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Dooby's owner Phil Han is moving forward with plans to open a new concept at the Broadway Market in Fells Point.

The Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners granted the project a Class B beer, wine and liquor license Thursday. Han said the eatery will serve New American brunch food, with a drinks menu offering coffee, beer and cocktails.

The still-nameless concept will be located in the center of the market's north shed, which is in the midst of a $3.2 million redevelopment helmed…

Philadelphia's Electric Factory is no more — at least not in name.

The popular music venue has been permanently renamed a month after a New York-based company acquired it.

The Bowery Presents, a concert promotion and venue management company that owns Philadelphia venue Union Transfer, in September bought the Electric Factory.

The venue has since been called temporary name “North Seventh,” but it now has a permanent name: Franklin Music Hall.

The Bowery Presents purchased the business operating…

PSBJ columnist Alex Berezow explains the lawsuit's implications for other beverage companies, such as Talking Rain and Starbucks.

Friday meeting may produce a decision by potential ownership group.

Diners like the convenience and affordability of fast-food and fast-casual restaurants, a trend that shows no sign of slowing. Many of these chains have a presence across the country as they continue to expand. Here is a quick look at stories about the leading brands in the industry as recently reported by The Business Journals and other media.

A new report from a national watchdog group gives San Antonio-based Whataburger and 21 other fast food chains an “F” over how antibiotics are used in their…

Activist investor Dan Loeb blasted Campbell Soup in a four-minute video, saying: “It’s time to empty the can, refresh the recipe and restore shareholder value.”

The video, which features a homemaker making dinner in a 1950s-era kitchen, pokes fun at Campbell’s “Mmm, mmm, good” mantra and replaces it with “Mmm, mmm, bad.” See the video here:

Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) clapped back at Loeb and his hedge fund, Third Point LLC, on Thursday.

“Third Point has failed to present any…

Polaris Fashion Place’s commitment to thinking out of its box is landing it a growler shop – in its food court.

The Columbus shopping destination is adding The Daily Growler to its food hall on its second level.

It’ll be the fourth local shop for The Daily Growler, which started in 2012 in Upper Arlington before adding sites in Powell and German Village/Brewery District.

“If this concept proves successful, my kids may grow up in a world never having known food courts that didn’t always…

The damage to Georgia crops is still being assessed by the state Department of Agriculture, but significant losses are already evident.

“Unfortunately, our worst thoughts were realized.” Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black said after a flyover last week. “We saw months and sometimes years of work just laid over on the ground in a matter of seconds.”

Pecan groves once again suffered extensive damage with downed trees and dropped pecans. This is the third straight year that Georgia pecan…