Restaurants

Carson’s, a popular Chicago steak and barbeque restaurant, will open its new Milwaukee restaurant on Friday at 301 W. Juneau Ave. in The Moderne, a 30-story residential tower.

Capital Brewery will build an $11 million facility in Sauk City that could eventually pump out nearly 10 times the beer it makes at its Middleton brewery, the company said Tuesday.

A judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Monday, June 10, approved the final sale of Waukesha's Golden Guernsey Dairy LLC to Morton Grove, Ill.-based Lifeway Foods Inc.

A major investor in Smithfield Foods Inc., the parent company Patrick Cudahy LLC, is trying to pressure the company to explore a breakup of its subsidiaries, rather than pursue a planned takeover by a Chinese meat producer.

A judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware today approved the final sale of Waukesha's Golden Guernsey Dairy LLC to Morton Grove, Ill.-based Lifeway Foods Inc.

The effort to establish Milwaukee as a global hub of freshwater research, technology and innovation received another boost today when Kikkoman Foods Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Kikkoman Corp., announced that it will make a $1 million contribution to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to, “advance the study of safe and sustainable drinking water.”

Sheboygan Falls-based Johnsonville Sausage LLC has unveiled two new smoked-cooked sausage flavors for the 2013 grilling season.

Sheboygan Falls-based Johnsonville Sausage LLC today unveiled two new smoked-cooked sausage flavors for the 2013 grilling season.

Menomonee Falls-based Cousins Subs has hired Jason Westhoff as chief financial officer for the corporation and its 140-store franchise system.

The board of directors of Smithfield Foods Inc., the parent company of Patrick Cudahy LLC, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Shuanghui International Holdings Limited, which is China’s largest meat processing company for $7.1 billion, including the assumption of Smithfield’s net debt.