Bluegrass-Themed Cafe Opens in Tama
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By Josh Nelson, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa  Dec. 17--TAMA -- When the mood strikes him, Dan Hartman will climb on stage with his guitar and strum out a few chords.
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SouthView restaurant, at Newport on the Levee, Newport, will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday.  Heads chefs James Mossing and Veronica Maxwell create innovative twists on classic Southern favorites  --  such dishes as sweet potato waffles and spicy blue crab cake sandwich.
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Hundreds of people queued up at a central Tokyo restaurant on Monday to savour a dish not tasted for more than two years -- "beef bowl" made with U.S. meat.
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Manga murals, iPod docks, videogame suites and other geek amenities are the order of the day at Japantown's recently remodeled Best Western.
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NEWPORT  New restaurant at the Levee  SouthView, described as an urban soul food restaurant, is scheduled to open Feb. 22 at the Newport on the Levee in Newport.
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Science & environment: Island restaurant and Scottish cafe get excellent marks on environmental grounds
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Japan's first elderly care home for dogs is set to open this week, tapping into a growing market as the problem of ageing spreads from humans to the pet population.
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It will open 15 McCafes in Tokyo, joining a robust market for coffee shops.
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TOKYO -- On a recent business trip to Colorado, Japan's agriculture minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, popped into an inviting Japanese restaurant in the Denver suburbs with a hankering for a taste of back home. What he found instead was something he considered a high culinary crime -- sushi served on...
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 14--MANATEE -- Every dog could have his day at outdoor dining areas of certain restaurants around Manatee County later this year.
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After almost 50 years of teaching  folk traditions in Chicago, the Old Town School of Folk Music  is making a bigger move into the world of music retailing.
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Sunday's 19-band event at the Knitting Factory demonstrated how the venue is returning to its roots as a place where rebels and traditionalists meet.
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Starbucks opened its first coffee shop in Russia yesterday, two years after it won a legal battle to protect the right to its brand in the fast-growing Russian market.
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By Takuya Karube, Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 7--TOKYO -- Kirin Brewery Co.
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For more than a year, Michelle Brown eyed the Zipcars parked across the street from her Penn Quarter restaurant. The co-owner of Teaism, a popular tea house, plotted and pondered and then, two months ago, she took the plunge.
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By Cahalan, Steve  Bear Creek Coffee and Cafe opened Wednesday at 1022 La Crosse St., in part of the building that also houses Little Caesars Pizza.  Don Brown of Homer, Minn., who owns both businesses, said Bear Creek's grand opening will be Friday.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 9--Silver Sage Elementary School is hosting a Spring Luau Dance from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today at the school.   There will be pizza and punch, a DJ, dancing, pictures, leis, door prizes and more.