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In early 2018, the co-owners of Camp Tampa started to muse: What if they could expand their fitness studio by taking over the property next door?

Camp, which is backed by Ciccio Restaurant Group, launched in the former Features costume shop off of South MacDill Avenue in August 2016. By January 2018, Camp's circuit, cycle and yoga classes had grown so popular that the studio and parking lot were maxed out.

“That property presented solutions to laundry problems, parking problems and capacity problems,”…

Restaurants bank on online food delivery services to thrive in a challenging sector.

Jason Kallsen, the owner of Twin Cities Wine Education, will open a brick-and-mortar wine school on University Avenue in St. Paul.

The 1,100-square-foot space will offer private wine seminars, and industry and sales training for retail, restaurant, wholesale and import wine industries throughout Minnesota.

Kallsen founded Twin Cities Wine Education over 20 years ago, and turned it into his full time job in 2015. He currently works with over 20 groups of wholesalers, restaurants and retailers…

The Charlotte Business Journal is continuing its monthly series that provides a review of health code inspections for Mecklenburg County restaurants.

Restaurants featured in this section scored either a “B” or “C” when inspected in the month of September, according to data pulled Oct. 4 from the N.C. Public Health Inspections online database.

A total of 435 restaurants, of which seven scored below an “A,” were inspected last month in Mecklenburg County. For restaurants that received a “B” or “C”…

Raleigh’s Lonerider Brewing Company’s sister division, Lonerider Spirits, has just released its sherry cask finish bourbon whiskey to the market.

Available at ABC stores and restaurants and bars across North Carolina, this is Raleigh’s first-in-market bourbon whiskey to hit the shelves. The spirit, which retails for $39.95 with an ABV of 45 percent (90 proof), is a hand-crafted rye bourbon whiskey with a mash bill of 60 percent corn, 36 percent rye and 4 percent malted barley.

The spirt…

W.M. Sprinkman Corp. has been family-owned and operated in Wisconsin since 1929, but that changed this week when Krones Inc., the North American subsidiary of German company Krones AG, acquired Waukesha-based Sprinkman for an undisclosed amount.

Restaurants near Miller Park expect a business boost from the Milwaukee Brewers’ playoff run.

The first game of their division series against the Colorado Rockies was set to begin Thursday around 4 p.m. As game time approached, local restaurants prepared for crowds of fans.

At Kelly’s Bleachers on Bluemound Road, for example, co-owner Anthony Luchini said he anticipated October baseball in Milwaukee and installed extra-large television screens in the back of the bar.

“Not everyone’s…

Local restaurateur Mazen Muna opened his latest downtown Milwaukee eatery Taco Bar on Thursday.

The restaurant is part of a dual-concept space on Jefferson Street near Cathedral Square. Muna, the owner of the chain The Dogg Haus and downtown’s Plum Lounge, took over a 5,000-square-foot space at 782 N. Jefferson St. earlier this year and split the area in two.

A new Dogg Haus fills one portion of the space; Taco Bar occupies the rest.

Peking House Chinese Restaurant & Bar previously operated…

The businesses are expected to open in late October, after renovations for the 315-room property are completed.

For years, IHOP has been the place to go after a night at the bars, but now it could be a place people might start their night off, with a drink and a plate of pancakes or other food.