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The Elephant — a fine dining restaurant housed in the elegant former home of the Brass Elephant in Mount Vernon — will close to the public after a final dinner service on Saturday.

Owners Steven Rivelis, Linda Brown Rivelis and Mallory Staley announced Thursday night that the restaurant is closing so that they can fight a lawsuit from an investor who has moved to take control of The Elephant's property, a restored 19th century mansion at 924 N. Charles St.

“In response, we will have to leverage…

Craft sandwich shop EARL opened its second location at Keawe Retail at Our Kakaako earlier this month and will celebrate its grand opening Friday. Click on the image above a slideshow from PBN's visit today.

Like the original Kaimuki shop, EARL (or Eat A Real Lunch) Kakaako offers hand-crafted sandwiches made-to-order with fresh ingredients.

“It’s just the kind of flavors and kind of foods that I like to eat,” owner Justin Parvizimotlagh told PBN at a preview event Thursday. “We try to…

How do you grow your business in New York? How can distilleries and breweries work together? Is it hard to get your product in stores? What new regulations is the industry facing? Law firm Hodgson Russ and the Albany Business Review hosted a discussion to answer these questions and more. Melissa Mangini, editor of the Albany Business Review, moderated the discussion.

What are the biggest challenges to growing your business in New York?

Russ Teplitzky: We are a big employer in the Capital District,…

The Business Journal assembled a panel of leaders from the restaurant industry to discuss the challenges and changes they're experiencing.

Greek restaurant replaces Mercado.

American eatery Food 101 in Sandy Springs abruptly closed after being in business for nearly 20 years.

According to a note on the front door, the restaurant's last day in business was Sunday, March 17. There was no reason given for Food 101’s closure.

“Dear guests, we are sad to report that as of today, Monday, March 18, 2019, Food 101 will no longer be open for business,” according to signage.

The note states the farm-to-table restaurant, which is part of 101 Concepts restaurant group, will…

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has just started, but the battle for the title of college basketball’s most valuable team has already been decided.

Forbes released its list of the most valuable college basketball teams in the country this week, and three North Carolina schools made the top 20: Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State University.

Two other schools within the Greensboro-based Atlantic Coast Conference made the list: Syracuse University and the University of Louisville.

To…

The Avenue developer Tony Janowiec declared mission accomplished on the first step of the ongoing downtown Milwaukee renovation: The former Shops of Grand Avenue looks nothing like a mall anymore.

Contractors since January have been demolishing the interior of the West Wisconsin Avenue property’s western arcade. The third-floor food court has been ripped out, and crews recently removed the escalators from that atrium. See the attached slideshow for an exclusive walk-through of the interior demolition…

The angriest dessert in town has returned.

Kings Family Restaurant has announced in a press release that it is bringing back the Frownie Brownie, the popular rival of Eat'n Park's Smiley Cookie. The brownie will be available at all of the chain's 23 locations this week.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Frownie is making a return after an almost four-year hiatus. Debuting in 2005, the bad-tempered brownie was removed from the menu in 2015 when Kings was purchased by the San Diego-based…