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Jason Hedin has traveled the world and cooked with celebrity chefs like Laurent Gras at Chicago’s L20 and in Australia with Dan Hunter. Now, as the pandemic forced him from his kitchen at River North’s Joy District, Hedin readies to embark on an unusual new undertaking. He’s the opening chef at Council Oak Steaks and Seafood, the 100-seat restaurant that opens on Thursday, May 14 with the rest of Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana in Gary.
A casino doesn’t exactly follow the description painted by health experts of a pandemic-friendly environment where outdoor dining and social distancing have been stressed. But Hedin says he’s comfortable with the casino’s HEPA filters and a state-of-the art filtration system. Gary’s pandemic capacity rules mirror Chicago’s at a 50 percent limit per room.
If your sweet tooth is craving something decadent, head on over to La Michoacana Compi in Lansing.
The Mexican ice cream/snack shop is located at 19283 Burnham Ave. La Michoacana Compi features homemade ice cream in assorted flavors made on the premises as well as other snacks, drinks and more.
Entering the eatery, one will find a friendly atmosphere with brightly colored walls and pictures of delicious looking sweet treats on the walls and on the front of the ice cream cases.
During a recent visit to the shop, we opted for an ice cream treat as well as another snack. We chose the Banana Split ($5.75) and the Chicharrones Preparados ($5.50). For the Banana Split, we chose three ice cream flavors - Pine nut, Mango and Buttered Pecan. The Chicharrones Preparados is a snack made with pork rinds and features various ingredients on a fried rectangle-shaped chicharrones de harina. It was topped with cabbage, cheese, avocados and pickled pork rind and then sprinkled with hot sauce. Both
GARY â It won t be too much longer before Hard Rock officials press play on Northwest Indiana s newest gaming and entertainment destination.
Matt Schuffert, president of the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, confirmed Friday the $300 million facility, which includes a casino, sports book, five restaurants, a Hard Rock Live performance venue and retail shops remains on track to open this spring adjacent to the Borman Expressway at Burr Street. We should be announcing an opening date pretty soon, Schuffert said. We re very excited to get it open. We re making great progress.
Hard Rock currently is in the process of hiring hundreds of new employees to supplement the Majestic Star Casino workers who will transfer to the new Gary casino once the land-based gaming facility opens and replaces the aging Majestic Star boats located at Buffington Harbor on Lake Michigan.
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