Wedding guests are assessing their budgets as they plan to celebrate one of 2.2 million weddings held each year in the United States.

A new NerdWallet study shows how much guests typically spend on wedding gifts. The average price of a gift registry item is $72, but many guests spend more, an average of $106.

Closeness to the couple affects gifts purchases, NerdWallet found. Americans spend an average of $128 for the wedding gift of a good friend, according to the survey. Millennials spend an…

The guest list is out for The Trifecta Gala, the Bridgeman family's Derby Eve gala at the Omni Louisville Hotel.

Celebrity guests will include:

Star Jones – lawyer, television personality
Anthony Anderson – Actor, comedian, stars in ABC sitcom “Black-ish”
Don Cheadle – Actor, writer, director, starring in the new “Avengers: Infinity War,” also starred in “Traffic,” “Ocean's Eleven,” “Crash” and Showtime's “House of Lies”
Orlando Pace – Super Bowl champion with the St. Louis Rams
Finis White…

In this week's restaurant news, nitro coffee enters the market, more donuts enter San Marco and more.

Bold Bean Coffee Roasters: Bold Bean Coffee has launched a partnership with Champion Brands to distribute nitro coffee kegs. After two years of trial-and-error, co-owner Zack Burnett said he finally found a way to brew nitro coffee “without losing the character of the coffee beans.” Nitro is just one of several new programs the coffee roaster is rolling out, including growing wholesale accounts,…

Kathryn Dagar-Albarado's life is a constant juggling act.

Zoës Kitchen, a fast-casual restaurant chain known for its healthy Mediterranean menu, will create dozens of Philadelphia-area jobs as it prepares to open another location in the region.

Plano, Texas-based Zoës Kitchen has over 10 restaurants in Greater Philadelphia, including ones in Cherry Hill, N.J. and Newtown Square, Pa.

The chain in late May will open its first Malvern, Chester County, location at 50 National Ave. in a complex anchored by Wegmans and Target that's a short drive from Vanguard's…

Horse race fashion can be tricky. Here's how to dress your best at the Preakness.

Fast-selling houses, high-price condos, car washes, arcades and ax-throwing are in the news this week at Columbus Business First.

This week in The Wrap, Business First Editor Doug Buchanan and Managing Editor Mark Somerson talk about Moo Moo Express getting an infusion of cash to expand, where homes are selling like hotcakes in Columbus, how 16-Bit and Pins Mechanical will take over the world and how Columbus is now home to two ax-throwing venues.

We also talk about how the latest condos in…

Reisterstown's Main Street corridor will gain an outdoor beer garden next month as summer inches ever closer.

Italian eatery Ristorante Firenze plans to launch its new Peroni Beer Garden with a grand opening celebration featuring drink specials, live music and food trucks May 4.

The space, which can accommodate 75 people, will be decked out with Adirondack chairs, picnic tables, wooden benches, string lights and a fire pit. Visitors can order from Firenze's regular menu or from a new selection…

Breakfast — it's the most important meal of the day. And we've compiled some 'eggs'cellent breakfast spot for you to check out if you haven't already.

We launched Food Friday to learn more about our readers' favorite restaurants. Some of our most-read stories are restaurant news, and business leaders are always looking for the best restaurants to take their clients, prospects or job candidates to. We're here to help. Last week we learned about readers' favorite place to get a burger.

This week,…