Hospitality

🔒Waiting for a lifeline: Social equity cannabis businesses navigate the increasingly difficult industry as they await grants from a $27M fund

Social equity cannabis companies say more support needed.

Executive chef from Boston’s Top of the Hub restaurant to take over at Beechwood’s SONOMA

There’s a new chef in town, as SONOMA Restaurant has named Michael Chandler as the new executive chef of the restaurant in Worcester’s Beechwood Hotel.

Marlborough cannabis testing lab shutters, latest victim to industry struggles

A Marlborough cannabis testing lab has closed, as a former employee described the current state of the industry as a "house of cards."

Fired cannabis commission leader plans legal fight, as interim chair takes over

Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg appointed current CCC Commissioner Bruce Stebbins as acting chair of the agency on Tuesday.

Goldberg fires Cannabis Control Commission chair after year-long battle

Treasurer Deborah Goldberg fired Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien on Monday, her office confirmed, a removal that seems likely to kick the yearlong drama back into the courts.

Opposition to tipped worker pay increase rolls out ad campaign

A pricey fight over whether to increase what employers must pay tipped workers is well underway in Massachusetts.

Following years of customer requests, Shrewsbury Street restaurant begins bottling salad dressing

After more than 60 years in business, Leo's Ristorante in Worcester has started bottling and selling its family-secret salad dressing following years of customer demand.