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The local café chain is taking over a space where The City Market Café & Bakehouse is closing.

In place of Second Bar + Kitchen, the hotel in The Domain will welcome AKB Hotel Bar, directed by chef Kendal Duque and chef de cuisine Mario Medina.

A local bourbon blender had a “Tetris problem.” The solution was a new facility in Shively.

Nashville-based Elegy Coffee is about to open its second location, this time in Germantown. Elegy owners Bryan Rushton and Andrew Cook talk opening details and how they plan to strategically grow the business by pacing expansions.

Though the building has been sitting unoccupied for nearly 40 years, the brewery owner said it is structurally sound and perfect for a brewery.

Needham-based Grillo’s Pickles has a beef with the way the famous Wahlberg family’s namesake burger chain markets its pickles.

Wahlburgers is known best for its burgers and fries — as well as the Dorchester-bred family behind the company. However, it also sells packaged pickles as part of its grocery store lineup, marketing the pickles as “fresh,” “all natural,” and containing “no preservatives.”

Grillo’s argues in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Wahlburgers’ pickles do, in fact,…

One of the stars of the Richmond startup scene has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

O’My Foods, which makes O’My Dairy Free Gelato, filed for reorganization in the Eastern District of Virginia in December. The company listed 50-99 creditors and liabilities between $1 million and $10 million. It listed assets at between $500,000 and $1 million.

Emails sent to founder Allison Monette and the bankruptcy attorney representing O’My Foods were not immediately returned.

Monette and…

For franchisee Dave Sopark, Kansas City has been part of his expansion plans for a while. Sopark details the savory offerings and why he picked the market.

The restaurant joins other healthy food chains on Water Street, such as Toastique, Fit Bowl Co., Naked Farmer.