Hospitality

Restaurants are bringing in far less money for food and drink during the coronavirus pandemic – and it’s showing both the hit the industry has taken this year as well as the financial toll declining tax revenue will have on cities and towns.

On Thursday, Tree House Brewing Co. announced an ambitious plan to open a large new brewing facility on Cape Cod. On Friday, the brewery took it a step further, announcing plans to open in the Western Massachusetts town of Deerfield.

With the governor's mandatory early closing hours for some businesses kicking in Friday, the administration updated its rules for restaurants on Thursday making clear that diners served before 9:30 p.m. can finish their food and drinks, but must be off the premises by 10 p.m.

Tree House Brewing Co. is planning a taproom on Cape Cod next summer, the Charlton craft brewer announced on social media Thursday.

Management behind Fitchburg’s 50/50 Diner received a $50,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the economic development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, the agency announced on Wednesday.

Cannabis retailers in Massachusetts have now cumulatively passed $1 billion in gross sales, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission announced on Tuesday.

Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham will not open its indoor beer hall this season, as it transitions away from its outdoor beer garden, the brewer announced on Monday. 

Pennsylvania marijuana company Ethos Cannabis opened its first recreational dispensary in Fitchburg on Halloween, colocated with a...

Pennsylvania marijuana company Ethos Cannabis will open its first recreational dispensary in Fitchburg on Halloween, the company announced on Friday.

Warm temperatures that allowed for comfortable outdoor dining are largely gone until next year. But Worcester officials are looking to give restaurants every chance they can to make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic by continuing to serve patrons more safely outdoors.