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Iconic downtown diner Hathaway's will remain open after announcing in January that the 63-year-old restaurant would be closing its doors.

Hathaway's Diner on the ground floor of Carew Tower at 441 Vine St. will remain open, owner Danny Holbrook told me. It had been set to close at the end of January but kept its doors open while Holbrook negotiated with his landlord.

Holbrook said he came to an agreement to cut the operating cost of the restaurant while keeping the diner open later for dinner when…

Scott Parker is ready for his expansion beyond bars and restaurants.

The owner of Don Tito, Roy Boys, Barley Mac and The G.O.A.T. is scheduled to open the Bearded Goat Barber on March 18 in the Ballston Exchange at 4201 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington. His co-founders are Jon Dodson and Eric Renfro, both of whom have barbering experience. Parker said customers can expect to get beard trims for $45.

Jamestown Properties LP is the landlord of the 1,200-square-foot barber salon. Operating costs for the…

A popular Birmingham-based bagel shop has opened its newest location.

The Crestline Bagel Co. opened its new downtown location at the Innovation Depot where it has also moved its catering services and offices, according to Innovation Depot.

As we first reported, this is the third location for the Mountain Brook-based bakery. Jennifer Yarbrough and Ralph Yarbrough opened their second Crestline Bagel location at the new Leaf and Petal development in Cahaba Heights in February last year. The…

Ari and Micah Wilder, the cocktail gurus and owners behind Chaplin bar and restaurant in Shaw, looked at tons of other retail spaces before settling on the location of Zeppelin, their second project — which happens to be down the block from their first.

“We’ve seen Ninth Street go from beautiful crumbles to the Shaw that it is today and it just keeps getting better,” said Ari Wilder. “We looked at 20-something other projects around the city in the last five years, and we ended up back…

It's been about 13 months since the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

But you couldn't tell that at the City of Brotherly Love's activation for South by Southwest, where the highlights of the Eagles' 41-33 victory on Feb. 4, 2018, played on a continuous loop this week.

The Amplify Philly House — which took over a bar called Pour Choices at 401 E. Sixth St. — banked on the heavy foot traffic along Sixth Street while drawing visitors in with panel sessions and…

A popular restaurant that bears the jersey number of a former Steelers star is suddenly closing.

One of the owners of Table 86 in Seven Fields confirmed to Channel 11 that the restaurant and Vines Wine Bar are closing. The sudden closure is due to a lawsuit surrounding the partnership dispute for the businesses.

That owner, Howard Schiller, said former Steeler Hines Ward is not a part-owner and his ties to the restaurant are in name and jersey number only. As many as 40 employees will be impacted…

The event is a revamp of the group's classic Angel Oregon investment conference.

The Democratic National Committee announced Monday morning that Milwaukee beat out Houston and Miami to host the major event.