downtown Valparaiso restaurants

Efforts to turn Valparaiso's former city hall and fire station into a restaurant continue moving forward.

Three Valparaiso restaurateurs will have a chance to grow their businesses, thanks to downtown liquor licenses from the city. The city council Monday voted to move forward with requests from Figs & Fables, Smoketown Blues and Veleros Mexican Cuisine.

Today: We invite back Jeff Strack, the president and CEO if Indiana Grocery Group, doing business as Stracj & VanTil Supermarkets. We last talked just as…