The Unique Culinary Experiences in Indianapolis | HGTV Urban Oasis 2021
Indianapolis is a melting pot of delicious flavors and unique culinary experiences.
Our first stop is Katsumi's Teaching Kitchen. Chef Mori Lemau is sharing her passion for Japanese cooking and teaching others how they can replicate it at home. The first dish we're making is Yakisoba. The whole thing with Japanese cooking is Japanese ingredients. People come to her kitchen and they already know Japanese food, they want to learn how to make it at home. Next up is a California roll. During her class, Mori teaches students about the importance of using authentic ingredients for home cooking and techniques for creating a perfect roll and making those final slices.
Next up is for something a little bit sweeter, artisanal chocolate made from only 3 ingredients. Founder and CEO of SoChatti, Matt Rubin shares his story on how he got started.
The original goal of this hobby was to make sure his wife had an endless supply of chocolate in the cabinet. His wife discovered she had a milk allergy, so 2 days of research, a mortar, pestle and a coffee grinder yielded chocolate from scratch. It was a great start that immediately showed flavors that you normally don't get from a chocolate bar. So he went home and asked his wife if she wanted to start a chocolate company, from there, Sochatti Chocolate was born.
Sochatti offers chocolate flight tastings. They have 4 different origins from around the world that give a dynamic journey of chocolate and the visitors almost get to travel from the comfort of their chair. Starting with Tanzania, it has a beautiful blueberry peak. Next up is Honduras, which is rich, it's creamy, it's stout. After that is Peru, this is what chocolate used to taste 500 years ago. We finish up with Trinidad, the darkest of all the chocolates. Trinidad was really the epicenter of global chocolate trade in the late 1800s and is Matt's personal moment of euphoria. If he has it during the week, he loses his to-do list and starts walking arou
Visit Circle City In Indianapolis | HGTV Urban Oasis 2021
Artisans, makers, brewers and chocolatiers. They all have a home in this reimagined industrial complex, a few minutes from downtown Indianapolis.
There's so much happening in this incredibly huge space so we're going to talk to the person who has reimagined Circle City Industrial Complex into what it is today.
Larry Jones, President of Teagan Development takes us through the facility. Currently there are 170 tenants in the north end, 100+ are artists. They also have businesses that range anywhere from 5,000 to 50,000 square feet. Collectively, all of the businesses work together to support each other. There's about 110 individual artists in the building which are mostly located in the central corridor and up on the second floor. Then for Centerpoint Brewery, for 8th Day Distillery, for SoChatti Chocolate – they start to see new retail coming in for their product. You can buy a beer, carry it through the galleries and experience all of the positive things going on around it.
This place is massive and there are so many things to see and experience. Art studios are open to the public the first Friday of each month allowing visitors to meet amazing artists like Katrina Murray. Stop by and see the stunning creations at Glass Arts Indiana. Other places are open daily. You have to visit Sochatti and enjoy one of their chocolate tastings and if you get thirsty, there's Centerpoint Brewing and 8th Day Distillery, but one of the most exciting spots is on the far end of the complex.
If you've ever played corn hole or bags then fowling is for you! Eric Page, owner of the Fowling Warehouse takes us through what fowling is and how to play it.
The objective is very simple, you want to knock down the other teams pins before they knock down yours. There are some additional rules as far as on your first throw, if you hit the 5 pin and knock only the 5 pin down, it's called a bunk and you automatically win. You get to celebrate by pulling a train horn they
Food Hall Renaissance in Indianapolis | HGTV Urban Oasis 2021
The original one stop shop for food and locally made items is here at the historic Indianapolis City Market in downtown Indianapolis.
We meet with Keshia Gray, Executive Director of the Indianapolis City Market who talks with us about the history of the market while taking us for a tour of it. The Indianapolis City Market was formed around the time that the town itself was formed. Grocery stores as we know them did not exist, so people would come to gathering places like this particular market in order to get their food and they would come here frequently throughout the week. They have more than 20 merchants who are there and they're all locally family owned businesses. They have the Tomlinson Tap Room which has 19 rotating taps of all Indiana craft beer. They also have Maxine's Chicken & Waffles which is an Indianapolis staple. They also have Cath Coffee & Tea which is a great spot to pick up your coffee fix. Underneath the west plaza is an area that they call the catacombs. The catacombs feature barreled arches made entirely from bricks have been here since 1886 and were the foundation to Tomlinson Performance Hall which was destroyed by fire.
From the very first food hall in town to the very latest addition takes us to our next stop, Bottleworks. Developed around the historic Coca-Cola Bottling Plant that was recently and painstakingly restored back to it's original art deco wonder. The bottling plants original vehicle garage is the anchor of the Bottleworks District. Here we'll meet with Nicole Ulrich, General Manager of The Garage at Bottleworks who takes us through what they have to offer their visitors.
The Garage is 36,000 square feet of fun. They have retail, food and services. What makes the space so unique is the people inside of it and the entrepreneurs, many of them didn't have a brick and mortar before so they came to Bottleworks to set up shop. First thing that you should do when you get there is to just walk around and take it a
Spend a Day Exploring Indianapolis Museums | HGTV Urban Oasis 2021
Indianapolis is full of great museums. In this video, we'll tour 4 fantastic museums and learn more about what you can see during your visit.
Our first stop is the The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It is the world's largest children's museum, spanning nearly 500,000 square feet over 5 floors of education and amazement, attracting over 1.2 million visitors each year.
CEO Jennifer Robinson takes us through the museum where they go across all disciplines – art, science and humanities. They try to take one topic and delve deeply into it. There is a Treasures of the Earth exhibit which is all about archaeology. They also have a tank where they have underwater marine objects that are being processed and prepared. They have a full-size steam locomotive downstairs. They created a space station in which an astronaut came and visited them saying that he felt like he was back on the ISS. They want to really be on the forefront of what families are interested in. Outside, they have the Treehouse of Sport where they have amazing small sports fields but they've also told the stories of the legends behind the sports. The goal was to have non-competitive play where visitors come out and try different sports. If you have just a few hours or a couple of days, there's plenty to see here.
Our next stop is a spot that celebrates all things small. The Museum of Minature Houses is a place to experience over 12,000 fine scale miniatures. CEO Suzanne Moffett takes us through the museum. When people visit the museum a lot of people are stunned at the quality and detail of the miniature houses. The materials that are used in the houses are similar to what you would use at your own house, except you have to go extremely small. In your house, if you were to use carpet – here, you would use fabric that is thin, otherwise, it won't look right. Artisans hand make a lot of things and they're gorgeous. You can get mass produced things that look nice, but if the make
Rev Your Engines Indianapolis | HGTV Urban Oasis 2021
Just steps away from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the Dallara Factory. This is the American home of the Italian race car manufacturer and the de facto spot for experiencing today's Indy Car up close.
Scott Jasek, Vice Chairman of the Experiential Events Group shares with us how he got started and takes us on two thrilling Indy Car rides, one through the town of Speedway, Indiana and another featuring 2 laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Dallara is a famous car builder from Italy and they came to the Indy Racing Experience and said, "Let's build the Indy cars here in the town of Speedway." Originally, Scott moved to Indianapolis in 1994 and he met his business partner Joe Kennedy. One night he asked him, can I drive the Indy Car? Joe replied, you'll blow the engine, the gearbox, 100's of thousands of dollars he could screw up. So Scott drew the 2 seater and he said, why don't you stretch it so I can sit in back, let the professional handle the driving and he can experience the car. They presented the idea to Indy car and they loved the idea. Today they offer two rides, one in a street-legal car through the town of Speedway and another on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The first ride we'll take is through the town of Speedway. We'll pass Allison Transmission where James Allison was one of the founders of Speedway with Carl Fisher. They'll come down Main Street and as you get to the corner, there's a roundabout right in front of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, so they'll make some noise and wake up the new owner, Roger Penske.
Our next ride is 2 laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at over 200 miles per hour in a 2 seater, driven by a professional Indy car driver. What an experience like no other, let's find out more about the speedway.
J. Douglas Boles, President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway shows us around the track telling us all the cool things we can see and do. They have a fantastic museum that has a lot of t
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2021 Demo Reel | Bryant Coffey
Another year is in the books! I'm super excited to show off the Bryant Coffey, Inc. 2021 Demo Reel showcasing some of my favorite pieces of the last few years. I want to thank all of my clients, colleagues, co-workers and anyone who's helped me to grow into what I am today, I would not be here without you. Let's make 2021 the best we can and keep on creating together.
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