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7 upcoming Capital Region restaurant openings to watch for
The list ranges from local concepts to franchises newly arriving in the area.
Restaurant roundup: New food pod; an AAPI wine festival; deli shuts down
Food and drink news from around Portland this week.
REVIEW: Rising cellist Sterling Elliott, guest conductor Anna Rakitina impress in debuts with CSO
It’s always inspiring to hear a rising star on the Music Hall stage. On Friday, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presented two of them in a subscription concert.
On the podium, guest conductor Anna Rakitina made her debut with the orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Rakitina, who was born in Moscow to a Russian mother and Ukrainian father, is currently the assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She is the second woman ever to hold that position in Boston and recently has…
Hair salon hosts grand opening in Kailua this weekend
A new hair salon, founded by a CrossFit coach, is opening in Kailua this weekend.
TwinTail Brews, another classroom-born product from the University of Richmond, hits the market
A group of University of Richmond students launched a new beverage product into local stores this week.
Through the yearlong Bench Top Innovations course at the university, the students created a company called TwinTail Brews and an energy drink called Superberry Power Tea. The drink is sugar-free and has caffeine and L-theanine, an amino acid that balances the effects of caffeine to take away some of the jitters associated with energy drinks. The students are having the drink manufactured at a…
Wife of late Roots bassist files lawsuit against Questlove, Black Thought and Live Nation for racketeering, fraud
The estate of late Roots bassist Leonard “Hub” Hubbard has filed a lawsuit against the hip-hop band's co-founders, its manager and several other parties, alleging they defrauded Hubbard and his estate out of millions of dollars over the past decade.
Filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Hubbard's estate and his wife Stephanie Hubbard, the estate's beneficiary, the lawsuit claims Roots founders Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black…
Food cart pod Lil’ America opens in Southeast Portland
Beer provided by neighboring Fracture Brewing.
Burger King moves forward on commitment to electric vehicles
The company's goal is 100% EVs by 2030.
Honky-tonk owners discuss agenda for Broadway Entertainment Association
Lower Broadway's bar owners formed the Broadway Entertainment Association earlier this year — and they are already tackling some pressing issues. “Right now, our next step — now that we feel like we are getting a lot better at the clean and safe — is going to probably move into the noise [issues].”
A taste of Seattle coffee culture joins the food truck scene
The new business began operating on March 1 and is almost fully booked for the next two months.