Slippery Noodle Inn (Indianapolis, Indiana) | restaurant, landmark, bar, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1860s construction, music venue

 restaurant, landmark, bar, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1860s construction, music venue

Indianapolis' oldest-running bar. Live music, historic place -- it's even been a butcher's shop and a whorehouse!
www.slipperynoodle.com


Concordia House-Slippery Noodle Inn

372 S. Meridian Street
1863-64
The oldest surviving hotel in the Wholesale District is also the oldest hotel building left in Indianapolis. Originally named Concordia House, the building later became known as Tremont House and then as Germania House. The Concordia House was erected south of the old depot to be close to the “eating houses” and railroad offices located in the southern portion of the depot. In the 20th century, the Germania House was operated primarily as a rooming house and bar/restaurant for neighborhood patrons.

The bar, now called “the Slippery Noodle Inn, was cited in 1977 by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana as the oldest continuously operating bar/restaurant in the state and as one of the oldest surviving commercial buildings in the downtown.

Faux-stone siding covering the brick facades was removed in the 1987 rehabilitation, revealing the original store fronts and the segmented arched opening. It is the only building of this type surviving in the district. With its roof form it is more characteristic of the residential buildings preceding the full commercial development of the district.