The Downtowner Restaurant

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2200 Elmwood Ave Ste D15
Lafayette, IN 47904
Since February 11th 1965, Arni's has been serving fresh and delicious food with a friendly smile. When you come to Arni's you're getting more than just a good meal, you're experiencing one of Indiana's finest restaurant traditions. Family and friends all gather here to experience the feel-good environment, great service and the one of a kind thin crust pizza.Thin crust pizza has always been a staple on Arni's menu, but their restaurants also serve subs, sandwiches, salads, burgers, pasta, desserts and so much more! Arni's also owns and operates its own commissary kitchen and distribution company, Linarco Distributing, that supplies food products and supplies to its own restaurants.Arni had a philosophy to serve great food at a reasonable price, by employees that treat customers with respect, in return, your business will succeed. Even more important was his approach to the community. He believed that if Arni's took care of the community, the community will in turn take care of you. This philosophy has been a pretty successful one that has helped Arni's become one of Indiana's community restaurants and grow to 18 locations throughout the state.With locations throughout Indiana including Lafayette, West Lafayette, Indianapolis, Greenwood, Columbus, Lebanon, Frankfort, Monticello, Rossville, Crawfordsville, Rensselaer, Pine Village, Floyds Knobs and New Albany; you are bound to find a location near you to get all of your Arni's favorites.Arni's also offers full shipping of products all over the United States. To have one of Indiana's finest traditions shipped straight to your door, visit our website.

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4.0155 reviews
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Ian C.
6/19/2025

Came in for dinner with a small group on a Friday night. Pros - Owner came and chatted with our table for about 10 minutes, as he truly cares about customers - Cleanliness- place was clean -...

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Shay T.
10/9/2025

Eek. It was out first time to Arni's. We ordered a large pizza; nothing fancy. It was very blah. We revived what felt like a very generic pizza that we could've heated up ourselves from a box...

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Les R.
2/19/2025

Service was ok. Friendly but switched out our sections server that caused some confusion. The atmosphere was fun. This is a local staple and chain. Second time eating here and last time was a year...

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Kayla T.
10/15/2025

Food was aw, cold pizza, kids tenders frozen, and the hamburger, was a cheeseburger and they scraped off the melted cheese. Server never asked or noticed when none of the burger was touched and...

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Emm M.
5/19/2024

Great pizza place in Lafayette, Indiana. I went with a small group. We got a cheese pizza, wings, and bread sticks. The pizza and bread sticks were great. The pizza had really good sauce and...

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