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Three Mexico natives are joining forces to open an authentic Mexican taqueria on Bardstown Road.

Oscar Estrada and his brother Benigno Estrada are working with longtime friend Ariel Roblero to open Taco City Louisville, the restaurant they've long been dreaming of owning and operating.

Taco City Louisville will be in the former Time & Space Café building at 1283 Bardstown Road. It is flanked by Time & Space bar and Joy Luck Asian fusion restaurant.

“We always thought maybe of opening something…

Phoebe Lawless, a James Beard Award semifinalist, is closing her Scratch Bakery and The Lakewood restaurant in Durham. The shops' last day of operation will be Sunday.

Lawless made the announcement through posts on the Scratch Bakery and The Lakewood’s social media pages on Friday.

“It’s with great sadness that I let you know that this Sunday will be our last day open. I am forever grateful for all of your support, and for the truly special group of people who chose to get up everyday and…

“We want to find uses like diners that can appeal to people in the community as well as people from outside the community.” The diner will fit that, Philadelphia developer Ken Weinstein said.

Dairy Farmers of America is tapping into one of its core values: innovation.

The Kansas City, Kan., dairy farmers cooperative announced in a release that it invested in one of the startups in the 2018 Sprint Accelerator class. Financial details were not disclosed.

In addition to the investment, DFA will help Michigan-based MoPro boost brand awareness and expand product distribution of its all-natural whole-milk Greek yogurt. It's infused with whey protein, positioning it as an alternative to protein…

Not that long ago, spinning was all the rage in America’s $22-billion fitness industry.

Now the focus may be shifting — for a moment anyway — to rowing, one of the oldest of sports practiced in this country.

A company called Row House is seeking to ignite widespread interest in rowing. The Irvine, California-based company said it has signed 47 franchise agreements nationwide in the five months since it launched a franchising push.

Those agreements include one announced today with franchisee,…

GO RIo San Antonio River Cruises is launching two new types of specialty cruises for foodies and yogis.

Under the new “SA Unique” brand of cruises, GO Rio is launching three specialty dining and cocktail cruises and two fitness cruises on the river.

“Whether our guests enjoy local fine dining or want to fine tune their fitness levels, our new SA Unique cruises showcase today’s San Antonio against the backdrop of the city’s culture and history,” Lee Talamantez, GO RIO general manager,…

We launched Food Friday to learn more about our readers' favorite restaurants. 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 place to get Indian food.

This week we asked readers about their favorite place to get a a full plate of gyros, lamb or other Greek specialties in Albuquerque. Mykonos Cafe & Taverna…

Readers are quite satisfied with the amount of dining choices and quality of the food scene but feel its become less affordable.

The most critically claimed Russian restaurant in Portland — and likely nationwide — reopened on Monday in a new, much larger location.

Kachka, which opened four years ago along Grand Avenue in Northeast Portland, is now operating from its own standalone structure in the Goat Blocks at 960 S.E. 11th Ave.

Meanwhile, co-owners Bonnie and Israel Morales turned the original location into Kachinka, a smaller-scale version of Kachka designed with the restaurant's happy hour crowd in mind.

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Just 10 weeks after their livelihood nearly destroyed, Tim Pauly and Dan McElwee are just happy to be back on their feet.

On May 15, a pipe in their basement unit at 231 E. Buffalo St. burst, causing their brewery, Broken Bat Brewing Co., to undergo the effects of, as Pauly puts it, “three hours of unregulated steam.” Nearly everything in the brewery was ruined, from its unique collection of baseball memorabilia, to its chairs, tables and bars, and even some new beers that were either barrel aging…