The Martinez home was a hub of food and family.

For 25-year-old son Ernesto, that meant spending Sundays in their Homewood house with siblings and extended family after church. His parents, known as the cooks, served...

Lockport’s Port Noir has finally invented time travel.

OK, not really, but customers of the Port Noir wine and martini bar might feel that way when they step through its doors. With soft jazz playing over the speakers...

Stop into most bars between 4-6 p.m., and one will quickly find that a strange thing happens. Two hours magically become one Happy Hour, where the drinks tend to flow freely thanks to discounted prices.

But usually by...