Jack Grieve

2 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Jack Grieve

Eleven of North America's 50 best bars are located in New York. That's according to new rankings released this week by the World's 50 Best organization, which also creates lists for the World's 50 Best Restaurants and 50 Best Hotels. The highest New York name on the 2025 list is Superbueno at No. 2. It sits just behind Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City, dubbed the continent's best bar. Both Superbueno and Handshake Speakeasy retained those same spots from last year's list.

2 weeks ago | chicagobusiness.com | Jack Grieve

The World's 50 Best organization, a product of U.K.-based William Reed Ltd, also dubbed a Chicago spot as this year's "One to Watch." West Town cocktail bar Lemon received the nod, which World's 50 Best describes as "an award given to a bar outside of the main list that the 50 Best team believes has the potential to feature in a future North America's 50 Best Bars list." Lemon opened in 2023 at 1600 W. Grand Ave.

2 weeks ago | crainscleveland.com | Jack Grieve

Crain's released its latest list of the largest wealth management firms in Northeast Ohio, and after a near tie for No. 1 in last year's rankings, one firm has now pulled away. Highland Consulting Associates in Westlake topped the updated list with $20.2 billion under local management, a 13.5% increase from the year prior. It unseated Boyd Watterson Asset Management, which saw its local assets grow 4.9% — not enough to keep pace with Highland. Become an All-Access subscriber to see the full list.

2 weeks ago | chicagobusiness.com | Jack Grieve

The fried chicken sandwich frenzy has been around for years and is proving to be more than just a fad. New chicken restaurants continue to open in Chicago seemingly every week, and some of the biggest names in the business have bold expansion plans for the city and suburbs.  A handful of the expanding chains are locally-owned, like Fry The Coop from Joe Fontana. He plans to open the restaurant's tenth location next month in Joliet and 75 more across the greater Chicago area over the next 10 years.

2 weeks ago | crainsgrandrapids.com | Jack Grieve

In 2017, Chicagoans James Gray and Jacob Hagan bought a 19th-century house on 12 acres in Colon, Michigan, about 30 miles southeast of Kalamazoo. It was supposed to be a weekend oasis away from their city lives. “This house is a complete mess,” Gray remembers thinking during their first year in the home, an 1850s Greek Revival listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The duo wanted to throw a dinner party but decided the space wasn’t ready.