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The Mumbai Rail restaurant and cocktail lounge at 711 E. Douglas first opened in 2016, but closed temporarily at different points in the past couple of years.

Christian Buze is following a long family tradition into the restaurant business.

He is the cousin of Larry White, founder of LoLo’s Chicken and Waffles and the grandson of Elizabeth White of Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe.

Now Buze – who goes by “Chef Buzz” – will open his contemporary soul food concept, the Root and Soul, this week at the DeSoto Central Market in Downtown Phoenix.

“It’s clearly a family recipe that Phoenix can’t get enough of, and we’re excited to bring the…

The Berkeley branch of cannabis testing company EVIO Labs wouldn’t look out of place in any biotech or pharmaceutical company. Inside the laboratory workers swirl multi-colored test tubes and analyze samples in mass spectrometers.

At the lab, a range of products including flower, edibles and concentrates are subjected to a battery of tests to determine potency, and contamination by pesticides, solvents and harmful bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella.

“Since any adult in California can buy…

If you've ever dined at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, then you probably know the work of Chef Phil Beltran.

Beltran, who retired as the executive chef of the Downtown hotel last year, died April 13. He was at the Hyatt Regency for almost 10 years.

Born and raised in East Los Angeles, Beltran started a lunch food truck after serving five years in the U.S. Navy at the end of the Vietnam War. He then earned a culinary arts degree and started as a cook at the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles in 1989, according…

Gerry Kingen founded Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and is now on a mission to do with Pecos Pit Bar-B-Que what he did with Red Robin.

A California chain of pilates gyms wants to open five locations in Central Ohio.

Club Pilates, a Costa Mesa, Califonia-based chain of studios, is on the hunt for franchisees in the area to operate the locations, calling Columbus its “next development hub.”

“The Club Pilates’ franchise system is experiencing rapid growth as entrepreneurs continue to invest in the brand due to the success and stability of our business model and unparalleled practice,” Shaun Grove, president of Club Pilates,…

A new business planned in Roseville's Vineyard Pointe shopping center is aimed at beer fans.

Art's Craft Beer Palace is in the works at 3031 Foothills Blvd., Suite 105. A Facebook page for the locally owned business says it will specialize in craft beer and Chicago-style hot dogs. It appears this is the first location for Art's Craft Beer Palace. The Facebook page does not specify an opening date.

The business did not immediately respond to an email seeking additional details. Owner Arthur Richard…

A Los Angeles-based burger chain says it's coming to Carmichael, and to a center next to Arden Fair mall.

The eatery, Burgerim, already has six other Sacramento-area locations in the works. They are in places ranging from El Dorado Hills to the Pocket neighborhood of Sacramento. Burgerim entered the area with an Auburn location that opened last year.

The latest planned additions are at 7423 Fair Oaks Blvd, Suite 9, in Carmichael, and in the center known as Market Square at Arden Fair, according…

It's confirmed. Smoothie King will relocate its headquarters to North Texas this summer, the company’s CEO told the Dallas Business Journal.

Currently based in Metairie, Louisiana, the brand will move to Irving’s Cypress Waters development in June to support its burgeoning footprint, said Smoothie King’s CEO Wan Kim.

Kim added that his company was attracted to the Dallas area due to its central location, talent pool and access to high-quality vendors and suppliers.

“Dallas offers the advantages…