Waitress with food at a restaurant table with four people - Drazen Zigic/Getty Images You may have heard about restaurant soft openings from a new eatery near where you live or a celebrity chef ...

MIDDLETOWN — In an era when cellphones and social media make it possible for almost anybody to communicate instantly with almost everybody, "soft openings" of restaurants are not what they used to be.

Coinciding with activities throughout the city for Movement Music Festival, Argentine restaurant PUMA is set to open its doors for the first time this weekend with a soft opening from May 25-27.

A new restaurant serves a variety of Asian-style classics after it opened in Richland Township this week. Little Orchids Kitchen & Bar began its soft opening period at 640 N. West End Blvd. at ...

NORTH CANTON − An owner of the new Papa Bear’s Italian Restaurant, still under construction at 305 Applegrove St. NW in North Canton, anticipates an Oct. 1 soft opening. Papa Bear’s Italian Restaurant ...

A Mexican restaurant with a Troy location hosted a one-day soft opening at its new downtown Springfield spot Wednesday, and has a grand opening next week. Viva La Fiesta, located at 42 N. Fountain Ave ...

A much-awaited restaurant in Princeton will finally open its doors this week, the owners announced Monday. The Barn, 174 Worcester Road, will officially open on Thursday, March 2 after holding a soft ...

You may have heard about restaurant soft openings from a new eatery near where you live or a celebrity chef debuting a fancy dining spot. (Hopefully not one of the massive celeb restaurant flops.) But ...