With a spate of restaurant rumors accompanying spring construction – and an always-persistent chatter about new additions – we’re working to compile a rundown of the area’s most wanted restaurants and stores. We’ve heard plenty of interest in the usual suspects – Sonic, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and the Cheesecake Factory, to name a few, but now’s your chance to make the pitch yourself. 

So let’s hear them: In 50-ish words, tell us what you want and why we should get one. Write me,
leave a comment below (be sure to include your name and hometown), tweet @MarinoEccher, or call if you’re really ambitious (701-241-5502). We’ll be looking for your input between now and Wednesday afternoon, and run down the results in Saturday’s Forum.

Item No. 1 on my own wish list: White Castle. It may not be gourmet, but with 25,000 college students and a thriving bar culture in the area, how can a restaurant synonymous with cheap eats and 24/7 hours go wrong?

The region’s young professionals will get the chance to hear from a celebrity business voice this summer when Bill Rancic, Donald Trump’s original “Apprentice,” delivers the keynote speech at the Great Plains Young Professionals Summit.

Rancic, who won over discerning billionaire Donald Trump in 2004, has since forged his own career as a television personality. He currently stars in his own reality television show, “Giuliana and Bill,” with his wife, E! News host Giuliana Rancic.

More information on the summit, which will be held in Fargo June 15 – 17, is available here.

Tutti Frutti is coming to Fargo.

The specialty frozen yogurt retailer with worldwide locations plans to open March 1 between Applebee’s and Starbucks in the Time Square development across from Walmart.

Froyo Ventures, owned by Rob and Stacy Ingstad and Tallie and Casey Colville, all of Valley City, N.D., owns the Fargo franchise for the store.

At Tutti Frutti, customers pick a cup and fill it with whatever frozen yogurt combinations they want.  There are also a variety of toppings available from fruit to cookies.

Yogurt flavors range from traditional vanilla and chocolate to more adventurous tastes like cake batter, peanut butter, and grape. The available flavors will rotate, said Stacy Ingstad.

“People are looking for a healthy alternative,” she said. “It’s nice to have a treat that can be good for you.”

Josef’s School of Hair Design is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. We’re working on a story about the school and its namesake and founder, Joseph Olivieri. But before that will be in the paper, the three campuses of the school will host an open house. It’s an opportunity, especially for prospective students, to tour the school. The open house will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday (Oct. 22) at  its locations in downtown Fargo, off 45th Street South in Fargo and in Grand Forks. For more information, call (800) 201-0012.