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The first phase of the Reading Viaduct Rail Park, an eventually three-mile linear park, recently opened. We spoke with Kevin Dow, inaugural executive director of the Friends of the Rail Park, about its impact and the nonprofit's strategic plans.

An Albertsons Market in Santa Fe will soon become a Market Street grocery store.

The United Family, the grocery chain that operates Albertsons Market, announced this week that the Albertsons Market at 600 N. Guadalupe St. will go through an extensive upgrade and remodel project to become a Market Street store. The remodel will start in July with a grand opening event eyed for early 2019.

This will be the first Market Street location in New Mexico, according to a news release. The remodel is expected…

With Memorial Day Weekend behind us and the best of summer here at last, we know by the activities on waterfront and the Yacht Club’s opening with traditional BBQ’s, it is the official kick off to the summer boating season in New England.

Looking to test out the myriad cannabis products flooding the market but no idea where to start? Lucky Box Club wants to help you out.

The Sacramento-based startup is a cannabis subscription service that offers monthly shipments of products — including edibles, topical ointments, extracts and beauty products — curated to the preferences of each subscriber. Lucky Box’s business model aims to tap a niche within the cannabis market: patrons with a curiosity for new products, and an expectation…

A new flavor hits some Kentucky Fried Chicken menus today, straight from the fast food company's top-secret innovation kitchen.

The new taste of KFC marries two of my personal favorites — fried chicken and pickles — to create its Pickle Fried Chicken offerings.

I tried it Wednesday, ahead of the release, and let me tell you, it's everything a pickle-lover would want in pickle-y chicken. The simplest way to describe it is to say it's like eating a piece of chicken coated in fried pickles. It's…

Chasing after growth and a strong population of hungry diners, new restaurant openings have added even more momentum to the bustling SoMa and Mission Bay areas.

Operating a restaurant in San Francisco is more expensive than ever, and even if money isn't a barrier, the process of opening a new dining or cafe hotspot can require up to 24 permits for health, fire, public works and utilities, with some taking months to secure.

Even so, more than 85 restaurants, bars and cafes have made it to the finish…

Druthers Brewing Co., the popular brewery and restaurant with locations in Saratoga Springs and Albany, has opened its new restaurant in Schenectady.

The restaurant will open to the public at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. The menu for Schenectady can be found here. Check out the photos for a look inside the restaurant, as well as the outside patio overlooking the Mohawk River.

Druthers announced that it was opening a restaurant in Schenectady in January 2017. It was the first tenant to lease space in…

For the Ice Blocks development’s first restaurant, dining and nightlife entrepreneur Michael Hargis wanted to get back to basics: meat and vegetables.

But that’s just the first step for the concept behind Beast & Bounty, which will hold a soft opening in its 2,200-square-foot space the first week of July. Hargis said the wood-fired stove — of a kind unique in Sacramento — will be the stage to create dishes using every conceivable part of proteins and vegetables.

The open kitchen is across…

Happy Thursday, loyal readers. Here's what you need to know today.

But first, let me take a selfie

Grab your smartphone: It's National Selfie Day, and I have a challenge for you. Send me your most creative office selfie by the end of your day. The top submissions will be featured on the Business Journal's website, and will earn eternal envy and admiration from all our readers. Probably. Anyway, email your selfies to [email protected] or text them to 916-220-2459. This will be fun.

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