08/12/2026
Northwest Indiana got absolutely SLAMMED today. 💔⛈️
This storm has officially caused the largest outage event in NIPSCO history — approximately 301,000 customers were impacted. Winds exceeded 100 MPH, trees and power lines are down everywhere, and for many areas, getting power back is expected to be a multi-day process.
Cedar Lake was hit HARD. Right now, so many of our neighbors are without power, businesses are closed, gas is hard to find, and even grabbing something to eat isn’t as easy as it normally is.
And unfortunately… Tastee Top is right there with everyone else. 🩷💙
We have no power and no real idea when it’s coming back.
BUT—we also have a restaurant full of fresh food that I would much rather get into people’s hands than watch go to waste.
So tomorrow, I’m going to do everything I can to make something happen. If that means firing up the grill outside and selling what we can for CHEAP… then that’s what we’re gonna do. 😂🔥
We have fresh tomatoes, onions, red peppers & green peppers that need homes, and we’ll figure out what else we can safely offer as we go.
Tomorrow is going to be all about not wasting perfectly good food when there are people all around us who could use it.
I’ll post updates tomorrow as we figure out exactly what we can do.
Until then — stay safe, Cedar Lake. Check on your neighbors. Stay away from downed lines. And maybe say a little prayer for the NIPSCO crews because they have one HELL of a job ahead of them. 🙏🏼⚡️
We’ll figure it out. We always do. 🩷💙