Back in June last year I had first mentioned the introduction of the carousel display for Google local listings which was loved by many business owners allowing alot more businesses to be on the first page for a search result. Sadly Google has officially dropped the black carousel user interface from their local listings.
So now if you run a search for a “new york sushi restaurant” you will no longer see the black-background carousel. Instead you will get three of the top matching local listings based on your query and Google’s determination of relevancy.
The new interface is much cleaner; however chances are if you’re business doesn’t appear within the top 3 results you won’t be very happy with this change.