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WKND, a Midtown Nashville bar and lounge, is growing its reach.

Robert Higgins, who co-owns the bar with Adrian Granderson and Joe Johnson, said the trio has signed a lease for a Memphis location. WKND Memphis will take over the former home of the city's beloved Raiford's Hollywood Disco, at 115 Vance Ave., ideally by late summer or early fall, Higgins said.

The Memphis location is the team's first project outside Nashville. But that's not the only expansion they have in mind. Having just wrapped…

Portland remains one of the country's most bikeable cities, according to a new report.

The Rose City ranks second in the nation for its biking friendliness, according to Seattle online real estate company Redfin's Bike Score.

That's a slight jump from the No. 3 ranking the city held in the previous Bike Score compilation, released in 2015.

Of the nation's top 10 cities (300,000 or more population), Minneapolis remained the nation's most bikeable city, with a Bike Score of 81.9. Portland, at…

Chicago startup Provi, an e-commerce marketplace that’s helping bars and restaurants order alcohol more efficiently, has raised a new round of funding to bring its service to more markets.

Provi, formerly known as Tiz until it rebranded earlier this year, announced Thursday that it has raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round, led by Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Ludlow Ventures, Sandalphon Capital and others. The startup, launched in 2016 by CEO Taylor Katzman, has now…

Phoenix continues to raise its culinary game with new restaurants and concepts opening on a fairly regular basis around the Valley. It sometimes seems there are so many great places to try that Phoenix foodies don't know where to start.

Leave that task to business review site Yelp (NYSE: YELP), which this week compiled and published a list of the top 50 places to eat around Phoenix for 2018. From ice cream and barbecue to burgers and pho, Yelp has crafted a list that features all kinds of cuisines…

“We’re going to open stores when we find the right site.”

Owners and founders Mark Schiller and Simeon Rossi have invested $300,000 in new distilling and brewing equipment.

See where the fresh, healthy restaurant chain plans to expand to next.

The local company has upped the ante on the typical office vending machine with smart fridges stocked with local food, pressed juice and now Chef'd meal kits.

Editor's note: Opening a restaurant is a herculean feat — especially when the founders have no industry experience. We're following one such journey, a couple opening a new Indian restaurant in Loudoun County, in a yearlong Washington Business Journal series we call “Into the Frying Pan.” This is the fifth installment; click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.

Husband-and-wife co-founders Niranjan Sathindran and Sri Ganesan have been charging toward the debut of their dream restaurant…