First opened in 1926, Ann's Pantry in Moelfre is marking its centenary, with owner Laura Pritchard Griffiths proud to be the latest custodian of a much-loved Anglesey institution.
In the grand former Washington Hotel on Llandudno's East Parade, Dylan's serves local seafood with sweeping bay views, and it remains the largest of the North Wales restaurant family.
Five years after opening in Conwy, chef Nick Rudge's The Jackdaw has been named AA Wine Award winner for Wales, and its relaxed new sister restaurant The Nest is now open on Castle Street.
Wrexham band Baby Brave launched their debut album Sugar to the Tongue with a packed night at The Rockin' Chair, joined by three more bands from the city's grassroots scene.
Holyhead rock band Holy Coves released Hiraeth on their own DIY label, Snowdonia Records, and the album has climbed into six official charts, including number three on the Independent Album Breakers Chart.
Open since 1967, Porthmadog's Cob Records has been hailed by broadcaster Huw Stephens as a historic temple of music and picked out by Time Out as one of the town's must-visit independents.
Organised by a small group of Anglesey farmers, Cneifio Cylch has raised a record £72,000 this year, taking its total since 2012 to almost £450,000 for good causes.
Caernarfon's Porthi Dre youth club, which serves young people a free hot meal alongside its activities, has launched a new Monday after-school club thanks to community funding.
The reopened café at Greenfield Valley Heritage Park has created 12 local jobs and become a hub for walkers, families and dog owners, with a seasonal menu using produce grown in the Valley.
Rossett's award-winning Pure Perfection Clinic has unveiled new training areas and refreshed treatment rooms, while founder Sara Cheeney celebrates 20 years in aesthetics with her own skincare range.
Kathryn Jones started Aspire to Inspire Fitness from the back of a van. Now her women-only gym has moved from Buckley into a converted car repair centre on Mold's Bromfield Industrial Estate.
Llandudno's Providero pairs speciality coffee roasted in the town with a studio for yoga, dance and musical theatre fitness, and it plans to roast coffee on site on Upper Mostyn Street.
Mold's Theatr Clwyd has been named Most Welcoming Theatre at the UK Theatre Awards and won Excellence in Touring for its accessible Under Milk Wood, capping a 50th anniversary year.
Magic Light Productions and Theatr Colwyn are staging The Snow Queen from 19 December, with a cast of professional performers from the region and four magicians and illusionists.
Llandudno's contemporary art centre Mostyn is showing Jonathan Baldock's touring exhibition Held, with a giant bear to be hugged, and hosting pop-up craft fairs in November and December.
Prestatyn now has a premium indoor padel club, with Court De Padel opening four panoramic doubles courts and two singles courts, plus a bar, coaching and social sessions.
Wrexham Tennis and Padel Centre opened the first three padel courts in North Wales as part of a £2.5 million refurbishment, and the covered, floodlit courts are busy every evening.
Under new ownership, the former Surf Snowdonia site at Dolgarrog has reopened as Adventure Parc, with indoor caving, climbing, ninja courses, high ropes and pickleball, whatever the weather.
Rhosneigr's boutique hotel, bar and restaurant Sandy Mount House has passed into employee ownership, with owners Phil and Louise Goodwin keeping the business in the community and protecting local jobs.
At the western tip of the Llŷn Peninsula, Sauna Môr's wood-fired beach sauna in Aberdaron pairs a traditional Finnish-style sauna with a cold dip in the Irish Sea, all year round.
Llandudno Town Council has honoured five independent B&Bs after Tripadvisor ranked them among the best in the UK, with Burleigh House named third in the UK and 11th in the world.
Run by Wendy Thompson and her daughter Robyn Unsworth, Ruthin's Ffansi Ffrogs won Best Fashion Store for a second year and the overall title, after dressing more than 1,000 girls for prom.
Buckley family business Pink Daisy Prom handmade a Twiggy-inspired signature dress in three days for Prestatyn singer and model Ruby Brown, who opened a fashion show in Paris.
A family business since 1859, Trefriw Woollen Mills still weaves Welsh tapestry and tweed on site, using looms over 50 years old powered by electricity from a 1940s water turbine.