Restaurants: the old, the new and their souvenirs

<p dir="ltr">(December 28, 2019) Remember when it was common for dining establishments to offer customers distinctive placemats and other souvenirs as thanks for their patronage?</p> <p dir="ltr">Those kinds of keepsakes are mostly bygone now, but <strong>Terry Kirts</strong>, the dining critic for <strong><a href= "https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/">Indianapolis Monthly magazine</a></strong>, has a stash of placemats from Hoosier restaurants. Terry describes the souvenirs as Nelson's studio guest for the final Hoosier History Live show of the year. As per our year-end tradition, the show explores dining trends and establishments: this time around we take a look at restaurants that have closed, those that are anticipated and some that have opened in historic structures.</p> <p dir="ltr">The latter include <strong><a href= "https://www.taxmanbrewing.com/">Taxman Brewing Co</a></strong>., a pub and beer-garden that has opened in a former livery stable in the <strong><a href= "https://www.cityway.com/">Cityway</a></strong> area on downtown Indy's south end. As Terry reported in an article for Indianapolis Monthly's website, the historic livery was moved a few blocks to accommodate residential and retail expansion in Cityway.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/Taxman-Brewing-Co.PNG" alt= "Taxman Brewing Co. has opened in a former livery stable in the Cityway area on downtown Indy's south end. Courtesy Taxman Brewing Co." width="276" height="416" align="right" />Terry also reports news about <strong><a href= "https://www.clancysinc.com/">Clancy's</a></strong>, a popular regional hamburger chain that was based in <strong>Noblesville</strong> beginning in the mid-1960s. The original Noblesville location (which Terry says offered central Indiana's "first double drive-thru at one point") closed along with other Indiana sites a while back, but he reports Clancy's is making a comeback here during the new year. Clancy's, which was named after a cartoon cop, plans to open among the restaurants