Hoping to fill a gap in on-demand ride hailing services, a group that includes two local Uber drivers is rolling out a complementary app that lets users reserve rides ahead of time and handpick drivers.
A local tobacco company’s new cafe venture launched late last month on Broad Street in VCU territory, and just up the street local Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees with big expansion plans quickly got their shop up and running.
The newest venture by local restaurateur Chris Tsui opens today on North Boulevard, and ice cream chain Gelati Celesti announced yesterday that it will be moving in nearby.
After a lengthy hiatus from the Lakeside market, a local jewelry store has reopened in the neighborhood after shutting down an underperforming Midlothian location.
A trio of cyclists recently opened a shop in Forest Hill — but alongside bikes and gears, they decided to throw in a dash of a small neighborhood market.
Zombies, ticking bombs and art thieves — these are the stories a local magician and hypnotist is using to build his puzzle-filled escape room business that opened last month.
Some of Richmond’s biggest restaurant players got new locations cooking, new developments and up-and-coming neighborhoods landed eateries, and Scott’s Addition boomed with booze in 2015. Read this year’s restaurant roundup and plan your dining calendar for the new year.
This year brought plenty of new large gym chains and smaller fitness startups to the Richmond scene, providing lots of potential starting points for that New Year’s resolution.
This year saw several local companies champion the startup competition circuit, while brick-and-mortar newcomers set up shop and Hopewell laid the groundwork for its own small business hub.
The former CFO of an aerospace firm is trying his hand at the local restaurant business and taking over a long-standing restaurant and bar, where he plans to make some upgrades.
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