Revolution rolls towards opening downtown

Claire Cusick reports in her terrific Now Serving column in the Indy this week that Jim Anile's restaurant Revolution, currently under construction on the ground floor of the Baldwin Lofts on W. Main St. downtown, is still moving forward for an early fall opening, with September 1 having been bandied about on the restaurant's blog as a possible start date.

According to the Revolution site, construction is well underway and dining room furniture has started to arrive, even as the final kitchen equipment and building systems are going in. On the down side, Anile noted yesterday on his blog that a new sewage line has to be run to the building, requiring the City's water department to come out and dig 13 feet down below Main St. this coming weekend. (That's a traffic hotspot to avoid this weekend.)

We'll have more on the restaurant's opening when a formal date is announced.

Comments

[Joshua Allen]

I'm always excited to try a new restaurant and it's great that it is downtown. I'm concerned to hear they need to replace the sewer line. Will this cause them to tear up the new street work? If so then this is a really big mistake made by the City when they redid the streets downtown. They should have replaced the 100 year old sewer lines then too! As more of downtown is redeveloped is this going to be a continual problem? I can only hope that my concerns are unjustified.

[durhamfood]

I'll go check it out when it opens, but from first looks, it looks like the menu lacks focus. The price range is all over the place and there doesn't seem to be any sort of theme. I think it will be one of those business-style restaurants that focuses on feeding the suit crowd rather than producing genuinely interesting food. However, I'd be happy to be proved wrong :)

[cw]

The sewer line has to be replaced because it was damaged during construction of the restaurant. There will be dining downstairs, and I think they hit the pipe when putting in support for a staircase. Would replacing the sewer lines (if this was even possible) during the streetscape project prevent this from happening? I'm not entirely sure.

As for the streets, they did start working on digging up a bit of Main St. between Corcoran and Mangum last Sunday.

[Charles]

Per the website of the restaurant, it appears to be dinner only . . .

[mathpants]

"Second Mortgage" portion of the menu.

Hahahahahaha

Why not a "foreclosure" portion, where they take away your heirloom tomatoes and throw you out of the restaurant?

[durhamfood]

Positive image an' all...

BTW, you're the billionth person to find that idiotic joke on the menu funny ;)

[Patience]

Why not wait until he gets the restaurant open and has some time maturing the menu and perfecting the concept. My take is he is trying to reach a broad audience with the intent of getting quick bites and a formal dinner --- I am excited about the potential -- let's wait for the traditional two months after opening before commenting either way.

[durhamfood]

Na, it's much more fun to track the development :)

I far more excited about Dos Perros (ETA: January, maybe) and Eno.

[Patience]

Okay --- and don't disagree about Eno and Dos --- I am just excited about the mass of restaurant and evening options downtown --- also - having a restaurant open before DPAC opens is very nice.

[Jonathan]

@durhamfood: That menu has been posted for months, ever since the website became live. I suspect it'll be somewhat different when Revolution actually opens. I do agree that it looks to be catering to the expense account/business dinner crowd, but not necessarily a bad thing for me as I occasionally need such a place for work.

[durhamfood]

I'm not saying it's bad, just that it's (a lot) less interesting than some of the other new openings we'll be seeing in the next few months.