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    Estella’s Cantina

    4.9 (11 reviews)
    Open • 3:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    4 months ago

    Great food. Good portion sizes, well priced and quick. I always get at least one shrimp taco.

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    7 months ago

    Love this local spot. My fave is the nopales and black bean tacos, and their pico and chips.

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    1 year ago

    Ordered food to go. Food was ready quick and packaged well . Great service. Large portions. Great flavors. Very cute restaurant.

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    1 year ago

    WOW! Great!!!! Awesome!!! Top shelf ambiance, service and food. Be sure to get cilantro onions with your tacos if you like these things.

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    “One of the best restaurants on Lake Street the steak tacos are the best in Northwest Indiana.”

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    Bon Vie - Pork chop

    Bon Vie

    4.5(21 reviews)
    4.6 mi

    Bon Vie is a lovely little gem along the river. Ridiculously inviting restaurant set in a home…read morebuilt in 1895. Very serene & frenchy as soon as you walk in. The owner & hostess was extremely bright & engaging & provided the perfect table for our party of 4 adults plus my 1 year old nephew. The table bread was a beautifully light & herby focaccia paired w some sort of artisan butter. Definitely hit the spot. All entrees were really nicely done. I so enjoyed the scallops appetizer as my entree. Perfectly cooked & seasoned & served w roasted garlic cloves & a luscious sauce. A lot of surprises & all of them reasons to return.

    I have been wanting to go to this place for months because of the reviews and pictures I've seen, I…read morereally, really wanted to love it because of its uniqueness and level of quality, from what I heard. Unfortunately, when a place is this level of hype and price, the first trip means a ton and the expectations are high. The good: - awesome atmosphere, deck is great, and overlooks the lake. Couldn't be a better spot to dine out. - service was good, even though they were busy they didn't have us wait a while for anything. -scallops were excellent, perfect sear on them. The reason for the low review: - Beef Wellington.... It's rare to find and we heard so many people comment that's why they were they, including us. It says 10 oz filet, it was not tonight. It was some 3 sliced cut beef that was well well done. Despite being told it would be medium rare. - Seasoning. Nothing had salt or pepper. Everything had garlic. And by garlic I mean huge cloves of it. Both the scallops and filet had cloves of garlic all over. The filet was cooked great, but I didn't have any juice from the steak and the flavor was blown out by the garlic. Just refer to a majority of my reviews, more than willing to pay a premium price for an awesome dining experience, but the food is first and foremost important. Maybe we got them on a bad night, but unfortunately that was our experience. Edited to add pictures to review from 05June.

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    Dirtty's Jazz and Blues Club

    Dirtty's Jazz and Blues Club

    3.0(8 reviews)
    0.8 mi
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    Dirtty's Jazz & Blues House is officially open for business. My bestie and I checked it out the…read moreother night during our spontaneous Miller Beach pub crawl, and it was pretty OK. I have to admit, the place is waaaaay bigger on the inside than expected. There's a large u-shaped bar with nice lighting, some small high-top tables and chairs, a stage toward the back for the live jazz and blues bands, and even a lounge area with a fireplace and cozy chairs & end tables. Cute and trendy, a nice place for a date. The servers are prompt and friendly. But we ordered Stoli and sodas and pretty much got huge glasses of just vodka on the rocks. I'm not convinced the bartenders really know how to mix a drink, but I'll try a different cocktail next time (although it's kinda hard to mess up a Stoli and soda, right?). The flyer for Dirtty's says in big, bold letters "Adults 40 and Up" which could be just the kind of vibe your looking for, or maybe not your thing at all. Either way, they're very up front about it. My friend happens to be 30 and joked the whole night about being upset that she wasn't carded. C'est la vie. Currently they are open Thursday through Sunday and charge a reasonable $5 cover. Our drinks were $7 each, which is also reasonable considering it was a giant glass of vodka. All in all, we enjoyed our time at Dirtty's and will probably be back. Since they just recently opened, I will forgive the mediocre drink and hope for the best next time. It really is a cute place to enjoy a cocktail with friends and hear some live music by the fire.

    I tried visiting this place 3 times with no success. First time was after work I drove to Gary to…read morehave a drink and when I got there the place was closed. Second time I tried to visit was on 2017 New Years Eve. My husband and I pulled in parking lot about 8:30ish and you could hear the music playing from outside but again when we got to door it was locked and we tried knocking but no one ever came to door. The Windows are made of glassblock so that wasn't helpful when trying to knock. I've tried to contact by Facebook, email and phone and have failed to get through. Really disappointed as I would love to see what this place has to offer. However, a business that has wrong contact information on their site and no recent updates on their webpage makes you wonder about the establishment.

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