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Restaurateurs Mason and Curt Revelette branch out with wine business
The longtime Nashville restaurateurs behind Jonathan’s Grille and The Rutledge have made their way into the beverage business.
Brothers Mason and Curt Revelette, the former being majority owner, began Revelette Wines as a passion project to sell in their restaurants during Covid-19, with the help of attorney Kathryn Byrd. After demand from a five-star hotel in New York City in 2021, they launched it as a full-scale business.
Today, Revelette Wines is its own winery in Napa Valley and can be found…
Crisp & Green signs franchise deal to accelerate nationwide expansion
Build-your-own salad chain Crisp & Green has reached a development deal with a franchise partner to open 40 restaurants, part of a plan to expand into 15 more states by the end of the year.
The 40-unit development agreement with Salads & Smoothies LLC adds to an existing 11-unit agreement with Crisp & Green, and the group plans to open all 51 locations by 2028.
Crisp & Green was founded in Minnesota in 2016 by Steele Smiley, the founder and executive chairman of brand development company Steele…
Too many tacos in Troy led this restaurant to switch concepts
After three more taco restaurants joined The Daisy on Fourth Street, the restaurant reevaluated its concept.
The Tipsy Bakery opening bakery and bar at Rockefeller Center
The team behind the bakeries Cafe d'Avignon and Pain d'Avignon is also behind the launch of this concept.
The Bazaar by José Andrés readies to open at D.C.’s Waldorf Astoria
Plans for the restaurant, spiked previously, were rebooted with the rebranding of the former Trump International Hotel.
Michigan based Biggby Coffee opens its first Tampa Bay location
The chain has opened over 260 stores nationwide with additional locations planned in Florida.
Chick-fil-A and Arby’s helping Marzetti owner Lancaster Colony to record sales
Big name restaurant brands like Chick-fil-A are helping increase sales for a Central Ohio manufacturer.
Westerville-based Lancaster Colony Corp. (NASDAQ:LANC) reported company record fiscal second-quarter sales of $477.4 million, an increase of 11.4% over $428.4 million in sales in the same quarter ended Dec. 31 the prior year.
Sales in the company's retail segment, including key products like Marzetti dressings and New York brand frozen garlic breads, as well as supermarket sales of licensed…
Chicago Venture Summit to return in May with focus on food
The theme of another summit, which is expected to take place in the fall, will be announced at a later date.
How one Valley company is taking over Roosevelt Row for Super Bowl LVII
Popular spots like Carly's Bistro and Barcoa will be taken over and used for pop-up parties and other activations during the week of Super Bowl LVII. The Scottsdale entrepreneur whose company is setting up these events spoke exclusively to the Business Journal.
Wild Eggs sold to South Florida-based investment group
The new ownership group plans to open additional locations.