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MJ Café, the Windward Mall sister restaurant to the now-shuttered Mocha Java Café, will open a second location in Kapolei.

The Kaneohe café confirmed to Pacific Business News that it will open in the Ka Makana Alii shopping center, but it was not available to offer specifics. Earlier this month, it applied for an $8,000 building permit with the City Department of Planning and Permitting.

The business, owned by Luzia Maia, first opened in Ward Centre 35 years ago. It closed that location in…

A Chapel Hill bakery has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Sugarland, which also operated a now-closed storefront in Raleigh's Cameron Village, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, listing assets of less than $50,000. That's as debts fall between $50,000 and $100,000, according to the filing.

The bakery's owners, Randolph and Katrina Ryan, filed for individual Chapter 7 bankruptcy Tuesday. Court documents associated with that filing note that “no property appears to be available to pay creditors.”

Sugarland…

Convenience and cuisine are top factors in where Dallas dealmakers go to dine and shake hands.

According to TripAdvisor, when deciding where to hold a business lunch, many executives consider the following:

Noise level
Quick service
Diverse menus

“Restaurants that offer booths or private rooms are also preferred, especially if meeting with a larger group or discussing sensitive information,” a TripAdvisor spokesperson told the Dallas Business Journal.

With those factors in mind, it may be…

Chris Hursey said the demand for barbecue catering has risen with the economy.

“It is growing,” Hursey told Triad Business Journal. “It's going crazy. I'm no longer able to get out of the restaurant. I've got a lot more than I can do. Over the last two years, it's getting consistently bigger.”

On the weekend prior to talking to TBJ Oct. 19, Hursey said Alamance County-based Hursey's Bar-B-Q had catered two events with a combined 3,500 guests.

As a result of recent demand, Hursey's will soon open…

Ann's by the River, a mainstay in Jeffersonville for 28 years, has a new owner — but the things people love about the restaurant won't go away.

The News and Tribune reports that the property at 149 Spring St. was sold to Nicklies Development of Louisville, which also recently developed Jeffersonville Commons.

The restaurant was opened by Ann Elizabeth Coomer. She died in 2013 but left the business years before that because of health problems, according to the report. The business has been run…

Ticket revenue and total operating revenue grew in fiscal 2018 at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, which celebrated its 50th year at Powell Hall.

According to SLSO annual report, ticket revenue was up 5.5 percent over the previous year and total operating revenue increased to $30.9 million from $30.29 million the previous year. In addition, the organization’s expenses totaled $30.4 million resulting in an operating surplus of $490,000, up from $18,000 in 2017.

The conclusion of the 2017-18 season…

The catalogue for the Porsche 70th Anniversary Auction this month includes some rare and historic cars expected to receive bids in the millions of dollars.

RM Sotheby’s is offering 64 vehicles and 60 lots of Porsche memorabilia in the sale, which takes place at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Porsche Experience Center, One Porsche Drive, in Atlanta.

The offerings include the only Porsche 956 ever to win a race on American soil, priced between $5.25 million and $6.75 million. A 1983 Porsche 956 Group…

The attorney in charge of the California Bureau of Gambling Control recommends denying a card room license to an operator who wants to open a high-end card room in downtown Sacramento.

The company behind the Phoenix Fan Fusion, one of the largest comic book and pop culture festivals in the U.S., is planning layoffs and is canceling a planned Las Vegas show.

Square Egg Entertainment, the force behind what once was the Phoenix Comicon, has laid off nearly half its staff and canceled the Vegas show as attendance at comic book conventions has fallen during the past two years, according to the Arizona Republic.

Officials with Square Egg said the layoffs and the canceled Vegas show…

Columbus’ best known bagels are popping up in the North Market.

Starting Nov. 4, Block’s Bagels will operate a seasonal weekend pop-up shop at the downtown market through January.

“We can’t wait to have Central Ohio’s most proper bagel and schmears now available on a regular basis at North Market,” Executive Director Rick Harrison Wolfe said in a news release. “Block’s is the epitome of ‘best in class.’”

The menu will include plain, everything, sesame, poppy, egg, egg everything,…