Cornerstone Pub News Today

It was the worst of times, it was the best of times... Yes, we know we have that Charles Dickens quote backward, but sheesh, 2023...

A storm-filled summer leads to widespread water damage across the Green Mountain State — again. Here’s how restaurateurs in Montpelier, Ludlow, and other flood-affected areas are staying afloat.

Carrying the weight of a flood-devastated town on its shoulders, Barre’s 8-to-10-year-old Little League All-Star team refused to crumble during a handful of high-pressure situations Wednesday.

The last pre-flood photos Barre restaurant-owner Rich McSheffrey has of the sprawling basement storage and mechanical area under his Cornerstone Pub & Kitchen are time-stamped...

BARRE — It was business unusual in downtown Barre on Thursday as cleanup from this week’s flooding spilled into its second day and local merchants found themselves in wildly different

Back to normal

On January 12th, 2023, siblings Mark and Dawn Caddick, operating under St. Jude’s Compassion, requested for a dimensional relief variance so they can move forward with building their 7000 square

Northfield's Good Measure Brewing is far from a hole-in-the-wall, but later this spring, the brewery's owners will cut a hole in the wall and connect...

Masks after mandate ends? Businesses determine own COVID restrictions as Ohio lifts health orders Patrick Cooley, The Columbus Dispatch © Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch Sharon Weiss, the owner of Sharon Weiss Gallery in the Short North, prepares for customers over the weekend. Brian Ross, president and CEO of Experience Columbus, asked a poignant question about COVID policies to several dozen faces on a Zoom call earlier this month. “Has anyone found the silver bu...

“Has anyone found the silver bullet?” he asked. The quandary elicited several seconds of silence from the group of entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ohio small business owners are similarly stumped as the state prepares to lift COVID restrictions which have been in place since March of last year. On Wednesday, masks will no longer be required at retail stores and restaurants. Tables won’t need to be spaced at least 6 feet apart at pubs, taverns and diners. And capacity limits will be li...