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The former chef and restaurant owner started planning his first Chefs for Equality six years ago.

Last month, restaurateurs Joe and Angie Sorge decided the time was right to start the next chapter in their career.

The Milwaukee Ballet will move into a new building in the 3rd Ward late next year, and by that time wants to have a deal to sell its current home in another of the city’s hot neighborhoods: Walker’s Point.

Santa Fe brokerage and real estate firm Luna Capital has released a report analyzing a shift in New Mexico's craft brewing scene that it says indicates “moderate growth” and maturation.

“Within New Mexico, top brands that are well established are seeing growth of 15 percent to 40 percent, and should continue due to local support, regional growth, customer loyalty and quality craft beer,” the report states.

Recently, craft brewers have become a bright spot for the industry.

Nationally, craft…

Diners like the convenience and affordability of fast-food and fast-casual restaurants, a trend that shows no sign of slowing. Many of these chains have a presence across the country as they continue to expand.

Here is a quick look at stories about the leading brands in the industry as recently reported by The Business Journals and other media.

More than 40 years after leaving Chicago for the suburbs, McDonald's is returning its headquarters to the city’s West Loop, a move CEO Steve Easterbrook…

Albuquerque is about to get a bit sweeter.

The Paleta Bar, which bills itself as a fresh gourmet Mexican popsicle shop, is adding two more locations in Albuquerque.

The success of its first location, which opened in June 2017 at 2325 San Pedro NE, encouraged the store's owners to open two more locations in Albuquerque, they said. Its first new shop, located at the Shops @ Montano shopping center at Coors Boulevard and Montano Road NW, had its soft opening Monday and will have its grand opening…

For years, the idea of opening a breakfast restaurant with beer has lingered in the thoughts of Milwaukeean Wolfgang Schaefer.

It's an aspiration that will soon come to fruition for the hospitality industry veteran when he opens Uncle Wolfie's Breakfast Tavern, an eatery focusing on eggs, coffee and brew, in Milwaukee's Brewers Hill this fall.

The new dining spot, 234 E. Vine St., will feature whimsical brunch dishes and diner-style breakfast fare, drawing from Schaefer's two decades in the hospitality…

See where local coffee roaster, Press Coffee Roasters is opening a 5,600-square-foot flagship roasting facility.

Houston Restaurant Weeks, the largest annual fundraiser benefiting the Houston Food Bank, has announced the dates and pricing for its 2018 event.

Restaurants participating in the event offer specially priced multicourse prix-fixe menus and make donations to the food bank based on those sales. The one change to this year’s pricing is lowering the cost of brunch back to $20. Back in 2016, brunch cost $20, down from $25 a year earlier, but it increased to $22 for the 2017 event.

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