Oceanaire was one of the new restaurants I picked for GenCon 2011.  It’s almost sacrilege in my household to admit this, but I get tired of steakhouses.  For some reason Indy has quite a few of them and not many restaurants with other cuisines!  I picked Oceanaire since I thought it would be a nice change and a good place for Lance and I to celebrate our 5th GenCon together.  I admit that I was a little nervous to try a fish place in Indianapolis, Indiana, but I’m really glad we did try it out.  We were joined for this meal by our great friend Brian. 

The menu changes often and Lance was smart enough to grab me a printout on our way out since all three of us ordered daily specials.  Thanks, Lance!  None of us were particularly hungry, so we dove straight into the entrees, skipping appetizers even though there were tons of delicious ones on the menu.  I’d love to eat here again when I had a raging appetite. 

Whole Grilled Florida Pompano
Charred Tomato Salsa, Tortillas & Lime
I had never had Pompano before, but it’s hard for me to pass up the very rare occasions when I get to order a whole fish.  I’m glad that I was trained in the eating of a whole fish many years ago so that I didn’t make too much of a fool of myself! 

The fish was extremely delicate and the whole entrée was the chef’s take on a fish taco.  Due to my appetite, I mainly just ate the fish but everything was grand.  I was surprised at how delicate the fish was, both in texture and flavor. 

Ah, Weber Grill.  We first went to Weber in 2009 with a crowd of people and a fixed menu.  We enjoyed it so much that we’ve been back every year since.  One of the great things about Weber, aside from the food which is just plain old GOOD, is the price.  It’s significantly more reasonably priced than the fancier places in town.  It is louder than the fancier places, but not in an obnoxious sort of way. 

Our meal started with delicious pretzel rolls and cheddar butter.  Sadly, I wasn’t feeling super hungry, since our dinner break was in the middle of a 14 hour shift, so I only ate a bit of one of the rolls.  They’re super yummy, though. 

A long, long time ago, in a city far, far away, Lance and I were in Indianapolis for our yearly pilgrimage to GenCon.  I have the “job” of picking the restaurants for our visit and I try to choose at least one new-to-us place every year.  Mo’s was one of our new restaurants this year.  (Indy has a lot of steakhouses.) 

The best thing about the restaurant, hands down, was the pianist.  He had his music on his iPad which I thought was nifty and, as we walked in, he started playing the Superman theme song.  The music for the evening spanned many geeky and popular songs.  I was thrilled.  I’ve never actually tipped a musician at a restaurant before, but I did at Mo’s! 

Our meal started off with a nice selection of breads and some fruity butter.  I think it was strawberry?  Pretzel bread and grainy bread and yummy bread. 

Still a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Lance and I ate at Weber Grill in Indianapolis and were joined by our great friend Brian.  Lance and I had gone to Weber the year before with a huge group of people for his company’s dinner and it left us eager to go back with a much smaller group in order to take advantage of the full menu.  Sadly this won’t be a super informative review simply because the memories are so old. 

Bread!  This sort of looks like pretzel bread and I seem to recall that it came with a number of seasoned butters.  I love bread.