Hospitality

Atlantic Poké, a young fast casual poké restaurant with branches in Shrewsbury and Marlborough, is officially looking to expand through franchising, owner Michael Tomaiolo said on Friday.

Neal Rosenblum Goldsmiths Gallery, a custom jewelry shop owned by two brothers on Park Avenue in Worcester, will close its brick-and-mortar location after more than 40 years in business, co-owner Neal Rosenblum announced in a press release Monday.

A recently relocated Worcester restaurant will reopen Monday following a temporary closure due to staffing issues, restaurant leadership said Sunday.

The decade-old Worcester restaurant will open its doors at its new Shrewsbury Street location on Thursday, almost two years after beginning renovations on the new building.

The owner of upscale Webster restaurant Stave & Still is planning to open a southern-style restaurant and bar in Dudley by the end of November.

Calls from lawmakers and advocates to have insurers cover health care services from fertility preservation to medical marijuana ran headlong Tuesday into an industry that said the Massachusetts Legislature already mandates it to cover more than any other state in the nation.

The Webster Planning Board is set to discuss odor complaints at a 104,000-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility operated by Wakefield-based Curaleaf Massachusetts, Inc. at its next meeting on Nov. 29.

A downtown Worcester restaurant has closed until further notice due to a staffing problem, the company has posted on its website.

A new trend is brewing in the craft beer world, and it’s one without a buzz.

Lawmakers who want to make it easier for home cooks to sell foods like jam, bread, cookies and pickled vegetables said the state's current system regulating these so-called "cottage foods" is overly burdensome for many would-be entrepreneurs.