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Warm, sunny days are here to stay, hopefully.

That means Philadelphians' attention turns to cold treats. So we turned to our friends at Yelp to find out the most popular ice cream and frozen yogurt shops in the city.

Click on the gallery above to see the top 25 as rated by Yelp users.

We know, we know – this list doesn't include water ice. Look for that list in the future.

The kickoff to Columbus Craft Beer Week includes a new place to toss back a pint.

BrewDog USA opened its third Central Ohio watering hole Friday at 463 W. Town St. in Franklinton. It joins the flagship DogTap restaurant and taproom at its Canal Winchester brewery and a Short North bar that opened last month.

The space, just more than 4,000 square feet, includes a large front patio and – what is sure to be a big selling point – a 2,989-square-foot rooftop bar with a view of the Columbus skyline.

Columbus-based…

The reopened discussions between Roy Carroll and the city of Greensboro about a private-public partnership to build a $30 million downtown parking deck hasn't alleviated any of the concerns of developer Robin Team, whose six-story office building next to First National Bank Field was the catalyst for the plan.

Team told Triad Business Journal on Friday afternoon that he has two priority deadlines for a parking deck built on or very near the intersection of Bellemeade and Eugene streets.

Having…

Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr has a thing for New York’s formerly gritty meatpacking district — his first restaurants in that city, Buddakan and Morimoto, are there — and he was drawn to Union Market's similar vibe for his next D.C. project, a location of Brooklyn restaurant St. Anselm with fellow restaurateur Joe Carroll.

But Starr is also looking to bring another piece of Manhattan history to D.C.: The restaurateur said Friday he’s looking for a space to open a location of…

Amy's Ice Creams owner Amy Simmons discusses the ice cream chain's plans for expanding into East Austin and renovating another location, as well as the search for its next CEO.

After Midnight Group, the Minneapolis company behind Cowboy Jack’s and several other Twin Cities bars, has purchased the former Brine’s Restaurant & Bar.

The restaurant will re-open, following a minor facelift, hopefully by June 1, said After Midnight co-owner Anne Loff. A name is to still to be determined, but it won’t be a Cowboy Jack’s, Loff said.

Brine’s, at 219 S. Main St., closed in February after 60 years, not because of slow business but because no one from the family wanted…

Y. Hata & Co., a Hawaii-based food service wholesale distributor, paid $10.3 million to acquire a 50,000-square-foot facility in Waipahu as part of the company’s acquisition of competitor King Food Service.

Y. Hata announced in early April that it acquired King Food Service, including its operating and real estate assets, but did not disclose the purchase price.

Public records show the transaction to acquire the one-acre King Food Service property at 94-272 Pupuole St. closed on April 3 for $10.3…

Last weekend was Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby so we asked readers where they like to go to enjoy a margarita or mint julep or other mixed drink. New Mexico has its fair share of breweries so we wanted to ask not about beer or wine, but about other drinks.

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…

Local fast-casual restaurant chain Cava is closing in on another substantial round of fundraising, according to public filings.

Cava Group Inc. notified the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday of a $35 million equity offering. Of that, it's already raised $33,461,206 from 10 investors, according to the filing.

As of last September, Cava had filed documents that indicated it raised a total of $96 million to date, the most recent being a $34.9 million raise in March 2017. That last infusion…