What is Ron Swanson from "Parks and Recreation" favorite restaurant?

Ron Swanson’s favorite restaurant in Parks and Recreation is Charles Mulligan’s Steakhouse. The restaurant is mentioned prominently in the season-three episode “Indianapolis,” when Ron travels with Leslie Knope.

Ron is thrilled by the prospect of visiting the Indianapolis steakhouse because he has apparently eaten there many times and has kept photographic records of every steak he ordered. His enthusiasm reflects his famously intense devotion to meat, whiskey, breakfast foods, and traditional masculine comforts.

The joke turns when Ron and Leslie arrive and discover that Charles Mulligan’s Steakhouse has been shut down by the health department for a health-code violation. Ron is devastated, while Leslie is forced to focus on the official reason for their trip: receiving a commendation at the Indiana Statehouse.

Charles Mulligan’s is fictional, despite the episode presenting it as a real Indianapolis institution. Fans sometimes shorten the name to “Mulligan’s,” but the full name used in the show is Charles Mulligan’s Steakhouse. The episode originally aired in 2011.