Downtown Business

Rusty Crickett's provides old fashioned service for prom

Rusty Crickett's Coastal City Cottage tags each prom dress to show where it will be worn. The store will not sell the same dress to students at the same high school to provide a special experience to teen shoppers.
CHARLES SCHELLE/Bradenton Herald

Rusty Crickett's in Bradenton offers tips to avoid being scammed by online dress retailers for last-minute dress shoppers.

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DOWNTOWN BUSINESS

Village restaurants hope vision plan sees more Bradenton-based customers

Village of the Arts restaurants try to build momentum from good season of business.
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS

Jose's downtown takeout and delivery kitchen to reopen downtown on Tuesday

Bradenton code enforcement officials shut down the newly opened take out and delivery service at Jose's Cuban Foods downtown venue after inspectors discovered that the kitchen hood had been installed without required permits.
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS

Bradenton's 'Pink Palace' hotel renovations near halfway mark

Work is progressing on the 'Pink Palace' renovation in downtown Bradenton, giving hopes that the Hampton Inn & Suites will open around Thanksgiving.
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Free trolley to take Saturday riders from De Soto festival to downtown Bradenton

The trolley will run from the Seafood Festival to the Downtown Bradenton Farmers' Market, which will be moved that day to the Village of the Arts.
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Bradenton Riverwalk wins regional 1st-place award

The Bradenton Riverwalk was honored Monday with a first-place regional award for being the top cultural, sports and recreation project in the region.
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Bistro on 12th sold to former manager and her fiance

Bradenton's Bistro on 12th was sold Wednesday to Palmetto residents Jeanne Wilson and her fiance. Michael Wimette.
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City of Bradenton gives OK to new microbrewery

The brewery will be midway between the downtown Riverwalk and McKechnie Field, near the Village of the Arts.
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City of Bradenton excited by the Hampton Inn and Suites groundbreaking ceremony

The 1920s-era downtown hotel, at 309 10th St. W., will reopen as a Hampton Inn and Suites in December,
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Bradenton's antique hotel gets a face lift

The Pink Palace's $15 million makeover includes restoring the historic hotel's windows and wood frames.
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Groundbreaking for 'Pink Palace' re-do in downtown Bradenton set for Jan. 17

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Pink Palace is set for Jan. 17