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This is the time of year for resolutions, for planning and for, many of us in commercial real estate, common area maintenance reconciliations. CAM (operating expense) reconciliation is a simple

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Jean-Robert de Cavel never intended to settle in Cincinnati. Twenty-five years later, he not only transformed the kitchen at the now-closed Maisonette, but he has influenced dozens of chefs, cooks and bartenders who have worked under him to reinvent Cincinnati’s dining scene.

Funding small business ideas through conventional lenders can be hard. But the SBA offers businesses the financial assistance needed to grow and thrive in the Seattle area.

The road to starting a business can be long, brewers say, but support is available.

A Detroit company will bring a new pedal-powered boating experience to the Ohio River when it opens a new Cincinnati attraction this spring.

Cincinnati Cycleboat will take its first passengers on a two-hour pleasure cruise along the Ohio on May 15. It's a sister company to husband-and-wife Nick and Jody Blaszczyk's Detroit Cycleboat, which opened in 2016.

“I have very close family here, I feel like I am from Cincinnati,” Detroit native Nick Blaszczyk told me. “I think Cincinnati is a great, great…

Chianti wines at one point had a bad reputation as the wicker-covered bottle in dark Italian restaurants that seemed to be best served as a candle-holder rather than known for the liquid inside. That’s unfortunate, as they are some of the most versatile and tasty wines around.

Wines from Chianti, which is an area of the Tuscany region of Italy, are very food-friendly and include value wines with wide appeal, all the way up to world-class quality reds that are complex and intense.

The Sangiovese…

When it come to overall alcohol consumption, Pennsylvania drinks like an average American.

Peering a little deeper in to the liquor cabinet, beer fridge and wine chiller finds Pennsylvanians are heavier into beer than the country as a whole.

Wine drinking in the Keystone state, while up by 65 percent over the past four decades, still trails the national average by 25 percent. Consumption of spirits is about 10 percent below the national average.

Both Pennsylvania and the nation as a whole have…

A Centerville native hopes to make her startup “the national household name” for quality decaffeinated coffee.

Kait Brown is the founder and CEO of Savorista, which began selling its first variety of decaf coffee last fall. Brown, a longtime coffee drinker who switched to decaf a few years ago, said that while decaf coffee remains “a niche market,” decaf drinkers are in search of both more variety in the market.

“When I switched to decaf, I was not particularly impressed by a lot of the decaf…

Cha Cha Chow, located at 4916 Shaw Ave., will close its doors after service on Feb. 16, according to a Facebook post.

The restaurant, which opened its doors in March 2016, will begin its food truck service just a few weeks later, on March 1.

Owner Sam Burke told Sauce Magazine that the restaurant has had a strong catering presence and there's been strong interest in the food truck, but that sales have dwindled at the brick-and-mortar location.

Burke plans to add new menu items to the food truck,…