The 20-seat bar from the Chopstick Murphys guy pours tea by day and cocktails by night at 60 Seaport Blvd.

A full gut renovation at 14810 Detroit Avenue will bring gochujang fried chicken and crawfish bisque to Lakewood this December.

The Eighth Rule packs about 40 seats inside the Westin St. Francis, with a $145 tasting menu and a Manhattan served over a basketball-shaped ice cube.

A West Allis corner tap once run by Jonny Hammers and JD's is now Manny's, blending Cajun and Mexican flavors with $1 wing Wednesdays.

The boba and coffee hangout closed last month, but its Arlington shop is still pouring Vietnamese coffee frappes.

Little Boat Bagels will bake sourdough bagels on cedar boards inside a former Slice Box Pizza space.

Salvage Yard's Junk Yard Dog Challenge pits the hot dog champ against an 8-pound pie, with proceeds going to charity.

Taste of African Cuisine swaps a smoke shop for jollof rice in Vernon, with photoshoots and rented attire on the menu too.

Gustavo Reyes came to Kentucky in 1999 with nothing; now his restaurant group employs around 250 people across the region.

The Next Chapters Bookhouse & Café fills a 1,800-square-foot former real estate office in an 1887 Farmington mill building.

A liquor permit application hints at a third outpost for the Blacklick-born restaurant group at 1064 Dublin Road.

Hub City Hospitality's newest concept brings wagyu birria burgers and a near-full gluten-free menu to East St. John Street.

A new Northland diner would join two existing Barry Road-area locations in Waffle House's growing Kansas City cluster.