Hospitality

One ingredient remains missing in Worcester's dining scene: respect from the top organizations in the industry bestowing awards and recommendations that lend credibility, create buzz in culinary circles, attract other high-striving chefs, and burnish a city's reputation as a destination for creativity and innovation in cuisine.

Restaurant patrons like me are good to pay the bills, but we will never fork over enough money consistently for high-quality restaurants like cover subject Jared Forman’s deadhorse hill to open en masse around the city.

Two Canal District bars in Worcester were caught in a sting Thursday for allegedly serving alcohol to minors.

As Wormtown Brewery works to build out its permanent taproom at Patriot Place in Foxborough, the Worcester beer company will host a pop-up beer garden each weekend until the space is ready.

The Worcester Redevelopment Authority on Thursday signed a lease with the former owner of a country music-themed restaurant and bar to occupy the first-floor space in Union Station.

Thoroughbred horse racing disappeared from Massachusetts this summer when Suffolk Downs hosted its final laps around the East Boston oval, but at least three groups are promoting projects that could revive the sport of kings here.

Scott Metzger is leaving Texas to join the management team at Worcester’s Wormtown Brewery as general manager.

Wormtown Brewery has added a business executive, economics professor and Texas-based brewery founder to its management team to help lead the growing company.

The Worcester Bravehearts played the 2019 baseball season knowing knowing their days in Worcester eventually may be numbered, or at least that they'll have to fight harder for fans once the Pawtucket Red Sox arrive. But the Bravehearts hit another high for attendance this year, landing sixth nationally among all collegiate summer league teams.

A couple months ago, I wrote an article about what comes next after you have experienced success. I still do not have an answer, but I have come to understand myself better.