--- description: Find out why Indianapolis is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. title: Indianapolis: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdff7a71bdf9a4bc9/698a1e0c929fad7e8ebf7d3a/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Indianapolis-Indiana.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Indianapolis Bottle service by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  The Garage Food Hall at Bottleworks District in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Garage Food Hall at Bottleworks District in Indianapolis, Indiana.Courtesy Miguel Dominguez Indianapolis may be a smaller city, but it’s packed with standout restaurants, museums and sports centers. Its latest draw is the Bottleworks District, a $300 million reimagining of the historically significant spot where a Coca-Cola bottling plant operated from 1920 to 1969\. The heart of the area is the boutique Bottleworks Hotel, which occupies the top floors of the 1920s Coca-Cola building with faithful Art Deco design and a beautifully restored spiral staircase. Nearby, the new Garage Food Hall is a lively open space of over 20 local vendors, including La Chinita Poblana, a beloved Asian-fusion taco spot, and Axle’s Garage Tap, with 20 craft and specialty beers on draft. Rounding out this 12-acre entertainment and hospitality complex is the Living Room Theaters, showing a mix of mainstream and independent art films. _—Aniesia Williams_ Indianapolis Is One of the World’s Greatest Places ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079252/indianapolis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079252/indianapolis/"},"headline":"Indianapolis","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:33:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:50:39.255Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079252/indianapolis/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdff7a71bdf9a4bc9/698a1e0c929fad7e8ebf7d3a/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Indianapolis-Indiana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdff7a71bdf9a4bc9/698a1e0c929fad7e8ebf7d3a/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Indianapolis-Indiana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079252/indianapolis/","name":"Indianapolis"}}]}] ```