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The Galleria mall announced in March that Japanese restaurant Nobu would open in the summer — and now, there’s a date.

The 10,000-square-foot restaurant is expected to open June 21, according to Eater Houston and the mall’s website. It will be the brand’s first entry into the Houston market and its second in Texas.

Nobu is on the second floor of the former Saks Fifth Avenue space — dubbed the Galleria VI wing — at the mall, owned by Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE:…

A health-focused juice bar will join Station House and Meat Market in the new building under construction in Hyde Park Village.

Clean Juice has signed a lease for a spot in Block H, a new 60,000-square-foot building under construction across West Snow Avenue from Vineyard Vines, WS Development said Tuesday. St. Petersburg co-working space Station House and Miami steakhouse Meat Market have also committed to space in that same building.

An opening date will be announced this summer.

Clean Juice…

More than 49 food trucks will participate this season.

Michelle Obama has been there. It was a James Beard Award semifinalist. And now Maydan is one of Food & Wine magazine's 10 best restaurants in 2018.

The restaurant, which opened in November in Douglas Development's Manhattan Laundry building just north of 14th and U streets NW, has quickly earned a reputation as a hidden gem serving up Middle Eastern and Arabic fare in an expansive venue — all surrounding an 800-degree fire pit.

“This fire is the heart and hearth of Maydan and the best things…

The Eagle Creek retail plaza, being developed by the Altamonte Springs-based Emerson International Inc., has revealed one of its tenants.

Don Julio Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar will lease a 5,000-square-foot building in the second phase of the overall 200,000-square-foot plaza.

Take a look through Orlando Business Journal's photo gallery above for a taste of the restaurant's menu items.

The restaurant will open in 2019, said Zac Starkey, broker associate with Eagle Creek Center developer…

Aura, a new nightclub that opened last weekend on Mill Avenue in Tempe, is trying to diversify its business by creating offerings to corporate clients.

The owners of Aura intentionally built the space so it could accommodate concerts with top DJs at night and hold corporate gatherings or presentations during the day.

“We didn’t want to be typecasted,” said Narender Raju, Aura's owner. “We designed it in a way to do everything.”

The bar, located at 411 S. Mill Ave., wants to set itself…

Officials at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. said they want to cut the amount of garbage that gets sent to landfills.

On Monday, the Colorado-based restaurant chain (NYSE: CMG) said it will commit “to divert half of all of its restaurant waste from landfills by 2020.”

Right now, the company's diversion rate is 40 percent, up from 31 percent in 2015.

To accomplish its 50 percent goal, Chipotle said it will implement new measures, including reducing food waste during preparation; increase recycling…

Flight Restaurant owners Tom Powers and Russ Graham are opening a new fine dining restaurant in Overton Square.

The restaurant, Porch & Parlor, will take the place formerly occupied by Bar Louie at the corner of Cooper Street and Madison Avenue.

The Loeb Properties-owned space contains about 6,000 square feet. Construction is set to begin next month, according to a news release from Loeb.

Along with Flight, Powers and Graham operate Germantown's Southern Social.

Ponce City Market is adding fancy hot dogs to its vendor menu.

Drafts + Dogs, a new “cocktail and craft hot dog stall” from the team behind 18.21 Bitters, is expected to open on the first floor of the Central Food Hall at Ponce City Market in May, according to a news release.

The walk-up eatery takes the stall formerly occupied by Simply Seoul, located next to Lucky Lotus Juice Bar, with a menu of “locally-sourced, farm fresh ingredients” that go well beyond the typical ballpark franks.

Co-founders…

East Valley restaurateur Julian Wright finally will do something in the Chandler space he bought last year that was formerly occupied by Vintage 95.

In May, Wright will open a new restaurant in downtown Chandler called Las Palmas Cantina. It will serve Mexican cuisine inspired by the Yucatan region with an emphasis on coastal dishes.

“I’m looking forward to being a part of downtown Chandler and to bringing one of my favorite regions of the world to this community,” Wright said in a statement.…