Perfect for draining grease from sautéed beef, straining pasta, or simply washing your fruits and vegetables, this unique strainer set can handle it all. The colander itself is a great buy since it’s durable, heat-resistant up to 260 degrees, and outfitted with a convenient handle and a pouring spout. But on top of that, this set also includes a storage bowl with lid that will enable you to retain drained-off fluids to use for cooking, carry to the compost heap, or safely dispose of later.

Porto’s Peri Peri is named after the super-hot chili pepper used in cuisines in Portugal, India and Africa. In Swahili, peri peri means "pepper pepper," or "strong pepper." 

The park’s adventurous theming did, however, turn out to be a great recruitment tool. As construction neared completion, Hard Rock Park hosted a huge job fair, promising thousands of positions. Applicants flooded in. “People lined up for hours to get in for interviews,” said Shana Bury, who worked there as an entertainer and accompanied me on my walk around the site last November. “Everyone loved the concept—they loved the brand.”

The L ran south, between Brownsville and East New York, past Feel Beauty Supply and Superstar Auto Sales. Beyond Linden Boulevard, we passed the Canarsie Yard, full of shining trains taking their midday naps. The Canarsie local eased into the Rockaway Parkway station, its southern terminus. Thirty-seven minutes, on the nose. “That’s how it’s done,” Dominguez said. “Then back to Manhattan.”

Angel Hair Care was a sophisticated and eclectic cafe with fresh-pressed juices, smoothies, craft beer, vegan dishes and artisan sandwiches such as The White Walker. It kept sporadic hours and catered to cyclists on the trail.

The bar seats 35 people, serving hand-crafted cocktails, including margaritas made with fresh lime juice, an endless bloody Mary at brunch and tea-steeped vodka cocktails.

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Currently, the only Gloria Jean’s coffee shop in Northwest Indiana is in the Southlake Mall in Hobart. Naser said all the new locations would have drive-throughs.

The Schererville restaurant will have the same menu as the other El Salto locations and will seat about 140, plus 30 on an outdoor patio. It employs about 20 to 25 workers.

With funding from Restore, the local Habitat for Humanity chapter hopes to put 10 more Northwest Indiana families in homes this year.

Tequila Restaurante, a Mexican restaurant that once had locations in Crown Point, Dyer and Las Vegas, vowed it would return when its lease at 110 S. Main St. on the Courthouse Square in downtown Crown Point ended to make room for the tony new Provecho Latin Provisions and its high-end tapas plates.

Outside the old park that weekend in November, I met Brendan, a 20-something who lives in North Carolina but said he spent most of his time with his biker friends around Myrtle Beach. While his buddies pulled wheelies in the parking lot, he told me the city was a hard place for a young person to build a social life.