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Huge indoor adventure park coming to Arden area
A fast-growing Texas chain of indoor adventure centers plans to open a location across the street from Arden Fair mall.
In addition to trampoline arenas, climbing walls and ropes courses, the Urban Air Adventure Park in Sacramento will include an indoor sky coaster, go-karts and virtual skydiving, according to the company’s website, which says it will open this winter.
The Urban Air Adventure Park will be at 1700 Arden Way, in the same center as Party City and Chuck E. Cheese's. This is the…
Coca-Cola, Minute Maid may be looking to take a bite out of the food market
Minute Maid is based in Sugar Land.
Vacant c.1880 site may have new restaurant on tap
A restaurant called Don’s Diner is planned for the former site of c.1880 in Walker's Point.
The restaurant closed in April after six years in business on account of financial woes and a changing restaurant scene, according to a statement posted to the fine-dining establishment’s website. Now, Aaron Gersonde of StandEatDrink Hospitality Group has submitted an application to the city of Milwaukee for a tavern license at the 1100 S. First St. site.
Don’s Diner would be a full-service…
Activist investor Daniel Loeb pushes Campbell sale
Activist investor Daniel S. Loeb and his hedge fund Third Point are pushing for a sale of Camden, N.J.-based Campbell Soup Co., according to new court filings.
Loeb was rumored to be in talks with family members about supporting a plan to explore the possible sale of Campbell Soup Co., but there was no official word Loeb and Third Point had any stake in Campbell.
Now it's official, according to a 13D document filed Thursday, which shows Third Point has a 5.65 percent stake in Campbell.
The filing,…
Houston-based crêpe cafe looking to expand to SA, Friendswood
Houston-based Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café is plotting a expansion to San Antonio as well as establishing another store in the greater Houston area.
The restaurant announced its plans to bring three locations to San Antonio and one to the Baybrook Mall area in Friendswood, according to a press release. Two previously announced new stores are opening this fall in Houston's Highland Village at 2701 Drexel Drive and in The Woodlands at 9595 Six Pines Drive, suite 450.
Sweet Paris launched in 2012…
The Shack’s new KC-area restaurant shakes up traditional breakfast concept [PHOTOS]
The Shack Breakfast & Lunch is opening its first Kansas City-area location Friday in Overland Park, giving residents a first-hand look at why it's so popular in St. Louis, where it got its start.
The location at 7940 W. 135th St. features light teal and red accents, and rustic wood finishes. The space exudes a fun, funky vibe that The Shack co-founder Brant Baldanza designed; St. Louis-based AJC Partners was the general contractor.
A focal point of the 5,500-square-foot restaurant is a wall bearing…
First came queso, now Chipotle is considering bacon and nachos for its menu
Move over, queso: Chipotle Mexican Grill is ready to try to win back customers with a proven attention-getter: Bacon.
The Denver-based restaurant chain (NYSE: CMG), eager to change the conversation from the reports that several hundred people have been sickened after eating at a central Ohio location, announced Thursday that it is adding bacon as an ingredient in several test markets and that it is expanding several other pilot items — including a test run of nachos that will be coming to the…
These two Dans can handle the heat
For Dan Van Rite and Dan Jacobs, the decision to enter the culinary world came easily and at a young age, which is a good thing according to Jacobs because entering the world of food in your mid-30s wouldn’t be doable.
From the Editor: Keep tabs on ‘martini factor’ to measure downtown’s progress
Phoenix is a late-comer to the downtown revitalization game compared to other, more urban-focused metros. But with more full-time residents on the way, not to mention more upscale bars, city officials are optimistic about the future.
Sandwich shop chain abruptly shutters 5 Valley stores, report says
A sandwich shop chain that rapidly expanded across Phoenix has abruptly shuttered five stores, according to ABC 15.
Utah-based Even Stevens Sandwiches locations in Arcadia, Gilbert, Peoria, Scottsdale and Tucson all closed recently with little to no notice, the report said.
A spokeswoman with the sandwich chain told ABC 15 the company underwent some restructuring last month with an emphasis on trimming costs and boosting revenue growth.
Brooks Pickering, the company's LLC manager and chief restructuring…