Hark! Who Goes There? The Elite Squad @ City Market

An enjoyable evening, it was fun sampling all the delicious food from the City Market vendors, the option to visit the catacombs and enjoy a live performance. Since the place is huge people were all over the place, but playing Unilocal bingo helped with meeting and talking to the other Unilocalers at the event.

This was definitely one of the best Unilocal events yet! Everything was well planned and very generous from start to finish. From the event location being the wonderful historic City Market building, to the fun Elite tic-​tac-​toe game, the refreshing vodka cocktails (who was that bartender?), the sample of the new Sun King beer «Nelson», more craft beer from Tomlinson Tap Room, the always delicious vittles provided by 3 Days in Paris and Circle City Soups, the highly interesting yet spooky tour of the catacombs and the wackily funny Shakespeare stage play (was it just me or did all of those characters look alike?) Thank you Jon and thanks Unilocal bunches!

I didn’t stay for the shakespeare due to a previous engagement, but I thoroughly enjoyed the company, catacombs, beers, and food. The bean soup was awesome even though it made me hot.

Another great Unilocal event in a great location. I have not been to City Market for many years, and it was great to see what has been done there. I truly enjoyed the Shakespeare Compleat Works, even if it was a bit difficult to hear at times. Over all, I think that spot in City Market could work for this type of performance. The tour of the catacombs was a very cool surprise and the history told along with it was interesting.
The Tomlinson Tap Room was very cool and is somewhere I will have to check out again. I didn’t particularly care for the free beer they offered, however, I am not opposed to buying my own beer, which I did and enjoyed very much. My husband fell in love with the Clay County Coffee Stout. (I’m not a huge stout fan and I thought it was delicious.) The bartenders at Tomlinson Tap were very helpful and very friendly.
The 3 Days in Paris crepes were quite good too.

Thanks very much to John for putting this event together, was such a pleasure seeing how much City Market has evolved since I’d been there last. (And I too loved seeing the catacombs) Plus the crepes and soups were fantastic!
Thanks, too, to the Shakespeare folks for making the trek down to entertain us :)

What was that?
Did you hear that?
I think I saw something move over in that corner.
These catacombs are awesome!
It’s not every day that I set out to eat and drink and end up on a tour learning some very interesting Indianapolis history. I had no idea that underground area existed. What’s next, a castle under the convention center? An alien craft under the Harrison Home?
Awesome event and thanks to Jon, Three Days, CC Soups, and Tom Tap for the hospitality.
The Shakespeare performance seemed fun but we could only hear about 25% of the dialogue from our seats in the back. No biggie, though. With free food, beer, and booze, the problem with the acoustics isn’t enough to knock off a star!

It is always a pleasure to capture the happenings of the Indy Unilocal Elite Events and this event was no slouch! The City Market provided a beautiful backdrop for the evening. And then as a surprise… Catacombs?!? Yes, please! The food and drinks were great (I had my first crêpe, ever). And then Shakespeare (Abridged)… Jon A. puts together another amazing Elite Event.
Watch for his blog post featuring my photos… here’s the full album
for perusal.

All was great – I’ll be giving some love to Circle City Soups and 3 Days in Paris later today, but I missed the catacombs somehow? How can I get a tour now? Otherwise, had a great time. Good to make it up to Tomlinson Tap Room finally, wander the market, and see a little Shakespeare. Even glad to have been pulled up on stage! Also, walked out with several roses. Lovely time all around.

Catacombs under the city market — wha wha whhaaatttt? I had no idea and it was such a great surprise to get a tour. Tomlinson, 3 Days in Paris and Circle City Soups make up a few of my favorite things, so how could I not have a wonderful time?
I enjoyed the play, but had a hard time hearing; however, I did sit down late in the back.
Thanks again to Jon A for putting on another awesome event. It was great to meet so many new people.

Red Eggs & Bacon Crepes A+
Tomlinson Tap Room for the local brews A+
Bayou Black Bean Soup A+
City Market ambiance A+
Geeky-​Spooky tour of the hot dusty «catacombs» under the Market A+++
Ginger beer-​Zodiac vodka mixed drinks A+
Caramel Corn A+ (purchased a bag for $ 3)
Unfortunately though, the idea of having a play in the City Market space is a fail for me. Acoustics are just bad bad bad, and even though they tried really hard with the mics and adjusting the sound, when the actors screamed (it was a comedy), it was kinda ear-​splitting and you couldn’t understand… and when they spoke normally, you could still only understand about half of what was being said. Maybe some portable acoustic tiles on pulleys will be in the City Market’s future, to allow for more opportunities for music, plays, speakers, poetry readings, etc. From my seat, I was eyeballing the ceiling and walls, and I think it would definitely be doable. Temporary/​portable for sure though, so that they don’t ruin the beauty of the building.
Overall though, great way to spend a Saturday night, great job planning. As someone who doesn’t get to eat lunch downtown, I’m so glad there has been activity after 5 at the awesome City Market. I look forward to attending a Halloween event in the catacombs. I hope!

Another top notch Unilocal Elite event. Jon A. did a great job putting this together. Saw some ‘old’ Unilocal friends and met some new ones.
The tour of the City Market Catacombs was great! Being the ‘guinea pigs’ we were down there quite a while without lights, etc., but it was very interesting and historic.
Loved the drinks… loved the crepes from 3 Days in Paris… loved the silly Shakespeare production. All free to Unilocal Elites… and their +1 :-)

Free beer, free REALLY generous pours of zodiac vodka and free tours of the City Market catacombs. Also … I gave my card to some guy who promised to invite me to a Super Bowl party. Win win WIN!

I arrived a little late– Game of Thrones, the book, has sucked me in– and I jumped into a group going to tour the catacombs of City Market. I didn’t even know City Market had catacombs! While I was down there, Jon A hooked me up with a drink, and I hadn’t even officially checked in yet! I checked out 3 Days In Paris and had both a Green Eggs and Ham and a Twist, a dessert bagel, and black bean soup from Circle City Soups. Finally made my way upstairs to check in, and get a kicking drink from Kirsten (probably spelling that wrong, sorry) and in short, thoroughly enjoyed myself! Until next time, guys!
I edited to add info about the production itself– I am fighting the head cold from hell and so my hearing is offline– so I only caught maybe every third word of the show. I surveyed people around me and most agreed that the acoustics left something to be desired. I’d love to go again when I can actually hear what’s funny.

I could not even finish the drink.
I love you, Unilocal