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Award-winning winery in Westport with a mermaid museum listed for sale
The 21-acre property has it all: a tasting room, restaurant, distillery, vacation rentals, a signature 40-foot-tall lighthouse and the International Mermaid Museum. It can be yours for $5.7 million.
Portland’s Coava coffee shop closes downtown location amid rising crime
This story is available courtesy of Portland Business Journal media partner KGW-TV.
Another downtown Portland business is calling it quits.
Coava Coffee on the corner of Southwest 12th Avenue and Jefferson Street announced Monday that its last day in that location would be Thursday. The business cited extreme violence and criminal activity that has gotten increasingly worse. Coava’s remaining two locations on Southeast Hawthorne and Southeast Grand will remain open.
“All of us at the café…
New dumpling spot marks third business for Sunnyvale entrepreneur Summer Meng
From noodle shop steward to boba baroness, entrepreneur Summer Meng this month a launched a new Sunnyvale eatery — a dim sum-style restaurant called Top Dumpling.
Sacramento Pepsi bottling plant fields first fleet of Tesla big rigs
The Pepsi bottling and distribution plant in South Sacramento is the first location in the country to put a fleet of electric Tesla semitrucks on the road.
Summerfest to again have direct county bus service this year
For the first time since 2019, Summerfest visitors will be able to catch a public freeway flyer bus to the downtown festival under expanded service proposed by Milwaukee County.
Iconic eatery Fonda San Miguel teams with Austin Community College to train restaurant workers
The eatery, which opened in 1975 and is known for interior and coastal Mexican cuisine, donated $10,000 to the local community college district to fund an educational program for culinary arts students.
Fox Restaurant Concepts to open three eateries at Novus project near ASU
Three well-known restaurants will anchor the emerging 275,000-square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment district near University Drive and Rural Road adjacent to Arizona State University's Tempe campus.
Shotgun Willie’s BBQ expands to larger location in Madison
Nashville-owned Shotgun Willie's BBQ announced its relocation to a larger spot in Madison, after operating from East Nashville since 2020.
Arts drive Cincy companies, creating savings as employees jam
Unhappy employees create an economic toll of over $7.8 trillion worldwide, according to Gallup. In its State of the Global Workplace: 2022 Report, the pollster reveals discontent among employees is at a record high, while showing a link between employee engagement and performance outcomes, such as retention and productivity. For companies to compete, their employees need to feel connected to their workplace, colleagues and community. In Cincinnati, many companies are turning to the arts to provide…
Leela’s Pizza & Wine opens at McKinney & Olive
Leela's Pizza & Wine opens its third Dallas-Fort Worth location at McKinney & Olive.