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Construction is underway on The Iberian Pig's new location inside the Hanover Buckhead Village development, and the tapas restaurant looks to open its doors this winter.

The 4,500-square-foot restaurant will be Castellucci Restaurant Group's first brand in Buckhead. The original Iberian Pig opened in the Decatur Square in 2009, and the group has since opened a location with a limited menu inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

“The Iberian Pig is one of our most established restaurant brands, probably…

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.

It seems that a rise in the price of burgers at McDonald's didn't scare away customers in the first quarter. The burger giant said Monday that menu price…

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra announced today it will add a bonus concert this year that features the iconic score from the original “Star Wars” while the film plays simultaneously on an overhead screen.

The Pops will present “Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert,” featuring Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ musical score performed live as the complete 1977 movie plays on an overhead screen Sept. 7-9 at Music Hall. The three performances will be led by Pops conductor John Morris Russell.

Tickets…

New life will soon be breathed into an old fire station in metro Birmingham.

The former Chelsea Fire Station on Chesser Drive will be redeveloped for a fire station-themed restaurant, according to the Shelby County Reporter.

The city of Chelsea recently approved the building for sale.

Mayor Tony Picklesimer declined to reveal project details but said work would get underway soon.

Louisiana fast-casual chain Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is expected to open its first Hawaii location in December.

Scottsdale-based Kona Grill Inc. (NASDAQ KONA), which has been going through difficult times, is partnering with a Chinese hotelier to raise $5.6 million to help pay down the restaurant chain’s debt.

Kona announced Wednesday that it is issuing 3.1 million shares of stock to the company’s president and CEO Berke Bakay and to Nanyan “Alex” Zheng, chairman of the Guangzhou, Guangdong-based Plateno Group, which owns more than 4,400 hotels.

Both Bakay and Zheng are paying $1.785 per share, which…

The first U.S. President, Gen. George Washington, was known to have enjoyed beer in his day. After all, he bade farewell to his officers of the Continental Army at New York's own Fraunces Tavern in Downtown Manhattan.

A lesser known fact is that Washington had a penchant for crafting his own beer.

Now courtesy of Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA, that recipe has been brewed and bottled for mass consumption.

Budweiser (NYSE: BUD) recently unveiled the newest addition to what it calls the “Reserve Collection,”…

Hawaii’s first Applebee’s restaurant will close on Sunday night and undergo six weeks of renovations before being rebranded and reopen as an IHOP restaurant.

The Ewa Beach Applebee’s, which opened in October 2016 in the Foodland-anchored Ewa Town Center on the corner of Fort Weaver and Geiger roads, will close at 10 p.m. on Sunday, and reopen in mid June, Vince Espino, president of Union MAK Corp., the master franchisee for Applebee’s and IHOP in Hawaii, told Pacific Business News.

Espino…