Shallos Antique Restaurant and Brewhaus is a southside Indianapolis secret known for their swamp sauce, home made potato chips, and lots of bottled and draft beers. 40 beers on tap and 500 or so in the coolers, to be less than exact. Forget the beer menu, it's outdated and changes weekly due to "world economic conditions."

There are lots of antiques and other stuff laying around to gawk at (but not buy), Including 250+ tap handles and loads of old pictures- one showing the Arc of Triumph at the downtown circle and a ship on the lawn of the State Capitol. While there are many beer related items (Shallos claims to be a "beer museum"), other treats abound. Walk around and find the genuine 38-star flag, Board of Trade oak door, Mosler safe, and oak cigar store cases. The menu will help you on the scavenger hunt. Discover the whereabouts of the stolen piece of stained glass and claim a reward! Oh, while upstairs taking a "lap" amuse yourself by poking on the tin ceiling with your finger... "ha ha!"

Basics

On the west side of the County Line Mall at US 31 and County Line Road on the south side of Indianapolis. Close to where the Target store was.

317-882-7997 (voice)

Opened: 1981
Owners: Paul Shellabarger, Mike Wright.

Mon - Thurs 11am - Midnight
Fri - Sat 11am - 12:30am
Sunday 11am - 11pm

Casual dress.

Seats 150 on two floors.
Upstairs is a pleasantly old-world low-ceilinged room for banquets.
Also a private 20 person banquet room.

Reservations not taken but if you call a half hour before coming on Fri/Sat evenings, they'll put you on the list.

Entertainment

There are several TVs, tuned in and turned up for the Colt's games (never too crowded).

Tuesday nights, 9pm-11:30pm, is acoustic open-mic night.

Mug Club

Free. Drink 12 drafts, 12 micros, and 1 from each country to get your plaque on their wall.

Suitability factors:

Sitting at the bar Busy but conversational.
On a date Informal.
Out with the guys A half dozen guys upstairs always seem to enjoy the game.
Business dinner Fairly informal.

Beer Tastings

The last Monday of every other month, from 8pm - 10pm. (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec). $18 ($20 day of). Typically taste 30 different seasonal beers.

A look behind the bar - note the name plaques

Representative Beer Menu

Draft beers might well include: Bass, Bells Amber, Blue Moon, Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light,  Celebrator, DAB, Fosters, Franziskaner, Goose Island Hex Nut, Guinness Stout, Hacker Pschorr, Harp, Heineken, Hop Ottin IPA, John Courage, JW Dundees, Killarneys, Killians, Kirin, Kostrizer, Labatts Blue, Leine Northwoods Lager, Miller Lite, Murphy’s Stout, Murphy’s Amber, New Castle Brown, Oaken Barrel Razz-Wheat, Red Hook Blonde, Red Hook Nut, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, Sam Adams Lager, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Spaten Optimator, Upland Porter, Upland Wheat, Warsteiner, Warsteiner Dunkel, Woodchuck Cider, Woodchuck Perry.

Ask for the beer menu to be happy to find Aventinus, Erdinger Dunkel, Fracoh Heather Ale, Gulden Draak,  Hitachino Nest White, Pranquester, Traquair Jacobite, Vondel Brown, and even Obolon Lager from the Ukraine. Selection, of course, varies all the time.

All beers are separately priced at $3 and up.

Representative Food Menu

Appetizers $5 - $6
Salads $6
Burgers, Sandwiches, Tenderloins $6 - $7
Steaks $11 - $15
Pasta $7 - $10
Chicken Dinners $11
Deserts $3

Fish and Chips, Caesar Salad, and Three Floyd's Dreadnaught for two.

Their famous chips and Dogfish Head Jiahu ($18.00 - always ask about the price!).