76. Arni’s
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 571-0077
Address: 4705 E. 96th St.
Description: With a long tradition in Indiana, Arni’s is known for its pizza and junior salads. The first Arni’s was opened in Lafayette in 1965 by Arni Cohen. Through the years, several more Arni’s opened around Indiana. Arni’s offers a kids’ menu with the usual choices but families often opt for the thin crust pizza.
77. Boogie Burger
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 255-2450
Address: 927 E. Westfield Blvd.
Description: The name of this place always seems to get a kid’s attention. The food is delicious, too. Sandwiches are sometimes so huge that a kid will have a bunch leftover. Order the popular Boogie Burger with cheese and peanut butter. Don’t knock it until you try it. Get a real milkshake and you’re set.
78. Fountain Square Diner
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 685-1959
Address: 1105 Shelby St.
Description: Kids can climb on a stool at the diner counter and enjoy an ice-cream sundae or malt hand-dipped the old-fashioned way. Originally opened in 1959 inside the Woolworth store, the Fountain Diner is showing kids how it used to be.
79. Mug-n-Bun Drive-In
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 244-5669
Address: 5211 W. 10th St.
Description: Show your kids a real 1950s dining experience at this drive-in restaurant where carhops still hang trays from car windows. A local institution for decades, Mug-n-Bun serves burgers, onion rings, and homemade root beer floats. Blink your headlights when you’re ready to order.
80. The Old Spaghetti Factory
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 635-6325
Address: 210 S. Meridian St.
Description: What kid doesn’t like spaghetti? A family favorite, the Spaghetti Factory offers good food—lots of it—and low prices. Kids like to eat in the trolley car located in the middle of the restaurant. If you arrive at lunchtime or dinner hour, the place is likely to be crowded and you’ll have to wait. Try eating early.
81. Peewinkles Puppet Studio
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 283-7144
Address: 25 E. Henry St.
Description: This old-world-style, 50-seat puppet theater is just few blocks south of Circle Centre mall in downtown Indianapolis.
82. Pyramid Players at Beef & Board Dinner Theatre
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 872-9664
Address: 9301 N. Michigan Rd.
Description: Enjoy a children’s theater production complete with juice and snack. Presented by the Pyramid Players at Beef & Board Dinner Theatre, the productions are an hour in length and presented without intermission. Performances are for all ages but offered particularly for children in preschool through sixth grade. Priced at $12, performances take place at 10 a.m. on Fri and at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sat. Plays for 2010 included Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.
83. Beech Grove
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 788-4977
Description: Incorporated in 1906, Beech Grove is located in the southeast portion of Marion County and is part of the Greater Indianapolis Metropolitan Area. Beech Grove elected not to participate in Indianapolis’s Unigov initiative, which consolidated the city and county governments in 1970. With nearly 15,000 residents, Beech Grove has its own independent government with a mayor, city council, and clerk-treasurer, although its residents do vote for the mayor of Indianapolis, who serves as the county executive. Mainly a residential community, Beech Grove covers 4.3 square miles and is bordered by I-465 and the Conrail line and by Southern and Perkins Avenues.
84. Morgan County
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 831-6509
Description: Founded in 1822, Morgan County is a fast-growing neighbor on the south side of Indianapolis. Covering 450 square miles, the county has a population of about 71,000. The county was named for General Daniel Morgan, who defeated the British at the Battle of Cowpens in the Revolutionary War. Just 15 minutes southwest of Indianapolis, Mooresville is one of the hot growth areas for Indy. The city was founded in 1824 by North Carolina Quaker Samuel Moore and named for its founder. With a population that has doubled since 1990, Mooresville works to maintain its small town atmosphere. Brick sidewalks characterize Mooresville’s downtown area.