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Philips Arena is undergoing a $192.5 million renovation. Now it will have a new executive charged with making sure guests have a great time.

The Atlanta Hawks and Philips Arena said they’ve hired David Garcia as vice president of guest experience.

“Garcia will be charged with building a new guest services team and high-performance culture to ensure a world-class experience for all members and fans,”

Garcia previously served as director of fan experience for AMB Sports & Entertainment where…

Starting this week, you might see ads for Hardee's featuring images of people bowling, chilling in their trucks and shooting off fireworks, all backed by the dulcet tones of “hick-hop” artist Big Wet, advising you to go “hard at the Hardee's” and enjoy the brand that “tastes like America.”

What you won't hear? Matthew McConaughey, the Oscar winner and recently minted voice of Carl's Jr. That's because, after a decade of co-branding the two chains, Franklin-based CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc. has…

As promised, restaurateur Michael “Mico” Rodriguez and his attorney Larry Friedman filed counterclaims against leaders at Mesero Restaurant Group. Friedman has alleged a trio of investors and executives is attempting to “chase away” Rodriguez from the company.

A 237-page filing submitted Monday to the 101st Judicial District claims Ryan T. Rogers, Matthew Fleeger and Woodrow Robert “Trey” Dyer have attempted “to frighten and bully Mico Rodriguez, violate his legal rights, discriminate…

A Chester County brewing company is among the fastest-growing in the United States, according to the Brewers Association.

Crowded Castle Brewing Co. in Phoenixville, Pa., is the third fastest-growing small brewery in the United States, making it the only beermaker from the Philadelphia region to make the Brewers Association's 2017 list.

The Brewers Association did not break out specific growth details for individual breweries, although it did report median growth from 2016 to 2017 for the breweries…

A gastropub with an attached bakery window is being opened downtown by a New Jersey native chef who has worked with some of the biggest names in the culinary industry.

Chef Anthony Sitek is partnering with Chef Mike Casari to open Crown Republic on the ground floor of the Eighth and Sycamore development with the goal of opening its doors by June 11. Local pastry chef Ben Arington is moving his Fat Ben's Bakery into the restaurant and operating a bakery window.

The name Crown Republic harkens back…

Birmingham restaurant-goers could enjoy an alcoholic beverage with their brunch as soon as this Sunday.

The Birmingham City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday that allows restaurants to begin serving alcohol at 10 a.m. on Sundays.

The ordinance will need to be signed by Mayor Randall Woodfin and publicized as a public notice in the newspaper before the 5-0 decision can take effect.

In March, the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to allow the Birmingham City Council…

Colorado is home to two of the 50 fastest-growing breweries in America — both of which are smaller beer makers with limited distributions.

Nano 108 Brewing of Colorado Springs ranked as the 38th-fastest-growing brewery in the United States, according to an inaugural list compiled by the Boulder-based Brewers Association, the trade group for independent breweries nationwide.

38 State Brewing of Littleton ranked 49th in the same survey, which is based on growth from the end of 2016 to the end…

A Russian pizza chain that is growing globally at a blistering pace will soon have a store located at 6155 Poplar Ave.

The East Memphis spot, which is set to open in June, will be U.S. store No. 4 for Dodo Pizza, which opened its first three U.S. locations in Mississippi. The Poplar Avenue address was chosen due to the demographics and its easy access to major thoroughfares.

“We think there will be lots of customers for high-quality pizza [and it is] a good location for delivery,” said Andy Kirievskiy,…

Here's the latest news in Houston's restaurant scene:

Just a few months after closing its East Downtown location in December, Pappa Charlies Barbeque officially reopened April 3 in Cypress, according to Eater Houston and the restaurant’s Facebook page.

Located at 25610 Hempstead Road, the eatery is inside Cypress Trail Hideout, a bar and restaurant project in a historic 1930s building near the original Hempstead Wagon Trail. The project aims to combine barbecue, southern food and an icehouse,…

Hardee’s, the regional fast food chain, looks to be aligning itself with the denizens of Trump Country, that large and suddenly very-high-profile contingent of Americans who helped elect Donald Trump president in November of 2016.

Hardee’s, a unit of Franklin, Tennessee-based CKE Restaurants, is rolling out a new national ad campaign from Havas Chicago that positions the fast food chain as a haven of “Comfort Culture.” For the purposes of this new campaign, Havas is defining Comfort Culture…