Texas Roadhouse will quickly bring the sizzle to Crown Point.
The Louisville-based budget plan steakhouse chain will open its 3rd Northwest Indiana restaurant at 701 E. 109th Ave., simply off Interstate 65 in Crown Point, on Aug. 28. Construction of the 8,000-square-foot steakhouse is almost total.
Texas Roadhouse has areas in Dyer and Portage. It serves a range of hand-cut steaks consisting of sirloin, New York Strip, Dallas Filet, Porterhouse, Bone-In Ribeye, Fort Worth Ribeye, Prime Rib and Filet Medallions.
The Texas-themed steakhouse likewise has pork chops, fish, ribs, hamburgers, fresh baked rolls and nation suppers like nation fried sirloin. It serves beer and margaritas.
For more info, call 219-274-0671.
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Fairway Indoor Golf teed off at AmeriPlex at the Port in Portage.
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The owners of the El Salto Mexican restaurant chain closed its place at 6295 Ameriplex Drive in Portage and turned it into an indoor golf center with a restaurant and bar. They strategy to include a restricted choice of El Salto favorites, like burritos, quesadillas and tacos, to the menu next month.
“We chose to close that place and attempt something various there,” said Robert Mendoza, among the owners. “It’s indoor golf simulators. It’s brand-new to us however appears like a good business to start. People enjoy golf.”
Fairway Indoor Golf has 4 indoor golf simulators that permit individuals to play virtual variations of 100 various golf courses from around the globe, like St. Andrew in Scotland and Pebble Beach in California.
“There’s a great deal of them to play,” he said. “You can select whatever you desire.”
The golf simulators likewise permit individuals to play other video games like soccer, pinball, bowling and a glass-break obstacle in which golf players drive balls into glass, shattering it.
It has a food cooking area and complete bar.
“We attempt to make it more like a lounge where individuals play golf,” Mendoza said. “We have digital dart video games, pinball devices, shuffleboards, a jukebox and pull boxes. It’s not simply golf. It’s where you can consume and hang out.”
An outside patio area seats about 30 individuals. More than 40 can sit at tables within, and there likewise are counter tops and islands where individuals can consume, consume and enjoy their friends play golf.
“We have a great deal of group getaways. We have a great deal of business getaways. We have leagues, 4 various ones in the summertime,” Mendoza said.
The business must be busiest throughout the off-season, when it’s too cold to golf.
“Golfers likewise been available in the night given that they can’t play golf outside during the night,” he said. “They been available in when there’s bad weather condition, if it’s rainy or nasty and they wish to come inside your home.”
Walk-ins are accepted however bookings are motivated, particularly for winter season.
“It’s booked every hour of the day throughout winter season or when it’s unsightly outside,” Mendoza said.
The bar provides draft beer and mixed drinks. Food alternatives consist of hamburgers, Italian beef, flatbreads, packed tater kids, mac and cheese, breaded green beans and fish tacos.
“It’s raised bar food,” he said. “So many individuals understand it utilized to be El Salto and we own El Salto so they request for El Salto foods. We’re going to integrate what we call favorites, which are simply the fundamentals like enchiladas and taco salads. It will not be the complete menu.”
The owners did substantial restorations to the space, which lies simply south of the Portage Riverwalk and Lakefront in the Indiana Dunes National Park.
“We did an actually good job of making more upscale-looking,” Mendoza said. “It’s really good and tidy. It’s a location to come in and hang out in a lounge when the weather condition will not let you play golf outside.”
The owners want to ultimately open more areas.
“It’s a family-friendly location where kids can come play golf,” he said. “There’s soccer, bowling, all these electronic video games.”
Fairway Indoor Golf is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily for the summertime and must be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily in the winter season.
For more info, call 219-734-6463, see fairwaygolfnwi.com or discover the business on Facebook or Instagram.
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Picky Pet Boutique is now offering pet materials in downtown Hobart.
Billed as a “animal’s preferred location,” the store at 220 Main St. stocks a broad choice of products for dogs and cats, consisting of clothing, fashion jewelry and shoes indicated to “keep your furry friend looking elegant and sensation spoiled! Shop now to discover the best product for your four-legged friend.”
“It’s a shop with a range of products like toys, furnishings, CBD and health items,” owner Addie Kinsey said. “We have pillows, blankets and beds.”
Products like flower knit kitten caps, diamond dog collars, strawberry print animal gowns, non-slip animal socks, bowls, soothing oil, hair shampoo and treats.
She was motivated to open it for her grand son Markel Jordan, an animal fan who loves his dog.
“It’s a business I wish to keep in the family,” she said. “When I retire I prepare to turn it over to my grand son when he grows older.”
Picky Pet Boutique intends to be a one-stop-shop and focuses on lots of harder-to-find products.
“We’re for animals for are bougie and choosy,” she said. “I attempt to equip products you can’t discover in regional shops. I type of choose. We attempt to be one of a kind. It’s a great deal of designer things.”
She liked the place in downtown Hobart, which gets a great deal of foot traffic.
“We’re just been open for 2 weeks and it’s respectable already,” she said.
Picky Pet Boutique is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
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A brand-new Compass Travel Center opened at Indiana 10 and Interstate 65 in DeMotte.
The truck stop consists of a Dunkin’ Donuts, Hunt Brothers Pizza and Roadhouse Grill that provides steak, hamburgers, salads and Eastern European fare.
It has 24 gas pumps, 10 high-speed diesel pumps, truck parking, a driver’s lounge and showers. Part of a Burr Ridge-based chain, it likewise has a semi-truck sales and renting workplace.
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KAD Academy Day Care Center moved into the previous Family Video store at 1440 Sheffield Ave. in Dyer.
The expert childcare center looks after babies, young children, pre-schoolers, school age kids, consisting of by using over night care. It likewise has Friday and Saturday night date drop-offs for moms and dads.
The 7,000-square-foot building can hold in between 60 and 100 kids. It teaches social abilities, self-confidence, age-appropriate understanding and a love of discovering through play-based activities.
For more info, call 219-227-8507 or see www.kadakademy.com.
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Michigan City’s just general-interest book shop closed.
The Book Warehouse in the Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets in Michigan City was transformed into a Go! store after Go! Retail Group got the chain of discount rate book shops.
Book Warehouse primarily offered closeout and overstock books for 50% to 80% off, typically using lots of titles at a rate of 3 for $10. It equipped a broad choice of literary fiction, poetry, history, cookbooks and recommendation books.
Austin, Texas-based Go! Retail Group, which has an area in the Southlake Mall, transformed the store format so it offered a great deal of calendars, video games, gag presents, toys and tee shirts in addition to books. The store at 1101 Lighthouse Place given that concerned its last chapter.
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