Starbucks will sell its fancy, highly sugared or puckeringly bitter coffee drinks in a 1,580-square-foot space off the main parking lot near the 7th Street and Wabash Street entrance of the outdoor outlet mall. It plans to open in early April.

Fat Burrito alum Javier Paredes, with Edgar Tapia and Round the Clock veteran Freddy Palma, opened El Poblano Mexican Restaurant in the former Delta restaurant space at 7600 Broadway in Merrillville. Paredes is the brother of Benjamin Paredes, one of the Fat Burrito owners, and he and Tapio worked there for years before striking out on their own. 

"We own several clubs around the Region: Dyer, Winfield, Lowell, and Schererville, and are very excited to be expanding into Cedar Lake," owner Moe Musleh said. "The location will be in front of the Strack & Van Till."

More than $2 million in damage was done to Glavin Coating and Refinishing at the corner of Parr Line and Zurich-Hensall Road in a fire early Wednesday evening. Scott Nixon / Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance

Bring the gym with you wherever you go. The Mpow resistance set comes with five different bands at all different weight levels, and it also includes ankle straps, handles, and a door attachment. They’re compact and color-coded for convenience, and since everything fits in the included pouch, reviewers say they’re “great for workouts when traveling.”

IPMax is a line of lightweight, compact IPM gearmotors designed to be efficient with a wide synchronous speed range, incorporating magnets embedded within the rotor, as opposed to on the surface.

Starbucks shuttered its coffee shop at 2531 Willowcreek Road in Portage, the oldest Starbucks in Porter County’s most populous city.

“Built-in storage should address your unique requirements and respond to your daily rituals,” Mr. Garneau said. “Think about how you move through and use various spaces, your daily actions, and what spatial modifications could increase functionality and joy of use.”

2. The falafel maker was soiled for an unknown amount of time on prep table. Person in charge washed, rinsed, and sanitized noted equipment.

Strike and Spare Family Bowl, 213 Hayfield Dr.: Unlabeled chemical bottle; no stem thermometer; tops of equipment and floor dirty; person in charge did not know proper reheating temperatures. 85 (95 followup)

At another high-volume MDF doors and components manufacturer, Italdecor, production has increased almost 18 percent in the last year, said a company representative. Headquartered in Pramaggiore, Italdecor processes thousands of parts per day and has three production plants.

Naturally, local solar and batteries  are more useful as more homes have them. But the minimum threshold to be valuable to engineers can be as low as a handful of customers, depending on how the electricity system in that area has been designed and built, as well as the needs of the supported community.