ERIKA’S PLACE
OWNERS OF LOCAL COMFORT FOOD CONCEPT OPEN NOBLESVILLE LOCATION Writer / Megan Arszman Photographer / Kerch Creative
If you are looking for Hoosier home cooking in Hamilton County, there’s a good chance you would head to Erika’s Place, with locations in Cicero and, until recently, Westfield. The restaurant closed its doors at State Road 32 and Union Street in Westfield in December of 2020. In mid-January the owners opened new doors in the former Courtney’s Kitchen location in Noblesville.
The restaurant leaders celebrate their tenth way to bring comfort food to their friends year serving the citizens of Cicero this year, and family members. as they kick off their first year in Noblesville. “When people ask what we serve, we say it’s Erika’s Place is the brainchild of longtime Indiana comfort food,” Cecil-Flanders says. friends Erika Cecil-Flanders and Cheryl “It’s food that’s going to fill you up.” Hunter-Pettijohn. The two first met when Cecil-Flanders started working at a truck The most popular dishes ordered at either stop in Westfield that was owned by Hunter- location tend to be biscuits and gravy Pettijohn’s parents. Later the two decided for breakfast, breaded tenderloins, fried to open the first Erika’s Place in Cicero, as a chicken and beef Manhattan at lunchtime.
atNoblesville.com / FEBRUARY 2021 / NOBLESVILLE MAGAZINE / 7
