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Brittnee Vermillion, a server/bartender at Brewfontaine, this week was honored by the Ohio Restaurant Association, now known as the Ohio Restaurant & Hospit

WILMINGTON — ”Barbecue” can be a fighting word nationwide, as states stake their claim to serving the best. READ MORE: Local culinary competition heats up…

The only consistent style at this Ohio-based fast casual is a commitment to craft.

I had the best meal ever at City Barbeque off Scott Boulevard in Decatur. The chopped brisket sandwich was one of the best I've ever eaten; however, t

The Ohio-based fast casual said it has room for another 875 restaurants across the country. 

Current president adds title in fast-casual brand’s leadership transition

City Barbeque chain sues Ohio City BBQ By Cory Shaffer - cleveland.com Ohio City BBQ was a finalist in an area Best Barbecue contest in 2019. It’s being sued by Columbus’s City Barbecue chain restaurants. photo by Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – City Barbeque, a Columbus-based chain restaurant with more than 50 locations across eight states, filed suit against Cleveland’s locally owned Ohio City BBQ to force the restaurant to change its name and fork over some of its p...

The kitchen is getting hot for two Ohio-based barbecue joints. Columbus-based City Barbeque filed a lawsuit May 17 against Ohio City BBQ in Cleveland for trademark infringement and unfair competition in U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. City Barbeque holds a common law trademark on its name and mark. It has Northeast Ohio restaurants in Strongsville, Beachwood and Fairlawn. Ohio City is a neighborhood just west of downtown Cleveland. City Barbeque says the complai...

Smart Business Magazine 4:38pm EDT March 3, 2021 “I was lying on the sofa, late December of 2000, and I’m telling my wife, ‘I might have lost everything already.’ And she said, ‘You’re a smart guy. You’ll figure something else out.” That’s Rick Malir, co-founder and CEO of City Barbeque, reflecting on the opening of his second restaurant shortly after the successful launch of his first. It was a move that led to losing so much money that it almost sunk the company. But instead...

Officers elected to NFIB Leadership Council for Ohio The officers include: • Albert Macre, of Albert F. Macre & Co. (Steubenville), vice chair; • Kelly Moore, of GKM Auto Parts (Zanesville), chair of the NFIB Ohio PAC, the organization’s political action committee, and; • Ty Baker-Baumann, of REBSCO, Inc. (Greenville), the immediate past chair of the council. Currently, the Ohio Leadership Council is comprised of 38 independent business owners from across Ohio who meet quarterly to guid...