"We finally found the perfect area," she said. "It’s a great location, and there’s no other restaurant like this around. It’s like a trip to downtown Chicago with the finest sushi and steak. Both the wife and the husband can find something to enjoy. It has downtown style, it’s modern and pretty."

Planet Fitness, the gym chain known for its cheap prices, non-judgmental attitude and free pizza once a month, opened at 520 E. 81st Ave. in Merrillville.

Painter, on the other hand, purposely wanted to avoid telling a story with Embody, an experience that feels like going on a fantasy yoga retreat. (Note that even somebody like me, who is terrible at yoga, wanted to do it again.) Her design was to create something that felt like a product of the future rather than storytelling of the future. 

"When we get there, we go straight to the practice facilities and get those places ready to go. … We have all this stuff stored over there, and then we also ship a few things over. I have to find that stuff and divvy it up to whatever place it goes to. Luckily, we’ve been there for 10 years now, so we’re kind of friends with a lot of people out there in the shipping companies and storage companies and the home venues, hotels. We kind of know what we’re doing now."

AISIN SEIKI CO/ADR has higher revenue and earnings than COBHAM PLC/ADR. AISIN SEIKI CO/ADR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than COBHAM PLC/ADR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Freshii is a Canadian fast-casual chain most commonly located in urban centers. It sells fresh, healthy food like burritos, salads, wraps, and yogurt. The lunch-oriented restaurant has multiple locations in Chicago’s Loop.

"It will debut a new menu that’s coming out nationally," Lane said. "It has new steaks, new burgers and new sauces for our wings. It’s highly elevated, more than the burgers and wings we’re known for and that are award-winning."

Stacked Pickle hopes to grow through franchising because franchisees tend to "have a better understanding of the neighborhood" and "a better commitment to the community," Brackett said. Potential franchisees would have to invest $450,000 to $900,000 to open a Stacked Pickle location.

Then there is the mid/rear engine cohort to consider: the McLaren 570S, Audi R8 and Porsche 911 being the most notable examples.

One of the most heavily trafficked McDonald’s in the Region, in downtown Crown Point, is closed for renovations, but should reopen by the end of November with a whole new dining experience.

ORIENT EXPRESS SPRINGFIELD, 2782 W Republic Rd. 01/23/2019 – Inspection; Result: Permit Active. Priority Violations Found: 2. Observed: cooked beef and fried chicken pieces not date-marked in walk-in cooler. Required: ready to eat, potentially hazardous foods shall bear a 7-day date mark. Corrected on site by properly date-marking foods. Observed: cooked chicken and cooked vegetables, out at room temperature, did not have time documented for time control. Required: when using time as a public health control for PHFs, time shall be documented for four hours. Corrected by voluntarily discarding food. Repeat priority violation 4x. Nonpriority Violations Found: 0.

The artsy Frida’s Café, a cafe and art gallery in Hammond’s Hessville neighborhood named after the internationally renowned painter Frida Kahlo, has closed, but is open to the possibility of reopening at a new location at some point in the future.