Hospitality

An historic Worcester Lunch Car Co. diner was sold on Thursday to new owner-operators.

What Worcester dessert manufacturer once sold its pies on a reusable plate, where customers paid a 5-cent deposit refundable upon its return?

Lundgren Equity Partners LLC of Auburn is proposing a 200,000-square-foot, seven-story multifamily high rise at 225 Shrewsbury St. in Worcester.

MassDevelopment has promoted Ivette Olmeda to Transformative District Initiative senior fellow and will work a three-year stint in Worcester’s Pleasant Street district.

A cannabis company with a MetroWest medical facility officially has the "best grass in Mass." Bountiful Farms, an independent cannabis cultivator with a medical dispensary in Natick and recreational product sold through several different retail partners, has won first place in the flower category at the Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas dropped to $3.91, down 13 cents from one week ago, according to travel association AAA Northeast.

Finest Trees LLC, owned by Worcester property developers, Rebecca and Daniel Yarnie, has applied to open a cannabis dispensary in Oxford.

On Friday, LIV Golf, headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida, announced which nonprofits would receive funding from the company as part of its inaugural tournament in Massachusetts at the International Golf Club in Bolton.

After operating Accra Girls restaurant on Worcester’s Grafton Street with his family, Emmanuel Larbi branched out to a second location: Akra Eatery in the Worcester Public Market.

The Shaking Crab, a Newton-based, cajun-inspired seafood restaurant, is seeking to open a location at 554 Main St. in Worcester, according to the City of Worcester License Commission.