Originally from Henderson, Texas, a city of about 12,000 people approximately 120 miles east of Dallas, Fields moved to Indianapolis in February of 1973. For many years, he yearned for a taste of his home. Ten Years ago, Hank threw in the towel, and decided to bring that taste of Texas to Indy. In 2004, He proudly open Hank’s Smoked Read more...

Great-grandfather Louis would wake his young kids up at 3 in the morning to start the workday by saying, “GET UP! The day is half over!” In the early 1910s and ’20s, many children did not finish much more school than grade school because they had to work. The Shapiro children of the second generation were lucky enough to get Read more...