CITY.
AND THE IMPACT HE HAD ON THIS
CITY.
(SCOTT)
THAT IMPACT EVEN STRETCHES TO
DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS.
(LAUREN)
PEYTON MANNING PLAYED A HUGE
ROLL IN HELPING REINVENT A 100-
YEAR OLD STEAK HOUSE.
WE KNOW IT AS ST. ELMO.. BUT
AROUND TOWN.. IT BECAME KNOWN AS
MANNING'S FAVORITE POST- GAME
SPOT.
(REPORTER: LAUREN LOWREY)
EVEN BEFORE PEYTON MANNING
STARTED A TRADITION OF
WINNING --
STARTED A TRADITION OF WINNING
--
STARTED A TRADITION OF WINNING
--
((GAME NATS: "THE COLTS WIN!
THEY WIN!"))
HE STARTED A TRADITION OF EATING
AT CENTURY-OLD
DOWNTOWN STEAK HOUSE: ST. ELMO.
((CRAIG HUSE / : "WHEN HE
SHOWED UP THE NIGHT BEFORE
HE REPORTED TO TRAINING
CAMP..."))
(( CRAIG HUSE/ : "AND HAD DINNER
AT ST. ELMO IN THE
HULMAN ROOM, YOU JUST NEVER
FORGET THINGS LIKE THAT." ))
THAT WAS 1998.. AND PEYTON WAS
MEETING WITH HIS AGENT, TOM
CONDON, RIGHT HERE.
PEYTON SIGNED HIS CONTRACT WITH
THE COLTS THE NEXT MORNING
ST. ELMO CO-OWNER CRAIG HUSE
SAYS THAT DINNER STARTED A BUZZ
AROUND TOWN.. AND A NEW
TRADITION FOR THE FUTURE HALL OF
FAMER.
(( LAUREN LOWREY: "DO YOU THINK
PEOPLE CAME HERE
BECAUSE THEY KNEW PEYTON CAME
HERE?")
(( CRAIG HUSE/ : "NO DOUBT ABOUT
IT. FANS REALIZED THAT
HE DINED HERE AFTER A LOT OF
GAMES, SO THEY WOULD BE HERE IN
THE BAR. FOR SO MANY YEARS, HE
JUST WALKED
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BAR AND HAD
HIS BUD LIGHT AND DEBRIEF RIGHT
AFTER THE GAME." ))
THE BUD LIGHT "TAP" STILL GETS
IT'S OWN COLTS HELMET IN HONOR
OF PEYTON, THE RESTAURANT
REGULAR.
(( CRAIG HUSE/ : "WE GAVE HIM A
CODE TO THE ELEVATOR SO HE
COULD JUST ZIP IN OFF THE
SIDEWALK WHENEVER HE NEEDED TO."
))
THAT ELEVATOR WOULD BRING HIM
HERE.. STEPS FROM THE DOORS OF
HIS
FAVORITE PRIVATE DINING ROOM --
"THE WINE CELLAR" -- IN THE
RESTAURANT'S BASEMENT.
THE ROOM IS QUIET AND VERY
PRIVATE... SURROUNDED BY
HUNDREDS OF BOTTLES OF WINE.
(( CRAIG HUSE/ : "THEN THERE WAS
A TIME WHEN HE SAID 'YA
KNOW, I COME HERE AFTER EVERY
GAME AND I'D KINDA LIKE TO SEE
ELI PLAY IN THE LATER GAME,' SO
WE POPPED A TV
INTO THE ROOM HE LIKED TO DINE
AT ALL THE TIME." ))
THE INCONSPICUOUS TV STILL SITS
HIDDEN BEHIND A 2-WAY
MIRROR.
OVER THE YEARS.. PHOTOS OF
PEYTON ADORNED THE WALLS AND
HALLS OF THE ICONIC RESTAURANT
-- EACH TIME A SPECIAL AUTOGRAPH
TO "THE BEST".. FROM THE BEST.
HE BECAME SUCH A PART OF THE ST.
ELMO FAMILY.. HE EVEN BROUGHT
THE LOMBARDI TROPHY BACK TO THE
RESTAURANT FOR THE STAFF TO
SEE AFTER THE 2007 SUPER BOWL
WIN
((JIM IRSAY, MARCH 18TH 2016 / :
"I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR
WHAT HE HAS MEANT FOR THIS
FRANCHISE."))
IN MARCH OF 2016, MANNING
ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT FROM
THE LEAGUE.
AND IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE HE
MENTIONED ST. ELMO --TWICE-- AS
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT
INDIANAPOLIS.
THANKS TO PEYTON, INDIANAPOLIS
WAS NOT JUST A RACING
OR FOOTBALL TOWN.
IT ALSO GARNERED A NATIONAL
REPUTATION FOR SINUS-CLEARING
SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
(( NATS SHRIMP COCKTAIL SET ON
COUNTER ))
((CRAIG HUSE / :
"BELOW GOD, FAMILY AND FOOTBALL,
SOMEWHERE ON PEYTON'S LIST IS A
STEAK DINNER AND WE WERE REALLY
BLESSED TO HAVE HIM COME HERE
AFTER MOST HOME GAMES DURING HIS
14 YEAR CAREER." ))
(LAUREN)
PEYTON LOVES THE ST. ELMO FAMILY
SO MUCH, THAT WHEN THEY
ANNOUNCED THEY WERE OPENING AN
OFF-SHOOT WITH HARRY & IZZY'S IN
2007, PEYTON ASKED TO BECOME A
PART-OWNER.
CRAIG HUSE SAYS PEYTON SHOWED UP
WITH A FULL PAGE WITH AT
LEAST 30 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
INVESTMENT BECAUSE HE WAS
SO PREPARED.
(SCOTT)
DO THEY THINK PEYTON WILL SHOW
UP AT ST. ELMO THIS
WEEKEND?
(LAUREN)
I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION AND
THE RESPONSE WAS "OH YEAH! HE'LL
BE HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT'S
ALREADY PLANNED!"
(TOSS TO WEATHER)
JUST LIKE WEDNESDAY, THERE WILL
BE HIGHER RAIN
JUST LIKE WEDNESDAY, THERE WILL
BE HIGHER RAIN
CHANCES DURING THE DAY, THEN IT
WILL SETTLE DOWN A BIT BY THE
EVENING. TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM