Home may be where the heart is, though I’d argue the stomach is equally important to one’s sense of belonging.

Live somewhere long enough and you’ll come to rely on certain restaurants, whether for a special occasion you’ve been planning for months or a frantic last-minute dinner in the face of near-delirious hunger. Everyone has their spots, and these are ours.

Below are 70 restaurants IndyStar staffers consider their favorites. You’ll find big-ticket steakhouses downtown as well as grocery store food court counters — including those that appeared on our Defining Restaurants guide — all spread across Indianapolis and its surrounding counties. The entries are listed in alphabetical order, but you can also use the database embedded below to search by cuisine and neighborhood. More: In

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