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Craft Hairdressers—Pageboy

This week on Pop It, we’re on site at Pageboy Inc. where a team of craft hairdressers aims to elevate Worcester’s salon industry. We are joined by owners Brie Brooks and Carissa Clearwater along with stylist Leanne Rowe. Pageboy is quickly becoming a valuable meeting place for creatives throughout the city, including TRVST Collective, a group of artists, musicians, and craftsmen dedicated to honesty and freedom of expression. We talk face shapes, tattoo families, and public clapbacks. You were at my wedding, Denise! Photos by the talented Unity Mike Hendrickson.

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Owners of Herbie’s and Lakeside Open Center Tree Bar & Grill in Rutland

Korean Short Rib Tacos
served on a corn tortilla with slaw, gochujang aioli, and pickled red onion.

Center Tree Bar & Grill is officially open for business on Main Street in Rutland, brought to you by the same family responsible for Lakeside Bar & Grille in Shrewsbury and Herbie’s Bar in Worcester. Co-owner Joe Kaplan invites guests to enjoy the restaurant’s spacious lounge which features a crackling fireplace and a 500 pound tree trunk salvaged from a forest in Western Mass by his brother and business partner, Ben Kaplan. The dining room offers a modern-rustic aesthetic including air plants and geometric light fixtures. Don’t miss the lobster grilled cheese topped with gruyere and a fried egg or the totchos served with braised chicken, scallions, crème fraîche, pickled onions, and hot peppers.