Hospitality

Luckily for Jermaine Smith, owner of the Caribbean Press food truck of Worcester, the food truck industry was easily adaptable for COVID-19 operations.

With the sudden closure of its store in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, used and rare bookseller Bedlam Book Cafe of Worcester had to rethink its business and shift to online platforms.

A sprawling industrial site on Brook Street in Clinton proposed as a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility has sold for $10 million.

Funding has been secured for work on 2 Mercantile Street, part of Mercantile Center, where Broadway Hospitality Group of Boston, the company behind the restaurant chain Tavern in the Square, is on deck to build and operate a 12,600 square-foot, two-story rooftop bar and restaurant.

The Massachusetts Brewers Guild and the Beer Distributors of Massachusetts have reached an agreement aimed at ending a 10-year dispute.

House and Senate lawmakers agreed to revised to-go cocktail legislation Thursday that would allow restaurants to sell mixed drinks with take-out food purchases.

As businesses throughout Central Massachusetts go back to operations, there are many legal and safety precautions they have to keep in mind and follow. 

During the earlier stages of the pandemic, Fatima’s Cafe closed completely. It had just finished a renovation, and its unexpected closure was very difficult. 

The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would allow restaurants to sell mixed drinks in sealed containers alongside takeout and delivery food orders, a measure some bar and restaurant owners have been advocating for as a way to attract customers during the COVID-19 crisis that has hurt the restaurant sector.

"We’re losing money left and right,” said Christine Behike, owner of Be Creative Decor in Worcester.