Another Shockoe Slip restaurant has closed.
Stool Pigeons, at the corner of Canal and 15th streets, closed Thursday.
The decals have been scraped off the windows, but the sign above the main door is still up. Two managers, who were inside on Monday cleaning, said that business started to slow three years ago and that the after-work-happy-hour crowd and the nightlife crowd both diminished.
The restaurant was not making money, they said.
North Carolina-based Stool Pigeons is the third restaurant/pub to close in that area.
In February, brewpub Richbrau went bankrupt after 17 years. (You can read more about that in an RBS story here.) The interior fixtures are being auctioned off.
In April, the popular lunch spot Southern Railway Diner closed. (You can read about that here.) There is still no sign of activity inside.
Stool Pigeons might attract another local or regional restaurant operator if they can get all the restaurant equipment – such as a range hood – at a steep discount. But the large, 8,000-square-foot space might make it harder to find a tenant, said Allyson Petty, a broker with Grubb & Ellis|Harrison & Bates.
Still, that area is increasingly viable for more retail, Petty said, with the addition of more apartments and offices.
“You just have to have the right operator,” Petty said.
Another Shockoe Slip restaurant has closed.
Stool Pigeons, at the corner of Canal and 15th streets, closed Thursday.
The decals have been scraped off the windows, but the sign above the main door is still up. Two managers, who were inside on Monday cleaning, said that business started to slow three years ago and that the after-work-happy-hour crowd and the nightlife crowd both diminished.
The restaurant was not making money, they said.
North Carolina-based Stool Pigeons is the third restaurant/pub to close in that area.
In February, brewpub Richbrau went bankrupt after 17 years. (You can read more about that in an RBS story here.) The interior fixtures are being auctioned off.
In April, the popular lunch spot Southern Railway Diner closed. (You can read about that here.) There is still no sign of activity inside.
Stool Pigeons might attract another local or regional restaurant operator if they can get all the restaurant equipment – such as a range hood – at a steep discount. But the large, 8,000-square-foot space might make it harder to find a tenant, said Allyson Petty, a broker with Grubb & Ellis|Harrison & Bates.
Still, that area is increasingly viable for more retail, Petty said, with the addition of more apartments and offices.
“You just have to have the right operator,” Petty said.
I met a hot mistress at Stool Pigeons and we had a nice summer. Stool Pigeons will forever have a spot on my heart! Currently seaking another hot mistress, my wife is mean.
Can a failed restaurant be described as “popular”?
I had dinner there twice. Both times I felt totally ambivalent about the place. Too much focus on the sports screens and not enough on the good food and atmosphere.
I’m putting Popkin’s next on the death watch. Great space but what is the deal with the food?
Buffalo Wild Wings is there ..been there..still there…taste great..modern TVs..great atmosphere a REAL SPORTS BAR !!!!!!!!! the other places don’t have the corporate backing obviously like BW’s does…………..Love those boneless wings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great spot for a hybrid concept—coffee, books & bike rentals.
Mark, do you want to meet at Starbucks at 0900 hours to talk about dominating the shockoe bottom business market with your genius plan…
The bike rental makes sense sherilyn, the Capital Trail is right there, and with the emphasis of fitness and alternative transportation, I think that will be a great place for a bike rental / bike shop. Obviously, the current space is way too large, but if cut up into smaller space, I can see it working.
I quit going there years ago after a friend got mugged… Stool Pigeons was in such a shady area of town. Better off making it a coffee shop or something that appeals to people in the daytime.
Biggest irony in Richmond is that I-95 passes right over that spot with 10s of thousands of cars, with people who have a wallet full of cash looking for a good eat and interesting experience on their otherwise boring drive.
Yet, the City of Richmond 9and its sheeple) fail to ever acknowledge that little I-95 detail, and has no inviting exit signs directing the traffic down to the Slip. I mean who needs all that trafffic with their money, we’d rather be poor and whine while we all argue about ballparks, crime and just the right street ‘scene’.
I think Mark’s idea is outstanding – breaking up the space by turning it into a coffee/books/bike spot (with beer/brews, too – we can’t discriminate) adjacent to the almost-complete Capital Trail would rock!