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Please Touch Museum planning new $1.9M exhibit on democracy to mark U.S. semiquincentennial in 2026
CEO Patricia Wellenbach said the Please Touch Museum, the Mann Center and the Philadelphia Zoo are having conversations about how to activate the entire Centennial District in 2026.
Bucks County dessert startup Dr. Brownies selected for Target Forward Founders retail accelerator
A Bucks County startup has been selected to participate in a Target accelerator.
Dr. Brownies, known for its vegan desserts, is among 30 businesses in the fourth cohort of Target Forward Founders, the Fortune 100 retailer's accelerator geared toward historically under-resourced founders.
Headquartered in Richboro, Dr. Brownies is one of 14 food and drink businesses tapped for participation and the only company from Greater Philadelphia.
Dr. Brownies founder Toni Lorraine Johnson said she was…
New service wants to turn ‘your dining room at home into a restaurant’
Owners Paula Patterson and Tony Angelicola have experience working at some well-known restaurants in the Albany region.
3 questions with Ramsey Brown of Kuilima Farm
Kuilima Farm, located on Oahu’s North Shore, is working to provide local food to the island’s residents and tourists.
Owned by Turtle Bay Resort and managed by Pono Pacific Land Management LLC, the 468-acre farm supplies about 700 pounds of produce each week to the resort’s five dining establishments.
In 2016, Turtle Bay put the land into a conservation easement, meaning it can never be developed and will remain in use as agricultural land, said Ramsey Brown, the farm’s vice president of…
French restaurant Chouchou Bistro opening new location in downtown Burlingame
The restaurant is coming to Burlingame's Library Plaza in space previously occupied by Stella Alpina Osteria, which moved to better accommodate group events.
Black Sheep to close its doors
The restaurant has been in Riverside for more than a decade.
SMOKE Bistro opening in Pizitz Food Hall in May
A Birmingham chef will open an upscale version of traditional soul food with a barbecue flare in downtown in May.
Peet’s experiments with faster format in downtown San Francisco amid changing customer patterns
The coffee chain is trying a smaller, speedier setup in response to today's economics downtown.
Pizza entrepreneur to open second location in Uptown
“I learned a long time ago that happy people make better food and it truly does show,” the owner said.
Austin Ray on the smoking ban’s impact on the iconic Melrose Billiard Parlor
Rings of cigarette smoke have clouded the Melrose Billiard Parlor since it opened in 1944.
In 2016, A. Ray Hospitality, founded by Nashville native Austin Ray, took over the Billiard Parlor, and took on a “caretaker mentality,” allowing patrons to continue smoking amongst the old-school dive bar’s pool, pingpong and foosball tables.
On March 1, Nashville’s smoking ban went into effect, keeping people from smoking inside of 21 and up venues that are not designated cigar, hookah or cannabis…