A 1954 Diner, The Largest Wibit System In The US, And An $8M Estate With Hidden Panels

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🥞 The Dopest Classic — Oasis Diner, Plainfield

In 1954, a shiny Oasis Diner was shipped by railroad from New Jersey and planted on the east side of Plainfield. Over the next seven decades it changed hands, fed generations of locals, nearly got condemned, landed on Indiana Landmarks' 10 Most Endangered Buildings list, got relocated four miles west, was restored to its original gleaming self, and reopened in 2014 like nothing happened. That is the kind of resilience that deserves your dinner dollar because Oasis still slaps.

The menu is exactly what a diner of this stature should be serving. The Indianapolis — country fried tenderloin or chicken smothered in sausage gravy with two eggs and home fries — is the move. The Oasis Burger piles double patties, pulled pork, bacon, BBQ sauce, coleslaw, and cheddar on brioche and is the kind of thing you eat and then sit quietly for a few minutes afterward. The Kansas City Loaded Biscuits & Gravy and the Atlantic City Stuffed French Toast are both also very much worth your attention.

📍 Plainfield Town Center, Historic National Road

The Dopest Tip: Order the Indianapolis. You're in Indiana. It's the right call. Add the Porky Fries — ale battered, pulled pork, BBQ sauce, cheddar, jalapeños. You can worry about your health tomorrow.

🌊 The Dopest New Adventure — SKYLAKE Adventures, Sheridan

Hamilton County just got a lot more interesting. SKYLAKE Adventures in Sheridan opened June 4th and it is already one of the most ambitious outdoor attractions central Indiana has ever seen — and it's not even finished yet.

Phase one is the lagoon: a six-acre man-made lake packed with Wibits — floating obstacle courses for kids and adults. It's the largest Wibit system in the United States. Second largest in the world, behind Dubai. In Sheridan, Indiana. Let that sink in. The X Tower — imported from France — has ten slides and jump platforms. Kayaks, paddleboards, and white sandy beaches round it out for the less death-defying among us. A high ropes course comes later this season. A snow tubing hill is coming next year. The founders are local, built this for their kids and grandkids, and it shows in every detail.

📍 Sheridan, IN · Just west of US 31 · skylakeindiana.com

The Dopest Tip: Day passes are available online now. Go before the rest of Indianapolis figures out what's up there — because they will, and then it'll be crowded.

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Home Ownership Is For Everyone

Trevor bought his first home in downtown Indy 11 years ago — in a neighborhood that wasn't exactly on anyone's radar. That house is now his biggest asset. He believed in this city before it was easy to, and he's been helping other people do the same ever since.

He's worked with clients from Brownsburg to Fishers to Greenwood to downtown Indy and everywhere in between. He went full time in real estate in 2020 but don't expect a stiff suit and a rehearsed pitch. Trevor shows up as himself, which turns out to be exactly what people need when they're making the biggest financial decision of their lives. Interested in learning more? Reach out! Trevor is the least sales bro guy we know. (Thank goodness)

He believes home buying is for everyone. We believe him.

🏰 The Dopest Home — A 26-Acre Tudor Estate, Indianapolis

We don't use the word estate lightly. But when a property has a winding brook, formal gardens, a private forest, two meadows, a pond, a pool, a tennis court, hidden panel openings, crests etched in stone, a cottage house next door, and an elevator — estate is the only word that fits.

This 9,656 sqft Tudor was built in 1928 for Nicholas Noyes and his wife Margaret Lilly — yes, that Lilly family — and sits on 26.5 acres in the heart of Indianapolis. 26 acres in the city is a reality us city dwellers didn’t know existed. Six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, four stories, and nearly a century of history without a corner cut. When the Noyes family designed the grounds, they requested one specimen of every tree that would grow in the environment be planted. The result feels less like a yard and more like a private arboretum. It's been in the same family for over 45 years and just became available - which means it hasn’t been stripped of character and turned into a white box.

Listed at $7,995,000. For 26.5 historic acres with hidden panels in the heart of Indianapolis? We've seen worse math.

Eileen O'Brien Metzger 317-445-0393, CENTURY 21 Scheetz

📍 Indianapolis, IN 46228 · 6 bed · 8 bath · 9,656 sqft · 26.53 acres · $7,995,000

The Dopest Tip: Reach out to Trevor St Aubin to learn more — 317.809.3088 · [email protected]

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Indy is always up to something. So are we.

See you next week! — Indy's Dopest