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Il Sogno, the first restaurant to open at Pearl nearly 10 years ago, will shut its doors permanently on May 6.

Opened in 2009 by local chef and restauranteur Andrew Weissman, Il Sogno helped Pearl become the dining destination it is today. Weissman said his desire to spend more time with his family and pursue other projects contributed to his decision to close the restaurant.

“Restaurants have seasons, and while it has been a long and successful run, I feel like the season of Il Sogno has come…

Yard calls what iPic does “eat-ertainment” meaning the focus is on eating first and then on entertaining. Boca Raton, Florida-based iPic, which has a location at Scottsdale Quarter, is a dine-in theater concept with a luxury bent.

IMC Equity Group has acquired the Festival Flea Market in Pompano Beach for $56 million and plans changes to the property to enhance its food and beverage options.

The deal is a coming full circle for Yoram Izhak, CEO of North Miami-based IMC, which owns over $1 billion in commercial real estate. In 1975, a year after arriving from Israel as a teenager, Izhak worked in the former Tropical Flea market selling suits in a booth. He went on to found a clothing business and then build commercial real…

Rose Street Patisserie has a second location in the works for St. Paul, across the street from O'Gara's Bar & Grill.

The patisserie is opening this summer at the corner of Selby Avenue and Snelling Avenue (171 Snelling Ave. N.), in a former Starbucks Corp. coffeeshop.

Rose Street, which was launched by owner and chef John Kraus in Linden Hills in 2016, serves pastries and desserts like croissants, muffins, tarts, cakes, macarons and eclairs. It also has selections like open sandwiches, baguettes,…

The owners of the restaurant and bar have purchased the property at 730-734 S. Fifth St., according to state real estate records.

The Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection is launching an investigation into a data breach that impacted all 25 Zippy’s Restaurants in the state as well as its Napoleon’s Bakery, Kahala Sushi and Pearl City Sushi locations.

The restaurant announced on Friday that debit and credit cards used at any of the affected restaurants between Nov. 23 and March 29 may have been compromised.

“Zippy’s takes the security of its customers’ information seriously,” Paul Yokota, president of FCH Enterprises,…

The Hall on Franklin will debut its first-ever pop-up restaurant on Cinco de Mayo — Xilo, a Mexican street food concept by the owners of Piquant.

Rosana Rivera and Ricardo Castro, who own Piquant in West Tampa, will serve brunch and dinner from the Kofe space within the Hall on Saturday and Sunday.

The Hall, on North Franklin Street in Tampa Heights, is a restaurant collective, with full-service dining from seven restaurant concepts under one roof. It opened in August.

If all goes well, Xilo…

Blue skies and sunshine are ahead, so grab your tennis shoes or gardening tools and get outside. But the beautiful weather also means that the summer injury season is upon us. Be smart about what recreation you choose this summer and consider proper safety and accident or injury prevention.

What is a weekend warrior?

If you’re someone who is too busy working during the week to make time for exercise and overexert yourself on the weekend to compensate for lack of weekly exercise, you may be…

Thinking about heading to Charlotte for the Wells Fargo Championship. Here's a peek at the metro's top Airbnb properties, though we're not making any promises about availability.

After a one-year hiatus, the Wells Fargo Championship returns to Charlotte this week, which means thousands of people will head out to the tournament at Quail Hollow Club in south Charlotte in addition to out-of-town visitors lodging in the area.

In light of that, CBJ asked Airbnb to comb through its home-sharing database…