Avenue cafes

The identity of the small town of Carpinteria could soon undergo big changes, with three major developments planned to reshape the look of the main strip of Linden Avenue. In a community generally resistant to change – full of residents who are quick to voice their displeasure with new developmentsRead More →

The Great American Hero Sandwich Shop at 4001 Lemmon Ave. closes later this month. It will move to the Timber Creek Crossing Mall at Skillman and Northwest Highway, and plans to reopen in September. Shug’s Bagels will open its second location in Dallas when it takes over Lemmon’s eye-catching pinkRead More →

Clara Sánchez named her soon-to-open café Mis Raíces Café after her “roots”, and the name comes with a double dose of meaning. “I’m originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco,” she says. “I come from a small town where everyone is nice and knows each other. I treat customers like you’re having guestsRead More →

GREENWICH – Local police have added additional staff and patrols to the Greenwich Avenue corridor after a number of recent surprising cases of theft. On Saturday afternoon, a woman stole handbags from a store in central Greenwich, and she and a passerby were hit by a runaway car, police said.Read More →

INDIANAPOLIS — A local Culver franchisee is opening his next restaurant in downtown Glendale, northeast Indianapolis. The fast-food restaurant known for its Wisconsin cheese curds and frozen ice cream is set to open in late September on the site of a former O’Charley’s restaurant, located at 6111 N. Keystone Ave.Read More →

The Eddy Avenue Plaza at the North Exit of Central Station is set to be transformed into Sydney’s latest food and entertainment district with a host of new arts, restaurants, bars and shops. Named EDDY, the initiative to revitalize this section of the station was announced by Minister for Infrastructure,Read More →

By Daniel Warn / For Nisqually Valley News Masonry Cafe Catering intends to invest in the town of Yelm by taking over the former fire station on Yelm Ave adjacent to its storefront at 105 E. Yelm Ave. The City of Yelm’s website says the expansion plans have resulted inRead More →

The merchant was located at 1924 Greenville Ave. but will be replaced by Crossroads Trading Co. Photo by Renee Umsted. A resale store plans to open its second Dallas location on Lowest Greenville. Crossroads Trading Co., which has a store on Main Street in Deep Ellum, will open a storeRead More →

GREENWICH, CT — Food lovers, rejoice. Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten opened a new restaurant in Greenwich this spring, his first in Connecticut. Happy Monkey, which will be located at 376 Greenwich Ave., the former site of Little Beet Table, “will feature Latin cuisine with a Jean-Georges twist, delight guests withRead More →

The Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour returns after two years of cancellations due to the pandemic. The 2022 Home Tour will take place May 7-8, and six homes and a garden in the historic Swiss Avenue neighborhood will be open for tours. The event will feature liveRead More →

Lilac Wine, an acoustic trio from Atlanta, returns to The Avenue East Cobb’s Electric Avenue Friday concert series on May 27. With warm sunshine splashing down on a glorious springtime Friday night, the easy rhythms of Lilac Wine reverberated through an impromptu stage. The acoustic trio from Atlanta covered popularRead More →

Capital City Film Festival goers danced the night away to Lipstick Jodi’s synthesizer-heavy indie pop at The Avenue Cafe in Lansing. Michigan’s Capital City Film Festival is known for bringing an eclectic mix of musical acts, ranging from heavy metal and hip hop to folk music, to complement the internationalRead More →

You can tell a Chinese restaurant isn’t thrilled with every menu item when the fonts of some dishes are italicized, the details are sparse, and they reside in a dark corner of the menu. Chinese-American commodities are often relegated this way. The Tea House restaurant does not pretend. Under theRead More →

Maria Merello and his wife want to take the residents of St. Pete into a two-dimensional world, making them feel like they’re stepping into an illustration by creating a new immersive experience in the Grand Central District – the 2D Café. Inside the 2D Cafe. Artist Chad Mize worked onRead More →

Photo credit: Le ColonialThe Colonial, a famed Manhattan restaurant known for its lavish interiors, two-story patios and fine dining rooms, is set to open on Naples’ famed Fifth Avenue in fall 2022. Hospitality legends Rick Wahlstedt and Joe King have big plans for Le Colonial Naples. Featuring acclaimed Franco-Vietnamese chefRead More →

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – The annual Savor the Avenue event returns to Delray Beach without COVID-19 restrictions. Restaurant workers and attendees eagerly await the event, which began in 2009 and returned along Atlantic Avenue last year with several pandemic-related restrictions in place. This year, however, Savor the Avenue is notRead More →

MORRISTOWN – The painter leading work on the mural at the Sussex Avenue School expects the work to be completed and installed in his permanent home in the cafeteria by the end of February. Painter, Caren Frost Olmsted, said fourth graders were asked what a healthy body means to them,Read More →

TEMPE, AZ — During the day, Anoche Cantina will function as a modern canteen with food, drinks and a buildable margarita bar, while Six40rty will have sliders, lawn games and a sports bar atmosphere. At night, both will transform into high-energy nightclubs with DJs and bottle service. Both concepts areRead More →

Breweries in Calgary and Canmore talk about artisanal sodas, including some of their favorites and what sets their particular soft drinks apart. Craft soda seems to be everywhere these days as more brewers enter the market. We sought out representatives from four local manufacturers – new and old – toRead More →