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After more than two years as a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant called Gnocco, the Highlandtown concept is changing its name.

Over the weekend, the restaurant at 3734 Fleet St. will become Gnocchetto, an Italian word meaning “small dumpling.” The change is due to a copyright dispute with a New York restaurant bearing the same name.

Chef Brian Lavin and general manager Sam White made the “difficult decision” to change the name, adding that “It'll just be easier in the long run.” Lavin and White…

Some of our most-read stories are restaurant news, and business leaders are always looking for the best restaurants to take their clients, prospects or job candidates to. We're here to help. Last week, we learned about readers' favorite bakeries.

This week we went for a down-home feel and asked readers for the go-to soul food in Albuquerque. And the answer was resounding. If you are looking for good soul food, go to Nexus Brewery. Known for its chicken and waffles and gumbo, Nexus has also won…

The Bedrin Organization paid $2.89 million for Hunt Village shopping center at 5000 High Point Road in Greensboro from the Wrennovation Companies, a commercial real estate investment and management firm in Jamestown.

The New Jersey-based, family-owned Bedrin now owns nine Triad shopping centers.

The sale of the 31,268-square-foot center, which has only a single 1,040-square-foot vacancy, closed Thursday.

Bedrin will call the shopping center Hunt Village at Sedgefield. It is only three miles…

When details emerged about Bravery Chef Hall in Hines' Aris Market Square apartment tower in December, the dining destination expected to sign chefs for five concepts and operate three bars. However, the food hall will now offer an additional dining concept when it opens in December.

The fifth concept, which hasn’t been announced, will offer Mediterranean, Lebanese and seafood dishes, while the sixth concept — called Atlas — will be an elevated, retro diner leading directly to the outdoor…

U.S. companies rebounded from a lackluster showing in the first quarter of the year with a surge in profits that's expected to fuel even more economic growth in the months ahead.

The Commerce Department reported this week that after-tax profits among U.S. companies jumped 16.1 percent on a year-over-year during the quarter that ended June 30, qualifying as the largest such increase since 2012.

The boom was especially pronounced in the banking industry, which pocketed more after-tax profits than…

A prominent Birmingham chef is breathing new life into the old Cosmo’s Pizza location in Five Points South with a new pizza concept of his own.

Ben Vaughn plans to open Libertines Pizza Co. on Saturday, Sept. 15.

Vaughn opened Root to Tail in Mountain Brook last year, an upscale restaurant serving American dishes cooked with French techniques. As we reported, the new pizza concept will adopt the same model employed at Root to Tail: sourcing local ingredients from The Urban Food Project by REV…

The fast-casual restaurant has plans for three new locations in Tempe, Chandler and Gilbert.