Restaurants in Indianapolis Open on Sundays
All seventeen of these Indianapolis kitchens serve on Sunday, but on very different clocks. Cafe Patachou at River Crossing opens first at 8AM and is done by 3PM, St. Elmo Steak House doesn't start until 4PM, and La Parada on the near east side keeps one of the two longest days, 10AM to 10PM.
So the useful question is which half of Sunday you're eating in. The brunch rooms, Patachou, Arlene's by Milktooth and Shapiro's Delicatessen, cover the morning and early afternoon. Seven places, including Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe, the best-rated room on the list at 4.7, open only in the evening. A handful, from the pizzerias to Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place, run straight through the day.
Our picks
- Earliest Sunday breakfast: Cafe Patachou at River Crossing. Opens at 8AM with omelets made to order and the Cuban breakfast, rated 4.5, though the kitchen closes at 3PM.
- Best for a Sunday celebration dinner: St. Elmo Steak House. The only $$$$ table here, open since 1902 and rated 4.4 across 1,466 ratings, serving 4 to 9PM.
- Latest Sunday close: Slippery Noodle Inn. Serves until 11PM with live blues most nights, later than any other kitchen in the guide.
- Brunch, lunch and dinner in one place: La Parada. Open 10AM to 10PM on Sunday at the $ level, with birria and al pastor and good options for vegetarians.
- Highest rated, if you can make the window: Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe. 4.7 from 522 ratings, but open only 4 to 8PM on Sunday, the shortest window here, and it fills quickly.
At a glance
| Option | Address | Sunday hours | Food | Price | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 S Illinois St, Indianapolis, IN 46225source | 4 - 9PMsource | Steakhousesource | $$$$source | 4.4source | 1,466source | |
| 153 S Illinois St, Indianapolis, IN 46225source | 12 - 9PMsource | Steakhousesource | $$$source | 4.3source | 1,356source | |
| 808 S Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46225source | 9AM - 7:30PMsource | Brunch & delisource | $$source | 4.4source | 831source | |
| 653 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46203source | 5 - 10PMsource | Americansource | $$source | 4.4source | 523source | |
| 620 N East St, Indianapolis, IN 46202source | 5 - 9PMsource | Americansource | $$source | 4.5source | 665source | |
| 5408 N College Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220source | 12 - 9PMsource | Americansource | $$source | 4.6source | 270source | |
| 372 S Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46225source | 4 - 11PMsource | Americansource | $$source | 4.6source | 517source | |
| 8697 River Crossing Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46240source | 8AM - 3PMsource | Brunch & delisource | $$source | 4.5source | 371source | |
| 534 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46203source | 10AM - 3PMsource | Brunch & delisource | $$source | 4.1source | 385source | |
| 5646 E Washington St, Indianapolis, IN 46219source | 11AM - 9PMsource | Pizzasource | $source | 4.4source | 476source | |
| 811 E Westfield Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46220source | 11AM - 9PMsource | Pizzasource | $source | 4.5source | 304source | |
| 3145 W 16th St, Indianapolis, IN 46222source | 12 - 9PMsource | Barbecue & soul foodsource | $source | 3.9source | 431source | |
| 1831 North College Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202source | 9AM - 9PMsource | Barbecue & soul foodsource | $$source | 3.6source | 579source | |
| 1642 E New York St A, Indianapolis, IN 46201source | 10AM - 10PMsource | Mexican & Latin Americansource | $source | 4.2source | 402source | |
| 720 N College Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202source | 4 - 9PMsource | Mexican & Latin Americansource | $$source | 4.5source | 1,031source | |
| 935 S East St, Indianapolis, IN 46225source | 4 - 8PMsource | Middle Easternsource | $$source | 4.7source | 522source | |
| 7201 North Keystone Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46240source | 5 - 9PMsource | Sushi & Japanesesource | $source | 4.5source | 350source |
Sunday brunch in Indianapolis
Three rooms are built for the morning. Cafe Patachou in Nora runs 8AM to 3PM. Arlene's by Milktooth in Fletcher Place runs 10AM to 3PM and opens only Thursday through Monday, so Sunday is one of its five days. Shapiro's Delicatessen on South Meridian serves weekend breakfast from 9AM and keeps its cafeteria line going until 7:30PM, so it can cover brunch and an early dinner in one day.
Two others start early without being built around brunch. Kountry Kitchen serves breakfast from 9AM and stays open until 9PM, and La Parada opens at 10AM.
Where to eat Sunday dinner downtown and nearby
Seven kitchens open only in the evening: St. Elmo, Livery and the Slippery Noodle at 4PM, Bosphorus at 4PM until 8PM, and Bluebeard, Union 50 and Sakura at 5PM. On Illinois Street, the two steakhouses split neatly: Harry & Izzy's, next door to St. Elmo and pouring the same shrimp cocktail, opens at 12PM, which suits an early dinner or a pre-game meal, and it sits at $$$ against St. Elmo's $$$$.
For a late night, the Slippery Noodle Inn keeps cooking until 11PM and Bluebeard until 10PM, while most of the list is done by 9PM.
Ratings, rating counts and price levels
Read the Rating and Ratings columns together. Twenty Tap's 4.6 rests on 270 ratings, while St. Elmo's 4.4 comes from 1,466. Kountry Kitchen's 3.6 is the lowest here, and reviewers blame service and waits at rush times while rating the food well.
Five places sit at the $ price level: Jockamo, Bazbeaux, King Ribs, La Parada and Sakura. Bazbeaux and Sakura both rate 4.5 there, a notch above St. Elmo's 4.4 at $$$$.
The options in detail
St. Elmo Steak House
The downtown steakhouse Indianapolis is known for, open since 1902 and still the room people book for anniversaries, closing nights and Colts Sundays. The shrimp cocktail with its sinus-clearing horseradish sauce is the signature, and the steaks and prime rib are what regulars come back for. Reviewers consistently praise the service, and just as consistently mention that the dining room gets loud. It is the most expensive table in this guide by a wide margin, and dinner only on a Sunday.
Harry & Izzy's
St. Elmo's younger, less formal sibling, right next door on Illinois Street and pouring the same famous shrimp cocktail. You get the steakhouse menu, a Prohibition-era room and a livelier, more casual feel, with sliders and sandwiches alongside the prime cuts. It opens at noon on Sunday, which makes it the easier of the two downtown steakhouses for an early dinner or a pre-game meal. Reviewers call it pricey but consistent, with attentive service.
Shapiro's Delicatessen
A cafeteria-line Jewish deli on South Meridian that bills itself as America's oldest single-family deli, with a hundred years of the same corned beef, brisket and rye behind the glass. You slide a tray along, watch the sandwiches built to order, and pay for sides separately. The Reuben, the beef brisket and the German potato salad are what regulars order; the apple pie and carrot cheesecake get their own following. Breakfast is served on weekend mornings, and it is one of the few places here that covers brunch and an early dinner in one day.
Bluebeard
A Fletcher Place restaurant in a converted warehouse, built around seasonal small plates, house-made pasta and bread. Reviewers single out the ricotta gnocchi under truffle and mushroom, the crispy Brussels sprouts and the house potato chips with French onion dip. The patio is a big part of its appeal in warm months. It is dinner only on Sunday, opening at five.
Union 50
A big, handsome room off Mass Ave built for sharing: charcuterie and cheese boards, small plates like octopus and mussels, and mains such as lamb shank and duck breast. Live music most nights is part of the draw, and the space absorbs groups better than most restaurants in this guide. Service gets steady praise in reviews. Sunday is a short dinner window, five to nine.
Twenty Tap
A neighborhood craft beer bar on North College with a rotating tap list and a kitchen that takes the food seriously: a well-regarded burger, crisp fries and a mushroom reuben that turns up in most reviews. Families are comfortable here in a way they are not in most beer bars, with a dedicated table area away from the bar. It opens at noon on Sunday, earlier than the other pubs on this list, and its own site and listings disagree by an hour on the Sunday close, so call if you are cutting it fine.
Slippery Noodle Inn
Indiana's oldest bar, a downtown blues club where the music matters as much as the menu and the building's history, including the tunnels beneath it, is part of the tour. Bar food done well, friendly staff and live blues most nights. It has the latest Sunday close of anything in this guide, which makes it the fallback when everywhere else has stopped serving.
Cafe Patachou at River Crossing
The Nora outpost of the local all-day cafe that has been doing breakfast in Indianapolis since 1991, and the classic Sunday-morning option here. Omelets made to order, the Cuban breakfast, good coffee and staff who tend to remember what regulars drink. It gets busy and loud at peak brunch hours; the patio is the better seat in summer. Kitchen closes at three, so it is a morning and midday plan, not a dinner one.
Arlene's by Milktooth
Chef Jonathan Brooks's Fletcher Place brunch room, the one that put Indianapolis on national best-brunch lists. It spent part of 2026 rebranded as Arlene's, a Southern meat-and-three named for his mother, before ownership pulled back from the change and the Milktooth name returned; the kitchen and staff stayed put through it. Expect creative morning plates, biscuits and grits, smoked wings and pork chops, with generous portions. Thursday through Monday only, ten to three, so Sunday is one of its five open days.
Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza in Irvington
An east-side pizzeria in historic Irvington with a New Orleans streak, best known for the Creole pizza and a long list of oddball combinations like the Lazy Boy and the Pomodor. A gluten-free crust is available, and the breadsticks and dips get named as often as the pizza. It is casual, cheap by this guide's standards and open from late morning straight through Sunday evening, which makes it one of the easier rooms here to walk into with kids.
Bazbeaux Pizza in Broad Ripple
A Broad Ripple institution for specialty pizza, where the Genova with eggplant and the quattro formaggio are the orders reviewers keep repeating, and the creamy basil dressing has its own fan club. Gluten-free crust is a standard option rather than an afterthought. The room is small and idiosyncratic, with a soundtrack to match. Same hours every day of the week, opening at eleven.
King Ribs BBQ on West 16th Street
A west-side barbecue counter, one of a small local group, turning out pulled pork, rib tips and a house sauce that customers rate above the meat itself. Portions are large and prices are low, including weekday specials that undercut anything else in this guide. Reviews are more mixed here than at the group's Keystone location, particularly on the ribs. It is a takeout-first kind of place rather than a sit-down dinner.
Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place
A family-run soul food room on North College, going since the late 1980s and well used to visiting politicians, athletes and touring musicians. Fried catfish and whiting, chicken and waffles, smothered pork chops, greens, mac and cheese and the Soul Rolls are the plates people come for, and breakfast is served from nine. Its rating is the lowest in this guide, largely on service and wait complaints during rushes, but the food itself gets consistently good marks. It also has the longest Sunday of any sit-down restaurant here.
La Parada
A near-east-side Mexican restaurant with big portions and a festive dining room, where the birria, al pastor and the beans and rice get the most attention from reviewers. Vegetarians are looked after better than at most taquerias, and families are made welcome. It keeps the longest Sunday hours in this guide, ten in the morning to ten at night, so it covers brunch, a late lunch and dinner alike.
Livery
A three-level Latin American restaurant and bar near Mass Ave, built around empanadas, tacos and a tequila and mezcal-heavy cocktail list. The sweet corn empanadas, the yuca fries and the cauliflower appetizer are the dishes reviewers push hardest; feedback on the larger plates is more mixed, with the skirt steak drawing the most criticism. The rooftop is the reason many people come. Dinner only on Sunday, and it closes at nine.
Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe
A small family-run Turkish restaurant south of downtown that calls itself the state's first, and the highest-rated room in this guide. Doner kebab, the sultan grilled lamb, baba ghanoush and Turkish wine are the standard order, and the owner's presence in the dining room comes up in review after review. The patio is a summer draw. Its Sunday window is the shortest here at four hours, and it fills quickly.
Sakura Japanese Restaurant
A long-running Keystone sushi bar with a plain storefront and a following that treats it as the city's default answer for Japanese food. Fresh, carefully cut fish, traditional udon and rolls that reviewers rate well above what the prices suggest. It is a small, quiet neighborhood room rather than a scene. Dinner only on Sunday, five to nine.
How we researched this
This is a guide to local kitchens, so chain diners were left out entirely. Every restaurant had to serve on Sunday, which ruled out Yats on Massachusetts Avenue, Iaria's Italian, Vida, Beholder and Oakley's Bistro, all closed that day on their own listings. The 1933 Lounge is open Sundays but is St. Elmo's upstairs bar at the same address. Where a brand has several locations, the row names one, such as Bazbeaux in Broad Ripple or Jockamo in Irvington, because the other branches keep different hours. Sunday hours were checked against each restaurant's own website where it would load; ratings are from a single restaurant directory as of 8 September 2026.
Colts home games move Sunday hours: St. Elmo posts separate game-day hours, and Shapiro's says weekend breakfast varies on game days. Twenty Tap's own site gives two different Sunday closing times, so call ahead before a late visit there.