new business

A new, budget-friendly hotel brand has opened in Tuscaloosa, replacing the former Quality Inn on Jug Factory Road.

For the first since the April 2011 tornado, business is underway in the building on the corner of 15th Street and McFarland Boulevard.

This new location on the west end of Tuscaloosa will make a total of four locations in Tuscaloosa.

A popular coffeehouse that began in Starkville is set to expand into Northport, where they plan to build and open a new drive-thru before the end of the year.

Management at Tuscaloosa's first 7 Brew coffee stand celebrated their arrival Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony made all the more special by a big donation to a local high school marching band.

Tuscaloosa's downtown daiquiri destination is now open, where a local restauranteur will offer the boozy beverage in 13 frozen flavors and one nonalcoholic option.

A pair of Tuscaloosa's most eccentric entrepreneurs have completely transformed an empty church on the edge of west Tuscaloosa into one of the city's finest venues for small plates, craft cocktails and live entertainment.

A new community bank is open in the heart of downtown Tuscaloosa, where leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon.

Another new business is set to open in Northport this week, bringing the city its first major drive-thru coffee and donuts shop.

An already successful local business owner is weeks away from opening the first-ever full-service restaurant on the banks of Lake Tuscaloosa.