Corino's Italian

Johnny Corino's
Greenwood, IN
920 North US 31
Greenwood, IN 46142
Phone: 317-885-5735

Great Place to go! We Started in the parking lot with

"oh man they look busy"
"Yeah, we should have made reservations?"

but when we walked in we there were at least 3 host there to greet us. The took us to our table almost immediately and for a party of 7 that isn't too bad for a busy Saturday night. Our server, though I can't remember her name was on top of everything. We ordered 2 appetizers, calamari and bruschetta, all 6 adults had salads and then 3 family meals. Each family meal will feed 2 to 3 adults.

There salads are $1.99 for and adult and are endless. They have a great dinner bread service with fresh oil and garlic to dip in. There appetizers tasted fresh and came in a very timely manner and the entrees were delicious and hot. The dinners we ordered were 1) Chicken Gorgonzola 2) Chicken Malina 3) Spicy Romano Chicken. All equally tasty.

Desserts were offered but we didn't have the room to indulge.

I've been here numerous times and it's always been an enjoyable. The bang for the buck is typical. The food is always good and the service is on top of whatever you need.

as and added bonus on Monday's they have there Family dishes for the single price and Wednesday's they have half price bottles of wine :)

Ichiban Restaurant Sushi Bar and Sammy's Cuisine

This is a remolded restaurant formerly known as Ichiban Restaurant. I'm not sure why the name is so long now but the restaurant grew to almost twice in size. I suppose when you increase the size of the name the building space increases too :) They have a sushi bar still but they've also added a full size beverage bar. The atmosphere is more luxurious and presents a more open space. Though my pregnant wife could hardly fit into the seating space!? It's almost like they've crammed too many tables too close together. I noticed they have many deuces set up that have very comfortable looking high rise booths. This would be a nice touch for a romantic dinner for two.

The wait for seating was not almost immediate but initial quest service was lacking. They handed my (again pregnant) wife a booster seat and she couldn't maneuver around to get the booster seat in the chair. So she stood there for about 5 mins waiting on me to show up. So due to a lack of space for the seating and the lack of service to help a pregnant guest they definitely lose points here. There were 3 different servers helping us out. The time for beverages wasn't long though she had to come back a second time to make sure she had our order correct. We were talking and not paying attention to what we were going to order so one of the servers came to get our order and we only gave her our order for our 2yr old. We needed a few more minutes and so while we were looking another server came to get our order. We tried to explain that we were ready to order but another server had already started, some confusion here with the language barrier.

At Japanese restaurants with sushi, I think sushi is the appetizer and it is implied. We order 2 roles, both were good. My son really enjoyed the dragon head made out of lemon. We both order something we had before. The sushi took quite some time to get out, we were very hungry. Waiting and hungry don't go well together. The sushi our friend order was a good selection as well, he allowed me a taste of octopus which was very interesting.

Our food took about 45 for the food and that was after we asked for it ( which I don't normally do). Both our meals were not as we remembered them, mine was good but seemed drenched in a brown gravy sauce and my wife's meal was EXTREMELY bland. It took a while to get the check but we finally got it and paid.

The atmosphere was great, I really enjoyed the lighting and colors. There seating was full and everything looked new and nice. The food was not as good though, my guess is they increased seating capacity but didn't increase the kitchen which can make for a dangerous combination. I'm sure I'll return, given I have been there many times before BUT I will be extremely skeptical. Had this been my first visit I would probably not go back though. One thing that I could always say before they remolded is that the service was always lacking, a little slow and not very friendly but the food was always good. Now the service upgraded but the food was not as good... Better luck next time I suppose

New Day Meadery

I know that I have posted about NDM a few times already but I think this place is fantastic. I've been frequeting here on tuesday afternoons and get to know the Owners and workers well. Brett who is an owner and Meadary maker is hosting a Mead Making 101 class that looks really interesting. Just an FYI for anyone who is interested

"Attention Home Winemakers and Brewers!

Meadmaking 101 Class Scheduled

Ever wonder how New Day crafts their mead into a range of styles? Have you perhaps attempted to make mead at home with marginal success? Sign up for Meadmaking 101, Tuesday, March 9th from 6 - 8pm to learn tricks of the trade from New Day's award winning winemaker Brett Canaday.

Meadmaking 101 will start you from the beginning covering equipment basics, sanitation, ingredients, fermentation basics and bottling your mead.

Included with your admission to the course, enjoy a glass of New Day mead or cider and an appetizer plate.

You will leave the course with not only knowledge to make your 1st batch of mead, but a prepared listing of meadmaking resources, equipment and raw material lists & recipes.

Click here to see more details and sign up today!"

Just a review

We visited Bucca Di Beppos last Friday. The food was good and the service was lacking. I can't remember her name but she didn't act very interested in attending to us.

Management was friendly, the place was clean but to say again. The server was really not good

Ma Ma's Korean

MaMa’s Korean
8867 Pendleton Pike
Indianapolis, IN 46226
(317) 897-0808

Wow, I can't say I have Ever had Korean food before. Even though I enjoy new things, I cant say that I would ever try it again. I was highly unimpressed with the food. Not necessarily because it was bad but because I just didn't care for the taste. We joined a group of about 20 people and were the late arrivers.

Initial greeting was good, there wasn't any wait line. The drink selection was good and timing for the drink order was decent. As a side note: It's always hard for servers to be on the ball if there is a large group of customers.

There is a general appetizer served with every dinner. The meal selection is enormous with detailed descriptions of what it is that you are ordering. From what I've gathered, this is very close to authentic Korean food.

The amount of food that you get with your orders is enough for 2 people to eat a meal. There portions are Very LARGE, if you go here don't worry about not having enough to eat.

This is the most annoying part about the meal, the check took about 7 to 8 mins to pay. If there is something that i dislike most about a meal is is waiting to pay. As a general rule I don't really like to give away my money and waiting to do something that I don't really enjoy doing is very annoying. Had I not been with a large group of people I probably would have left without paying.

Overall the value for the money was good. I think that I could say that a little stronger had I enjoyed the meal. The general appetizers served with every meal are great. There is a combination of different item to taste.

New Day Meadery

New Day Meadery
Historic Fountain Square
1102 Prospect Street
Indianapolsi, IN 46203
888-MEADERY (888-632-3379)

Here is a quaint but modern tasting room located in Historic Downtown Fountain Square. As your walking down the side walk to get here you may be reminded of how people used to live in the city so many years ago. Where everything you needed was located in one city block and you didn't need to take your car everywhere you went. Your deli was on the corner, a dessert shop close to it, maybe a restaurant down the way a bit and a produce and flower shop somewhere in the mix.

The outside of this shop is beautiful. It has a wonderful glow about it in the rough of a portion of the city that is still trying to survive. There is seating enough here to have... say a baccalaureate party (which was going on when we were there) if you wanted to. There is a counter to stand and taste their mead and then a few table and chairs if you're with a small group.

Now if you have never had mead before, It is similar to wine but not quite the same. Wine is made made from grapes and the soul definition of mead is honey. Eh, some taste similar to wine and some are completely different.

From what I understand, all the fruit they purchase is local to Indiana along with the Honey they use to make the mead. Also they sell the honey in the store if you would like to take some home.

Bottles of mead range from about $12 to $22 and if you ever frequent wineries the you know the prices is comparable. If there was a mead I would recommend it would be the Plum Mead which is highly delectable and slightly intoxication with its sweet aroma and bold character. I think a bottle cost $16 and is well worth it. This 'meadery' gets an A+ for class, style, taste, presentation and hospitality. One more thing to keep in mind though when going to taste, there is a small fee of $5 for a full tasting which isn't by any means compared to the value you get from the mead and the explanations that come from the owners themselves. I do hope you decide to try!!

Panera Bread
5335 East Southport Road, Indianapolis, IN‎

(317) 881-3150‎

The initial presentation of this restaurant had nothing to do with the people that were greeting you and had everything to do with presenting itself as an excellent deli/pastry shop. All I remember from initially walking in is the beautiful assortment and presentation of the desserts and breads. My mouth starting watering for all the stunning pastry's

The Cashiers seemed nice, I didn't take any note of upselling or suggestively selling. No hints of the specials or what is particularly good. These things are particularly important in my eyes. It steers the guest to what makes this restaurant particularly good and makes the employees appear knowledgeable. Both key in having an exceptional restaurant.

Keep in mind there are no servers here. You walk in to a counter with an enormous menu and order what you want. You seat yourself and you put your own dishes next to a trash bin. The tables were clean when we went to seat ourselves. What is common a lot when you frequent 'self seating' restaurant is that the employees don't seem to make it to wipe off the tables consistently. I give this Panera bread an "A" though, we walked to where we wanted... the table was clean and all tables on our way there were as well.


The drinks are all self serve though with the exception of the specialty drinks. I ordered a strawberry smoothie which the manager brought out to me. Now I will say in comparison, I had a McDonalds strawberry banana smoothie 2 weeks ago, the Panera smoothie was completely exceptional.



The meal selection consist of gourmet style deli sandwiches, both hot and cold. Soups and salads are a large portion of their menu as well and deli pastries and fresh breads. I ordered a smoked turkey panini which I regretted after I saw my wifes Asiago roast beef. My tasted ...ok... BUT hers looked fabulous. I'm pretty sure she enjoyed it thoroughly though. Off the record, my wife usually orders the simple and I order the over the top extravagant dishes, well this day was a different story. A friend of our ordered a soup as well which came out looking extremely tasty. Most dishes it seemed were accompanied by a side of fresh baked bread or chips.


Dessert for us was a "Cobblestone" which the 3 of us could only describe as a mix between monkey bread, an apple fritter, bread pudding and 100% goodness. One of this 'muffins on steroids' could be divided in quarters and still be enough to enjoy. I do highly recommend this as a before OR after meal treat.

For feeding 3 adults lunch and a 2 yr old for $30, I would say that it was worth it given the relaxing atmosphere and the quality of food.

On the surface the cleanliness of the restaurant was pretty good. The staff seemed well dressed, presentable and they seemed as though they knew what good food safety was about. I chose to look a little deeper though.

The restrooms looked well kept, the daily routine of cleaning was done. Also, keep in mind that restrooms are hard to keep clean at times. One person can walk in, splash water on the floor, drop pieces of toilet paper on the floor, splatter the mirror with water, drip soap on the floor and then throw their paper towel on the floor. All from one guest, now for the next 30 minuets every guest after them will walk into that restroom and be disgusted because the bathrooms aren't kept up which means the kitchen MUST be a mess!! Wrong! One slob doesn't imply that the kitchen is a mess.... *sigh* (getting off my soap box not). The short run is that the bathrooms up keep was good. Everything was stocked, trash was a bit full but not over full. The mirror could be replaced because water has seeped behind the mounting and corroded it, But, overall pretty good. In the corners, around the floor tiles you could see a small build up of dust and dirt. This forms from not getting down on the floor, hands and knees, to scrub tile where the 'deck' brushes cant reach. The wood work around the seat and on the walls had not been cleaned in some time and the lights and light cords from the ceiling had about a 2 month (or more) accumulation of dust on them. Keep in mind I was looking for these things, not that I noticed them on the surface.

Overall value for the money was fair to good. It's a bit expensive but that is the target consumer. It's almost the McDonalds of the wealthier and more health conscientious. Not saying anything bad about the people who eat McDonalds ( my wife and I hit it up at least once a week) but we don't go to Panera because we know it's more expensive and it doesn't have a 'Value Menu' (how can you beat McChickens for $1 when your low on cash). Food was pretty good, the atmosphere was relaxing, as an added value they have free wi-fi and everyone was nice. I recommend going here for a good brunch, perhaps a special occasion, a business meeting or to read a book and/or study.