Hospitality

This year marks the 10th anniversary for Bay State Brewing Co. The company started when Co-founder Chip Jarry began bringing beer he brewed to a hockey rink locker room.

Members of the Cannabis Control Commission voted Thursday to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget request of more than $23.7 million, including 26 new hires and $1.5 million to fund public awareness campaigns called for in this summer's cannabis industry reform law.

A New Jersey based company has submitted an application to the Worcester’s Zoning Board of Appeals to tear down the 5 & Diner restaurant at 525 Lincoln St. to build a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen location. 

The 202-room Courtyard by Marriott Boston Marlborough has been sold for $15.3 million.

Regulators at the Mass. Gaming Commission can shift from hypotheticals to actual applications now that they have more than a dozen requests for sports betting licenses in hand, and the public scrubbing of those applications looks poised to kick off once the calendar flips to December.

Trivia question: What was the formal name of The El?

The Massachusetts Restaurant Association wants to give restaurants and other small businesses the opportunity to push some of the credit card costs for restaurants onto consumers.

When Polar Park was first announced in August 2018, Worcester's pay-for-itself plan for it was centered around six proposed buildings from Boston developer Madison Properties. But that development has since significantly shrunk in size and been delayed.

By purchasing well-established marijuana stores, Sean "Diddy" Combs is buying into already profitable establishments with a proven track record. His investment creates the first minority-owned, vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator in America.

A Shrewsbury Street restaurant, family-owned since 2009, has a new owner.