Hospitality

Chef Joshua Letendre is serving up breakfast and lunch at his new diner, Josh’s Place at the Southbridge Municipal Airport.

Worcester will soon have more barbecue.

Workers at seven Starbucks locations in Massachusetts went on strike Thursday, including the store on West Broadway in Gardner, as part of a nationwide strike by unionized workers at more than 100 Starbucks locations. 

What is the Wirefab product in the photo used to hold?

On Nov. 3, New England Botanic Garden was honored as the first botanic garden in the nation to be certified a Green Zone by the American Green Zone Alliance, as the Boylston garden is now performing all routine maintenance with electric lawn and garden equipment. 

Worcester restaurant Maddi’s Cookery and Taphouse, the second location from the owner of the Depot Street Tavern in Milford, will close on Saturday, becoming the fifth Canal District eatery to close in a few months.

Redemption Rock Brewing Co. in Worcester and Dorchester Brewing Co. in Boston collaborated on a new beer to benefit veteran-focused nonprofits in their communities.

Worcester’s Smokestack Urban BBQ is the latest Canal District restaurant to announce closure or sale since late summer, following The Hangover Pub and Broth, PreGamers Sports Bar and Grill, and Buck’s Whiskey & Burger Bar, which was sold.

Newton hospitality investment firm JNR Management Inc. purchased the 125-room Residence Inn Boston Framingham from Philadelphia-based APEX Capital Investments Corp.

A Boston developer is proposing to demolish a former Volvo dealership at 70 Gold Star Boulevard in Worcester to build a new retail plaza anchored by legendary North Shore eatery Kelly’s Roast Beef and urgent-care clinic ConvenientMD.