Bodhi Is Finally Open For Business – Indianapolis Monthly

Just one word: Bodhi. That’s what Taelor Carmine wanted when she settled on a name for her new Thai restaurant in the old Black Market space on the east end of Massachusetts Avenue. It’s simple and succinct. “Bodhi is a Sanskrit word for awakening,” Carmine says. “Buddha was enlightened under a Bodhi tree. So I think it was a perfect name for us because we were just emerging into this food scene, finally able to represent our diversity on Mass Ave.”

Buzz around Bodhi has been building for months, and after offering carryout only for a couple of weeks, the restaurant opened for indoor and patio dining (limited seating for now) during the first weekend of March Madness.

Carmine originally planned to open Bodhi on East 16th Street, across from Tinker Street restaurant, but COVID intervened. That location would have been new construction,…