Food takes a rare backseat in the United States on St. Patrick’s Day, whose signature dish as far as I can tell is “anything, anything at all to soak up the beer.”
That said, there is one foodstuff that has become somewhat tethered to St. Paddy’s, at least in this country. To commemorate America’s favorite vaguely Catholic holiday for this week’s INdulge, I of course turned to the Jewish diaspora for:
The next dish you should try in Indy
Now is the time for corned beef, and I’m not sure there’s a name I trust more for such matters than Shapiro’s. The storied downtown deli has served countless razor-thin slices of beef since it opened in 1905, yielding time-tested dishes such as the classic corned beef sandwich.
This behemoth of beef features a pile of meat somehow wrangled between slices of rye (or your bread of choice) like a wallet stuffed with a year of receipts and forgotten punch cards. All that meat will run you $21.95, which is quite a lot for a sandwich and also roughly what you can expect from other big-name delisin the Midwest. If you’re looking for a more budget-friendly option or simply don’t need that much bovine in one sitting, as of 2025 you can order a half-sandwich ($13.25)…