Some of New York City's best-known pre-theater restaurants have a potential new owner. An affiliate of Landry's won a $22.2 million bankruptcy auction for the business behind Café Fiorello, Trattoria Dell’Arte, Bond 45 and other dining rooms. The winning bid is not yet a completed sale. The development follows another loss in the same restaurant family: Redeye Grill closed after 30 years this summer. S.M.F. Group Inc. and [...]

Indiana’s first Buc-ee’s proposal has cleared its biggest local hurdle: Greenwood’s Common Council voted 7–2 to rezone the planned site near Interstate 65 and Worthsville Road. The decision moves the project beyond the uncertain stage covered in our previous update, when the council vote was still pending. That does not mean construction is underway—or that an opening date is locked in. The approval changes the property’s [...]

Have you ever made your own naturally fermented soda at home? This Rosemary Wild Soda is a fun way to experiment with wild fermentation using just fresh rosemary, water, and a little sugar or honey. Unlike traditional homemade soda recipes that use commercial yeast, this recipe relies on naturally occurring microorganisms on the rosemary to begin fermentation. As fermentation develops, the mixture may become lightly [...]

Wyoming has only 17 Arby’s restaurants, yet it beats every other state when population is taken into account. Ohio, where the chain was founded, has hundreds more, and an Arby’s closure in Pennsylvania shows how individual locations can still come and go. The bigger surprise is just how different the restaurant map looks after adjusting for population. According to USA Symbol’s October 3, 2026 count based on Arby’s official [...]

Colorado’s restaurant community has weathered a steady run of goodbyes, including two Denver favorites that closed in July. This fall brought three more losses, each tied to a different corner of the state and a different kind of dining tradition. From sourdough pizza in RiNo to Colorado-grown ingredients in the Springs and family recipes in Fort Collins, these restaurants gave regulars plenty to miss. The Greenwich, [...]

Nestlé plans to close its foodservice manufacturing factory in Solon, Ohio, by the end of 2027, adding a new chapter to Ohio’s recent factory changes. Production is expected to end months earlier, during the third quarter of 2027. The company confirmed the planned shutdown on October 19. Work performed at the Solon factory will move gradually to Nestlé’s facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, where the company says it already [...]