cocktail establishments serving Indianapolis's north-side professional community. Broad Ripple's extraordinary walkability, canal-side setting, and concentration of independent bars and restaurants create one of the Midwest's most pleasant evening entertainment neighborhoods.

Platt 99 serves Indianapolis's upscale north-side community with an elegant cocktail lounge experience in suburban Carmel — a city that has invested more per capita in public arts than almost any American suburb. Carmel's extraordinary investment in the Palladium performing arts center and its walkable Arts & Design District creates a sophisticated entertainment market that Platt 99 serves with comparable sophistication.

Indianapolis's Broad Ripple Village cocktail scene serves the city's most vibrant neighborhood entertainment district — a canal-side community where outstanding cocktail bars, excellent restaurants, and the city's most progressive community gather. Broad Ripple's remarkable combination of neighborhood character and urban sophistication creates a cocktail lounge environment that captures Indianapolis at its most authentically Midwestern and most creatively innovative.

Thunderbird is one of Indianapolis's most celebrated neighborhood cocktail bars — a Fletcher Place institution presenting outstanding craft cocktails in a warm and sophisticated setting. Indianapolis's remarkable neighborhood cocktail culture and Thunderbird's consistent excellence create a lounge experience that demonstrates the extraordinary quality of Indianapolis's contemporary food and drink scene.

Union 50 is Indianapolis's most celebrated cocktail lounge — a Downtown institution presenting outstanding craft cocktails in one of the most sophisticated lounge settings in the Midwest. Indianapolis's remarkable transformation from "Naptown" to one of America's most dynamic mid-size cities creates a cocktail lounge market of unusual contemporary energy and ambition.

West Fork Whiskey Company is Indianapolis's most acclaimed craft distillery — producing outstanding Indiana whiskeys that have put Hoosier State spirits on the national craft spirits map. Indianapolis's extraordinary craft spirits renaissance (Indiana has become one of America's most important craft distilling states) and West Fork's consistent quality create a distillery lounge of genuine Indiana spirits significance.