Le Peep

After dropping off my boyfriend's car for an oil change, we walked to the closest breakfast place which happened to be Le Peep. Since I've already declared Trader's Point Creamery to have the best brunch in Indy, nothing compares...but Le Peep has a solid breakfast with a ton of food. You'll definitely be full after eating here.

I had the Gypsy skillet. It came with potatoes, ham, onions, mushrooms, cheese and basted eggs. 1 dish meals is really how I like to eat, especially if there's a runny egg on top.

Mike got the Eighteen Wheeler. It came with 2 slices of french toast, 2 eggs, bacon or sausage (he chose bacon), and potatoes. The french toast was good. It must have had a lot of batter because it came out looking like pancakes. Oh well, it was still sweet and didn't have too much of an egg taste. That was always my problem when I made french toast at home. The bacon was crisp, but not as good as the bacon at Trader's Point or Tulip Noir.

With 6 locations in Indianapolis, this is a solid place for breakfast if you want something better than fast food but can't make it out to someplace really special.

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Le Peep

8255 Craig St.

Indianapolis, IN 46250

317-576-0433

www.lepeep.com

3 Sisters Cafe

We, at the Part-Time-Animal-House, watch a lot of shows about food and eating. It's probably why I've convinced myself that I'm hungry and want to eat ALL THE TIME. Even though I've seen this place a million times, I didn't want to go there until it was featured on Food Network's Diners Drive-in's & Dives. The dishes featured were unique mixes of ingredients that worked really well. We ordered everything we saw on the show and then some.

...And it was goooood...

For our breakfast item, we had Lemon Corncakes with Fresh Seasonal Berries. It's served with lemon curd or berry sauce. Our server, who told us his job was to bring us our food and drinks (that's good?), recommended the lemon curd. Even though it was good, I wish he told us we could get both sauces like he told the little girl at the next table. Guess it pays to be cute and 10. The corncakes were pretty good. They were light and sweet.

The fish tacos weren't special, but they were really tasty. Two corn tortillas (key for tacos) filled with flaky white fish and served with greens, salsa, guac, and chili mayo. Can't go wrong ordering these.

The best thing we ate, which I'm craving right now thinking about it, was the D'Nai. It's a slow roasted ham sandwich on a french roll with kale and pepper jack cheese. And it was FANTASTIC. Super juicy. Lots of flavor. I would have been ok with just ordering more of these sandwiches instead of the fish tacos and lemoncakes - really. It came with a dipping sauce. So if you plan on splitting this sandwich, make sure you split with someone that doesn't mind double dipping.

The fish tacos and D'Nai both came with sides. We chose the soup and homemade applesauce. Both were good. The soup was smoky and had mushrooms and other veggies. The applesauce was sweet and a good amount of cinnamon.

At 3 Sisters we had to order dessert. On DD&D, they had the blueberry pie with basil and goat cheese. And before you furrow your brow and say, "huh?", this pie was amazing. Everything was SO well balanced. As you brought a piece of the pie to your mouth, you'd smell the basil. Then after the pie was in your mouth, the goat cheese would mix really well with the sweet blueberries. Ugh, it was SOOO good.

Definitely, try this place out!

The Rating

For the D'Nai and blueberry, goat cheese and basil pie.

Info

3 Sisters Cafe

6360 Guilford Ave.

Indianapolis, IN 46220

317-257-5556

Binford Cafe

Mike won a gift card for the Binford Cafe, so it was an obvious choice for breakfast over the weekend.

Binford Cafe is a small place with some tables, a diner counter, and a window into the kitchen. We felt like we were eating in someone's kitchen. There were family pictures and utility bills out. I'm just imagining this in my head, but it seemed like there were 3 generations working there. Parents in the kitchen; daughter is the waitress; and the grandson helps out where he can. Regulars went right up to the kitchen window and said hi to the cooks. That's nice to see.

The menu is standard breakfast food and sandwiches and some wraps. Nothing fancy. We didn't order from the regular menu, but the list of specials they had that day. Mike got the club omelet and I got the Hungry Hoosier (eggs, bacon, hashbrown casserole, baked apples, and biscuit and gravy) and a side of grits. Before you judge, I shared! Mike's omelet was pretty good. They didn't skimp on the fillings of tomatos, turkey, ham and bacon. And the potatoes were mixed with peppers and onions..yum. For me, the baked apples were the best part. They were warm and perfectly sweet. Everything else was just eh. I ordered my eggs over-easy, they came out over-medium. Bacon was extra crispy. The gravy had chunks of sausage, but was dry and needed a lot of salt. The grits were also very dry, but they made them with water instead of milk, which is what I prefer. When we were waiting for our check, the waitress took out some eggs benedict (also part of the specials menu), and it looked tasty. I should have ordered that.

I don't know if people are actually going for the food, but I imagine it's for the atmosphere.

The Rating

-Up for the atmosphere, down for the food

Info

Binford Cafe

6406 Rucker Rd.

Indianapolis, IN 46220

317-466-9631

No coupons, but they do offer a drawing for a free lunch every week.