CORE FITNESS AND SHEN JING HOLISTIC will give residents a chance to learn more about healthy activities Thursday at a health fair at their business places, Suites D100 and D200, 560 First St., in the Courtyard, Nancy Camilli, owner of Core Fitness, said. The health fair coincides with Core Fitness’s 10th anniversary.
Upgraded business website launches
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Everyone agreed — Benicia’s former economic development website was, at best, adequate. But was it the type of tool the city needed to encourage companies to move or start here? Not exactly. So Economic Development Manager Mario Giuliani and Administrative Secretary Teri Davena changed that.
Benicia Biz Beat: Bottom of the Fifth gets new look, menu
BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH, 498A Military East St., has a new look, late-night food menu and, for the first time in the establishment’s history, a kitchen. Owner Bruce Adams said he saw a lack of late-night food options in Benicia, “so he did something about it, opening his new kitchen just in time for NFL […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Cullen’s Pub to host steampunk ‘trunk show’
“BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND,” Cullen’s Tannery Pub will be the site of a three-day steampunk trunk show beginning Friday, Denise Cullen, owner, said. The trunk show will feature upcycled and reworked fashions by designer and artist Judi Morales Gibson of Cinder Garden Designs. The show will have styles for both men and women, including hats, […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Benicia Kite and Paddle Sports celebrates 1st anniversary
BENICIA KITE AND PADDLE SPORTS, 238 First St., has been a Benicia downtown business for one year. The company marked its first anniversary Saturday afternoon with a beverage and pizza reception and open house.
Industrial Park Internet conundrum back on EDB slate
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Chad Coester, appointed last month, will be welcomed Wednesday as the newest member of the Economic Development Board. Coester, a resident of Benicia for more than nine years, is the director of specialty and international food business for the grocery chain Safeway’s 1,500 stores nationwide. He was appointed to fill […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Rookies opens new restaurant
LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO EAT? Rookies, 321 First St., became more than a sports bar last week when its owner, Rob Storelee, opened a new kitchen and two dining rooms in time for football season. “This is the first new restaurant kitchen to be built in downtown Benicia in the past 25 years,” […]
DBA OKs Art Walk partnership
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor The Downtown Benicia Alliance approved a request Monday that would ally them with the Benicia Art Walk Committee in obtaining special day licenses from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Art Walk committee member Pat Ryll asked the DBA last month to serve as a nonprofit umbrella in helping […]
DBA mulls partnership with Art Walk
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Downtown Benicia Alliance will consider a request Monday that the business group ally with the Benicia Art Walk Committee to obtain special day licenses from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Benicia Biz Beat: Rellik seeks votes in online foods contest
BENICIA’S RELLIK TAVERN, 726 First St., is entered in a national food contest, and is encouraging its patrons to vote online in support of Chef Scott Akkerman’s “Raven’s Claw” recipe. Owner Delando Pegan inspired the recipe because his two favorite foods are shrimp and jalapeño peppers. Akkerman combined them into a single recipe, and it […]