Hospitality

The Sundown, a new bar owned by Sean Woods, co-owner of the deadhorse hill restaurant in Worcester, will open Friday at 34 Green St. in Worcester, the former site of the Dive Bar, said Woods.

Less than a month after a Worcester Starbucks location voted unanimously to unionize, a location in Gardner has done the same, voting 14-0 in favor of unionization, according to a tweet from the Twitter account Boston Starbucks Workers United.

Jersey Mike’s Subs, the New Jersey-based sandwich chain, will opened Wednesday at 1 Oak St. in Westborough under owner of the Shrewsbury location, Tyler Tombs.

The owners of Pepe’s Italian Restaurant have acquired their 179 Shrewsbury St. location for $1.5 million, according to the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

The exhibit Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures at the Worcester Art Museum opened Saturday and runs through Jan. 29, marking the first time the bulk of the pieces in the collection will be displayed in full since they were donated in 1926.

The site of an Uxbridge hotel, the Quaker Inn & Conference Center, has sold for the second time in just over a year for $2.3 million.

Central Massachusetts business organizations with recent hires and promotions include Oriol Health Care, GFA Federal Credit Union, and Bay State Savings Bank.

Six years after cannabis legalization, the fledgling industry remains unequal. But two new bills aim to make good on that promise of bringing equity.

As the chairman and CEO of Southbridge’s first cannabis dispensary, Bob Patton has had a uniquely powerful impact on the town, but it was not easily earned.

The two businesses Sonny Phengsomphone has started in Central Massachusetts are just part of his immigrant journey.