Natural State Provisions opens with comfort food in Indianapolis

Some time after its departure from the Fishers Test Kitchen, Natural State Provisions is making a comeback, this time on the east aspect of Indianapolis.

The Southern consolation meals idea from Adam and Alicia Candy, co-owners of the favored King Dough pizza restaurant, will open at 414 Dorman St. by spring or early summer season.

The spot had housed Rad Brewing Co., which closed in November.

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Pure State had served fried rooster sandwiches, root beer-glazed pulled pork and collards as a part of the inaugural three-restaurant cohort on the culinary incubator on the Solar King Innovation Brewery within the Yard at Fishers District starting in February 2020.

However the counter-service restaurant, themed for chef Adam Candy’s native Arkansas, was booted that September, with accelerator co-founder John Wechsler failing to publicly elaborate on the motion. It was changed by a smash burger idea from accelerator marketing consultant Neal Brown, who has since gone on to open a pizza restaurant from one of many stalls.

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The Sweets had all the time meant to develop Pure State into its personal brick-and-mortar restaurant. The 11,000-square-foot area on Dorman Road permits them to do this and extra.

It will likely be residence to a commissary kitchen to serve King Dough pizzerias. They plan to open a second pizza store.

And so they’ll even be brewing beer there in small quantities. The search is on for a brewmaster.

Pure State Provisions’ menu will embody gadgets much like these friends noticed on the Solar King faucet room in Fishers, together with gluten-free fried rooster. They’re contemplating making all of their fried merchandise gluten-free.

“We simply realized how simple and scrumptious some gluten-free issues may very well be in the event that they’re finished proper,” Alicia Candy mentioned.

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Friends additionally ought to anticipate to see a vegan pulled pork dish on the new restaurant.

“I’m actually enthusiastic about that as a result of I’ve by no means had something prefer it, and it’s actually good,” she mentioned.

Sandwich decisions will embody a burger with bacon and pimento cheese; and a fried thick-cut bologna providing topped with house-pickled jalapenos, American cheese and house-made coleslaw.

Pure State may have a 75-seat eating room, a non-public occasion area, an out of doors patio with picnic tables and a canine park.

The homeowners plan to open the following King Dough store about the identical time or shortly after Pure State.

They haven’t chosen a spot for the opposite King Dough however have been eyeing the Broad Ripple space since early 2020. They’d opened their present pizzeria at 452 N. Highland Ave. within the Holy Cross neighborhood in early 2019, shifting the idea from Bloomington.  

The wood-oven pizzeria has been experimenting over the previous couple of years with methods to accommodate quite a lot of diets.

Gluten-free choices embody fried calamari ($16) with bits of banana pepper and kalamata olives.

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Meat and cheese lovers will discover their favorites, and in numerous varieties.