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Opening a new fine-dining restaurant in Chicago’s red-hot Fulton Market neighborhood, where some of the city’s highest-profile restaurant groups now play, isn’t for the faint of heart. 

This BBQ chain made its first move outside of Florida by turning an old firehouse in Atlanta into a restaurant.

As a woman who has worked closely with men in male-dominated industries for more than three decades, you can believe that the #MeToo movement holds some resonance for me.

Murals can be a simple backdrop or a dramatic focal point. In the age of Instagram, a well-lit mural can be an iconic brand image. We rounded up a few of our favorite Instagrammable murals from across the globe to provide some inspiration.

Based in Denver, Colo., Punch Bowl Social is a 10-unit eatertainment concept that offers food and drink along with activities such as bowling, karaoke, bocce ball and video arcade games.

Over the past several years, The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa in Essex Junction, Vt., has been redesigning much of its facility. Through this project, the resort has launched a new fine dining concept (in an existing space) that celebrates food and the overall culinary experience.

Broken Rice was supposed to be a fine-dining restaurant. But, like so many projects, things changed along the way from concept to completion.

In 2008 Michael Dorf, former owner of New York’s iconic Knitting Factory, opened his first City Winery in the Big Apple. This multi-concept space combines a fully-functioning winery with a music venue, to which he added a 50-seat restaurant in 2010.