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Charlo’s Provisions & Eatery in downtown Springfield may soon be adding beer and wine to the menu.

A beauty brand for textured hair has secured $4 million in funding from Pendulum, an investing and advisory platform that seeks to accelerate opportunity for founders of color.

Adwoa Beauty said it will use the round to fund new product development, increase staffing support and invest in brand awareness and retail.

Julian Addo founded Adwoa Beauty in 2017 to fill what she saw as a gap in the hair-care market in products for multicultural hair textures. The non-toxic, gender-neutral brand currently…

Uproot Teas sold out of two of its teas within days of its December launch. Now founder Cindy Li is working to grow its potential customer base.

The Milwaukee Business Journal’s Beer Biz MKE blog looks at every corner of Milwaukee’s beer industry from distribution and canning to production and beer events. Follow along for updates on breweries coming and leaving town and the biggest trends in craft beer.

Zula Restaurant & Wine Bar, a pioneering restaurant in the resurgence of Over-the-Rhine, has closed its doors for good.

A new survey finds restaurant operators are struggling more than ever, the combined result of increased costs for labor, food and supplies.

Franchisee says her family enjoyed the waffles and ice cream so much that they wanted to bring it to their new hometown.

Nick Nanakos wanted to eliminate the high costs of time and capital associated with traditional brick and mortar restaurants, so he founded ZIKI. The startup is shaking up the restaurant industry by reinventing the expansion model of a typical dining establishment. ZIKI believes that a restaurant should control its own expansion destiny, so it invented a new vertically-integrated business model — manufacturing modular restaurants from their Texas-based factory. What are they serving? Super health-conscious…

This will be the company's fourth location in the Valley and first in the West Valley. The developer of the shopping center also spoke to the Business Journal about the significance of the project.