Hospitality

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, the state regulatory body overseeing the adult-use and medical marijuana cannabis programs, announced on Monday it has revamped its website.

An application period is about to open for federal relief grants that will become available to live venue operators, theatrical producers, live performing arts organization operators, museum operators, movie theater operators, and talent representatives.

After more than four decades running three of Worcester's best known restaurants — initially The Sole Proprietor, and later Via Italian Table and One Eleven Chop House — Robb and Madeleine Ahlquist are ready to pass management of the group to the next generation.

The Worcester Beer Garden will reopen on Tuesday following a winter closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, business leadership announced Sunday night.

The City of Worcester License Commission voted to extend the city’s temporary outdoor dining program through the end of the calendar year on Thursday.

Two of the biggest visitor attractions in Central Massachusetts, the EcoTarium in Worcester and Southwick's Zoo in Mendon, are scheduled to reopen next month. 

Rushford & Sons Brewhouse is Upton’s first known brewery. Years in the making, the company officially opened for business on Dec. 3, offering exclusively canned beer sales.

In the first few months after Armsby Abbey shut down temporarily in June, its phone system had 7,100 missed calls.

The Worcester metro area benefits in part by relying less on tourism or major conventions, two areas crippled during the pandemic. That's helped it exceed national hotel occupancy averages, even as numbers have declined sharply locally.

Caterers who survived 2020 are expecting a far better 2021, between rescheduled events, a demand for weddings and other family gatherings, and a widely expected return to some sort of post-pandemic normalcy by around the middle of the year.