Starbird Chicken is opening its second Colorado location in Castle Rock with a community party, free entrées and donations to local schools.

Lowcountry, the Southtown cocktail bar, will close at the end of May after nine years. Cofounder Drew Morros hinted at a landlord dispute in an Instagram post.

Central Standard has opened a Concourse C bar at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, serving signature cocktails and bottles‑to‑go as the distillery scales up. The move brings a local cocktail program to MKE gates ahead of a larger Harley‑Davidson campus expansion.

Bay Area chain Starbird is headed to San Antonio as part of a 36‑unit Texas franchise deal that will also bring locations to Austin and Houston. Openings are expected to begin in 2027.

Jollibee is coming to Oklahoma City under a new multi‑unit franchise deal led by Neal Do and Joseph Julian, marking the chain’s first move into the state.

Shadow Tequila co-owner Teddy Jasper and his father are turning the former Longshot footprint at Arrive Memphis into Spoken For, a cocktail bar promising craft drinks and smash burgers this summer.

City Council approved a $22,500 Visual Improvement Program grant to support Shang Artisan Noodle’s planned downtown location at 211 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

Green Vegetarian Cuisine will close this Friday after 19 years, shrinking San Antonio’s plant‑based dining options and highlighting rising costs and shifting habits.

Pollo Campero is converting the old Boston Market at Snowden Square, joining Chick‑fil‑A and Raising Cane’s to deepen Columbia’s fast‑food chicken cluster this summer.

A British-style pub is taking over the former Green Room in Deep Ellum, opening late May with a rooftop patio and a menu of fish & chips and Guinness stew.

Wendy's removed three Triangle restaurants from its listings — two Raleigh locations and a Cary site — as the chain trims underperforming stores amid a national turnaround plan.

Dozo Omakase and Handroll has closed at Trinity Groves after just over a year, adding to a string of recent departures at the West Dallas food park. Owners directed customers to their Richardson to‑go shop.

South Shore Terrace taps the keg at 4 p.m. Thursday with free pours, a 20-tap lineup and classic beer‑garden food.