9 Best Things To Do In Dyer Indiana

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Hi!  I’m Tony Anczer, a 18+ year resident of Dyer Indiana and also a Dyer IN Real Estate Agent serving Northwest Indiana and Illinois.  Checkout my 9 Best Things To Do In Dyer Indiana blog post!

Dyer Indiana Town Sign

Best Upscale Restaurant

Little Italy Italian Restaurant in Dyer Indiana

Little Italy

Little Italy is our family’s favorite nicer restaurant in Dyer Indiana.  For our family of four, with a couple soft drinks (kiddie cocktails usaully), an appetizer, and a great meal – with tip it is about $100.


Included with any meal is fresh bread, oil, and parmesean cheese – this alone is worth the trip.  They usaully ask if you are celebrating anything, and if you state most anything, you get a small desert for free.


1155 Joliet St, Dyer, IN 46311

Phone: 219-865-3040

Best Casual Restaurant

Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Dyer Indiana

Texas Roadhouse is our go-to casual restaurant in Dyer.  Food quality is high, prices are fair, and we enjoy the atmosphere.  For our family of 4, with tip, is about $75

2070 Calumet Ave, Dyer, IN 46311

Phone: 219-322-9420

https://www.texasroadhouse.com/locations/344-dyerin

Best Ice Cream

Cold Stone Creamery in Dyer Indiana

If you’ve never had Coldstone Ice Cream, its a treat.  Instead of having premade flavors of ice cream, they make the ice cream on a “cold stone”.  So, if you ordered cookie dough ice cream, they would start with vanilla ice cream and mix in the cookie dough pieces (and anything else).  

 

883 Joliet St, Dyer, IN 46311

219-865-9733

https://www.coldstonecreamery.com/stores/22096

Best Bowling Alley

Stardust Bowl Dyer Indiana

Stardust Bowl is the only bowling alley in Dyer.  They have quite a few lanes, a kitchen, a bar, and an arcade.  If you are looking for a state of the art bowling alley and arcade, checkout “Up Your Alley” in Schererville.

 

1330 Sheffield Ave, Dyer, IN 46311

219-322-3666

Best Park

Playground at Northgate Park

Northgate Park

We used to prefer Pheasant Hills park as our favorite park in Dyer, or possibly the park by St. Margaret Mercy hospital, but the Town of Dyer replaced and added playground equipment at Northgate Park, and its now really nice.  There are also walking trails, a pavilion you can rent out, tennis courts, and ball fields.

 

638 206th St, Dyer, IN 46311

 

 

 

Best Bar

White Rhino

White Rhino has great food, great beer, and great atmosphere.  During dinner hours White Rhino is family friendly to bring kids to.

 

101 Joliet St, Dyer, IN 46311

 

219-864-9200

whiterhinoonline.com

 

Best Coffee Shop

picture inside the daily drip coffee shop in Dyer Indiana

The Daily Drip Coffee Lounge’s 4.9 of 5.0 stars on their Google Business Listing says it all.  Great atmosphere, great coffee, fair prices (but doesn’t everyone think that coffee houses are overpriced?!)

 

710 Joliet St, Dyer, IN 46311

219-515-6062

Best Grocery Store

picture of the front of Jewel-Osco store in Dyer Indiana

Jewel-Osco is our go-to full grocery store.  Walts gorcery store is also an option.  When you need a store that will have anything you could need, Jewel is the best option in Dyer.  When it comes to stocking up on groceries, we find ourselves going to Merrillville to Costco, Meijer, and Aldi.


805 Joliet St, Dyer, IN 46311

(219) 864-0078

Best Mountain Biking

Plum Creek Meadow Forest Preserve has the best single track mountainbiking in Dyer.  The trails are not maintained by the Forest Preserve, and I’m not sure if the Forest Preserve wants people to mountain bike here, but there are a handful of trails.  My kids and I enjoy riding out bikes here.  Along the trail there is a creek that is fun to hang out at.  Misquitos can be crazy if the weather is wet.  Its also fun to see all the deer activity in these woods.