North Irvington Gardens Historic District
The North Irvington Gardens Historic District (wikipedia) is the part of the Indianapolis Eastside that is directly north of where I live. It is another great Indianapolis neighborhood, and is full of people. Technically, it is on the national register of historic places, but is not a locally registered historic district. This can sometimes be an important distinction, but it depends on what your own feelings on the matter are.
The only local blogger I could find was this website: Irvington Terrace blog. It isn’t what I would call particularly active, but if you are a resident of the area maybe you can hint to the author you would like to see more, or maybe you know of another website/blog and can post a link in the comments section.
Two important businesses in this area are the Community East hospital branch and the Historic Steer-In restaurant. Only one of the two serves beer, so you can guess which one you are getting photos of…
Built in the 1950′s, the Steer-In used modern design to stand out
The covered drive-in design still looks great
This is about as authentic a place as you can find
Steer-In has a limited but very good bottle beer selection
I am particularly fond of the stuffed pizza
I would also much rather visit the Steer Inn instead of the hospital
In my opinion, they probably make some of the best Belgian waffles in the city.
Agree with MH. Beer sometimes makes for simple decisions.
I have to eat here some day.
I haven't made it to the Belgian waffles yet, I always end up getting the Eggs Benedict with an Anchor Steam.
I am a fan of Steer-In on facebook, so I also receive a list of the blue-plate specials every day. I love it.
The Wikipedia article has a link to the Master-Card commercial filmed at the restaurant with Peyton Manning (D-Caf!), so that's another fun piece of trivia to explore.