Restaurants and Retail

Two years after they permanently closed their restaurant on the Tuscaloosa Strip, the owners of Ruan Thai Restaurant are ready to re-open in a new Alabama city.

A chilly day full of rain in the Druid City didn't stop the St. Patrick's Day celebration at Innisfree Irish Pub.

Northport's first interior-entry hotel is officially open for business as you enter the city on Highway 69 after years in development.

A new bank is gearing up to open one of its first-ever branches in Tuscaloosa next month, with an eye toward expanding throughout the state and region.

A locally owned candle company that was on the brink of permanent closure last year is open for business in a new location in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Major changes are underway at two Tuscaloosa car dealerships after management at Julio Jones Kia sold the Mazda side of their business to other owners in town.

A new gastropub is open on the Tuscaloosa Strip, where a group of entrepreneurs sees an unmet demand for pizza by the slice for students and football fans.

Session Cocktails, a downtown Tuscaloosa bar focused on pre-Prohibition and modern classic cocktails, has chosen great partners to benefit from their Cocktail for a Cause campaign this month.

Tuscaloosa's Druid City Brewing Company has officially moved to a new, substantially larger location in the same shopping center as their longtime home off 15th Street.

After 11 years leading the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, outgoing CEO Jim Page said Tuscaloosa's best days are ahead -- but only if area leaders put ego aside and will work together to realize them.