The Crown Point City Council has approved a fourth liquor license for a new downtown business and for a NorthShore Health Center clinic to be built at the Strack & Van Til location on Broadway.
Progressive Dining Group, which owns True BBQ and Whiskey Bar on Main Street, has purchased the former Registry Bar and Grill located on the west side of the square and plans to open a restaurant called West End Bar and Eatery, Anthony Schlueter, city planning administrator, said Monday.
The proposed West End Bar and Eatery will serve Italian food and be a family-friendly restaurant, Schlueter said. The building will be fully remodeled, he said, with a court yard connecting to a back building that will have video games and sport simulator machines.
In a 7-0 vote, the council approved a liquor license for the West End Bar and Eatery.
“The city has the ability to give out 10 liquor license on the square, and this will be our fourth one,” Schlueter said, adding that True BBQ and Whiskey Bar, Square Roots and Ricochet Tacos also have liquor licenses.
At the meeting, Mayor David Uran said that proposed restaurant will be a good place for families to enjoy the downtown area.
“These are welcoming choices here and that’s to provide opportunity for people to visit Crown Point and who live in Crown Point to really experience an entertainment center,” Uran said.
Schlueter said the new restaurant will expand the growing downtown area.
“It’ll be a great spot for citizens to bring their families to and enjoy the downtown and everything going on in the square,” Schlueter said.
The council also approved, in a 7-0 vote, for NorthShore Health Centers plan to open a clinic in the area where Centier Bank was located in the Strack & Van Til on Broadway, just north of 109th Avenue.
NorthShore Health Centers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing health care for all in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties, will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed Sunday, Schlueter said. The clinic anticipates seeing between 30 to 45 patients a day, he said.
James Wieser, an attorney for NorthShore Health Centers, said the project is a three-county project because NorthShore Health Centers will replace Centier branches at Strack’s supermarkets in the three counties.
The clinic will have two exam rooms and will be staffed with nurses who can administer wellness checks and vaccinations, Wieser said.
“It’s going to be really beneficial to the community because their responsibility is to provide health care there,” Wieser said.
In a 6-0 vote, with Councilwoman Dawn Stokes abstaining, the council also approved for Crossroads YMCA, located at 100 W. Burrell Drive, to expand the building to offer gymnastics.
