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I miss the Indian buffet that was in Indy. It was close enough to walk but just far away enough that it wasn't packed during the con.
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CellBlock posted:Primanti's is good, but was only there for one con, I think. Hard same.
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Eastmabl posted:I wound up missing Gen Con 2017 because my wife wanted me home to mind the baby. She eventually gave permission in early August, long after badges had sold out. Plus missing that convention led to me telling my father about that and him telling me for the first time that I was born the weekend he was going to be the keynote speaker at a conference in Sweden, an opportunity he certainly never had again as far as I know. Truly, missing that was exactly the same level of meaningful as me missing "doing T.O.V.A. one of many years" Ilor posted:I sometimes feel this way about Haveli. CellBlock posted:Primanti's is good, but was only there for one con, I think. ...so looking at their webpage it seems they have dropped coffee from their concept since opening. And I also now see the string of 1-star reviews. Wow, fantastic! Reminds me of the only 1-star review I ever left, of Piratz Tavern (years before it was on Bar Rescue might I add), where we repeatedly walked from the front to the back of the restaurant for 10 minutes and never once saw anyone working there to talk to. Restaurants that do not actually want to be open are really the most amazing kind of business 8one6 posted:I miss the Indian buffet that was in Indy. It was close enough to walk but just far away enough that it wasn't packed during the con. Haveli and Claddagh were absolutely, at different times in my years of attending, the Food Rock around which all relaxation and planning seemed to emanate, as I went to each of them more than once at least one year. And then both turned to trash and closed. O.K. Haveli probably did not turn to trash but it sure did close. Harry & Izzy's is the only nearby restaurant I would go to bat for these days, and it certainly seems like it will stick around. Well Patachou, but I always feel like if you have to pay for breakfast you are doing it wrong WAIT and Fat Rooster if it survives yet another year
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Gen con is probably the only good thing about Indiana tbh
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Al-Saqr posted:Gen con is probably the only good thing about Indiana tbh they have pretty good uh no you're right
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Dr. Quarex posted:Harry & Izzy's is the only nearby restaurant I would go to bat for these days, and it certainly seems like it will stick around. It should given that it's just a branch of St. Elmo's.
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Al-Saqr posted:Gen con is probably the only good thing about Indiana tbh There's uh... well some places it has a low cost of living.
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I feel like Gen Con is lacking good restaraunts these days. Or at least places I liked. Primanti Bros and the RAM are both gone now, as is Scotty's. I don't think any of them have suitable replacements within walking distance of the con. Good Wood is ok but I liked everything about the Ram better.
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Dr. Quarex posted:Well Patachou, but I always feel like if you have to pay for breakfast you are doing it wrong
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Patachou is certainly good enough that I might intentionally get to Indianapolis in the morning before checking in to my hotel just to eat there and have it make sense Al-Saqr posted:Gen con is probably the only good thing about Indiana tbh That said, Indiana does not do much to inspire politically certainly. And as an Illinoisian I am required to have always thought it was a wannabe Illinois. Apparently Bloomington is the cool hip part of Indiana but until they have a convention there I am never going to know kirtar posted:It should given that it's just a branch of St. Elmo's. nesbit37 posted:I feel like Gen Con is lacking good restaraunts these days. Or at least places I liked. Primanti Bros and the RAM are both gone now, as is Scotty's. I don't think any of them have suitable replacements within walking distance of the con. Good Wood is ok but I liked everything about the Ram better. Honestly until I started going to Origins again I did not realize how dire the situation was in Indianapolis, as in Columbus the existence of North Market alone functionally means there are as many good places to eat at Origins a block from the convention center as there are in Indianapolis within easy walking distance at all, not to mention all the other good restaurants within a few blocks there.
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Downtown also lost the walkable CVS, so now I have to uber to get my Friday Buffalo Trace.
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I just hope either better restaraunts open or the currents one improve by Gen Con this year. I tried the perogi truck last year, and I should have known better because they didn’t list prices, but it was $25 for 3 very overly cooked and kind of cold perogis. Maybe some of the other trucks were better quality but i bet all of them except Island Noodles were just as expensive.
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It was also hilarious/frustrating that most or all of the food trucks followed the trend of not putting prices on anything so they could raise them by 50% or more for that kind of event. The pickle chicken pizza is pretty good at $5 a slice though.
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Bottom Liner posted:CVS <--------> selling Bourbon Yeah drug stores in Indiana can sell liquor. I don't know if all grocery stores use their pharmacy for the liquor license, but my local Marsh did which caused them to fire sale all of their liquor upon closing the pharmacy (shortly before going oops we are closing completely after all because bankrupt company). E: Just glancing through the license types, they probably all do. They can either do combined liquor/beer/wine through the pharmacy or beer/wine as a grocery store with liquor through the pharmacy. I suspect that the latter setup is more common to prevent all three going poof if for some reason the pharmacy has to be shut down. kirtar fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Feb 1, 2023 |
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Dr. Quarex posted:oh anyway Discord link is dead.
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nesbit37 posted:I just hope either better restaraunts open or the currents one improve by Gen Con this year. I tried the perogi truck last year, and I should have known better because they didn’t list prices, but it was $25 for 3 very overly cooked and kind of cold perogis. Maybe some of the other trucks were better quality but i bet all of them except Island Noodles were just as expensive. Capfalcon posted:Discord link is dead. I will edit the old links to this one I am making RIGHT NOW: Join the Gen-Con Goon Hivemind
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Bottom Liner posted:CVS <--------> selling Bourbon Welcome to the Midwest. Find me on Friday night and we can walk around the JW with open containers.
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Just the JW? I’ve been carrying a hydro flask with cold beer in the vendor hall since I think my second gencon? That’s also why I hate the giant boxy game backpacks bumping into me constantly.
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I predict this will end well: What happens if I go to an event, and they ask me to wear a mask and I refuse to do so? Wearing a mask at the convention is optional, so the EO cannot require that you wear a mask at their event. With this in mind, we request that you and the EO are polite to one another while you resolve the matter. However, if the EO persists, you should contact the nearest Event HQ to have them resolve the situation. Alternatively, in order to ensure that GM and players are comfortable, it is probably best to find another event without this request. If it is not in the Event description can the EO request that we wear masks at the time of the Event? Yes, the EO can politely request that you wear a mask during their event. This is meant to ensure both GMs and players can find events that fit their comfort level. Please be respectful of the other attendees and the EO if you choose to decline the request to wear a mask. What if an EO asks that no one wears masks at the table? While an EO has the right to not wear a mask during their events, you have the right to wear a mask at any event you attend. If an EO persists in asking you to remove your mask, you should contact the nearest Event HQ to have them resolve the situation.
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Ilor posted:Last year's vaccine+mask mandate was great. Kept all the chuds and idiots away. I really wish they would have kept with it. It really did filter out the crowd a lot. I know everyone I regularly go with will be masking the entire time, and we will probably book events together. I'm apprehensive of the health risks, but alas, it's Gen Con, and I can't just not go.
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Eastmabl posted:Welcome to the Midwest.  Ilor posted:Last year's vaccine+mask mandate was great. Kept all the chuds and idiots away.
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I am not sure how they handle their no harassment policy. Matt Fantastic supposedly received a life time ban for punching out Hammberlamberly on the streets of Indianapolis and I am almost positive he was at Gen Con last year. It's also possible he never received said ban since that was coming from the punchee but who knows.
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Don’t forget Chickfila Pantsshitter Masks were definitely going to be a non-starter this year, people just give absolutely zero fucks anymore (at least in rural PA) and even if there was a mask policy people would probably flaunt it. I’m more frustrated by lack of vaccine card req, that’s something that really weeds out the assholes. Guess I better time a booster to my Aug - Jan con schedule
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Fellis posted:Don’t forget Chickfila Pantsshitter Dr. Quarex posted:Literal Rapist They're the same picture
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I just posted this in the Discord but I am so excited about this I want to post it here too An on-site 1974 Gen-Con news story! A couple of statements from Gary Gygax and some people ROLLIN' DICE https://uwmarchives.tumblr.com/post/624829404569288704
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Bottom Liner posted:Just the JW? I’ve been carrying a hydro flask with cold beer in the vendor hall since I think my second gencon? That’s also why I hate the giant boxy game backpacks bumping into me constantly. I've stayed in the JW the last few years. Ain't got to go nowhere except the JW if I'm getting tore up.
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Dr. Quarex posted:
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As a fairly long term Indianapolis resident, the loss of the convention trade/sports affected the restaurants on that side of downtown pretty crushingly. In a similar vein the restaurants in that area are ones pointed to the same trade, so nothing that stands out at best. I live/work downtown and other than the occasional trip to ST Elmo’s there is nothing that I ever go to in the area.
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216A posted:It’s an archetypical small hippyish college town. It’s nice but in no way different than any of the other ones in every state. Do you mean the loss of convention/sports largely in the pandemic sense? Certainly that must be a big part of it but I imagine there is more going on there St. Elmo's really is great, and if it and Harry & Izzy's disappeared I would genuinely not know what to even do with myself while there. I guess I would still dutifully go to the Old Spaghetti Factory and Fat Rooster once each but that leaves a pretty big gap, especially when I am there for 7 days. Oh wait Kuma's Corner for pre-convention days!!!
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I have yet to go to St. Elmos or Harry and Izzys. I should probably fix that with at least one of those this year. I tend to like to go to places that more on the beer pub side of things like the RAM was and Goodwood is. Just wish there were more options within walking distance of the ICC. I guess I hit up Loughmiller's sometimes but for some reason they tend not to do it for me.
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nesbit37 posted:I guess I hit up Loughmiller's sometimes but for some reason they tend not to do it for me. 
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i was trying to remember what those 2 restaurants were, and then I was, oh right, am vegetarian.
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nashona posted:i was trying to remember what those 2 restaurants were, and then I was, oh right, am vegetarian. I guess vegans would have an even bigger problem, as I have had just pasta and cheese a few times. Though most of those places are gone, too
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Dr. Quarex posted:I literally cannot imagine what a vegetarian even does during Gen-Con other than bring food from home Garlic bread from Giordano's? More seriously, Island Noodle's options are 'With chicken' or 'Without chicken'!
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I have still never had Island Noodles. The line goes on for days, and people say “but if moves fast”. Yeah, but I can probably get a table at a restaurant (or like at a hotel bar) and still be done by my next event. Or the food truck nobody else wants to go to.
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Dr. Quarex posted:I literally cannot imagine what a vegetarian even does during Gen-Con other than bring food from home It's usually not that bad lol. and there's usually helpful threads somewhere on the internet
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nesbit37 posted:I have yet to go to St. Elmos or Harry and Izzys. I should probably fix that with at least one of those this year. I tend to like to go to places that more on the beer pub side of things like the RAM was and Goodwood is. Just wish there were more options within walking distance of the ICC. I guess I hit up Loughmiller's sometimes but for some reason they tend not to do it for me. Come to Groverlunch
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