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Munster is a suburban town in North Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States.It is in the Chicago metropolitan area, approximately 30 miles (48 km) southeast of the Chicago Loop, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond to the north, Highland to the east, Dyer and Schererville to the south, and Lansing and Lynwood directly west over the Illinois border.
A research and development facility was established in Munster, Indiana, in 1957, building upon pioneering studies on human sleep behavior that Simmons had sponsored in the 1930s. In 1958, the company became the first U.S. mattress maker to produce mattresses in king and queen sizes, [ 6 ] an innovation that was promoted as solving the "space ...
Three Floyds Brewpub in 2008. Three Floyds Brewing is a brewery [2] [3] [4] [5] founded in 1996 by brothers Nick and Simon and their father Mike Floyd in Hammond ...
Schoops Restaurant at U.S. 30 and E Old Route 30 (Lincoln Highway) in Warsaw, Indiana. Schoop's Hamburgers is a 1950s-style hamburger restaurant and diner [1] with 18 locations in northwestern Indiana and the southern Chicago suburbs. [2] The first restaurant was opened in Hammond, Indiana, in 1948. The chain started in 1984 in Munster.
Whiting city, Indiana – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [16] Pop 2010 [17] Pop 2020 [18] % 2000 % ...
In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Indiana ranked 22nd in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 54. [ 4 ] For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs , 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. [ 5 ]
Founded in 1991, Theatre at the Center is a year-round professional theatre in Munster, Indiana.They offer a performing arts series and a children's theatre program. As part of the Ridgewood Arts Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit company, it is Northwest Indiana's only professional equity theatre and is located 35 minutes from downtown Chicago.
Strack & Van Til is a grocery store chain with locations in Northwest Indiana.Stores operate under the banners of Strack & Van Til and Town & Country Food Market. On May 2, 2017, an involuntary petition under Chapter 7 of the US Bankruptcy Code was filed against Central Grocers, Inc, parent company of SVT, LLC. in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.