NWI Business Ins and Outs: Pizza Huts gone forever; popcorn, hot chicken, boba tea and Detroit-style pizzeria opening; coffee shop, pizzeria and Naf Naf close ...

The 12,000-square-foot strip mall off South Lake Street and U.S. 12 brings several restaurants, the Blast Laundromat and other businesses to the Miller and Aetna neighborhoods and Gary's East Side.

These establishments commonly operate in strip malls or other low-rent business districts. Prices are cheap. Hours are late. Law enforcement officers offer telltale red flags for wary customers.