A jury found restaurateur Tiara Black not guilty this week in an arson case that featured two witnesses who claim she paid them to torch former Lakeside outpost of Carytown Burger & Fries in order to recoup insurance proceeds.
Owner Katie Jarvis said it was emotional to see a line form at the door for Ripple Ray’s opening night live show on Jan 17.
The new restaurant is moving into a vacant building in Church Hill North near the three-way intersection of Oakwood Avenue, P Street and Chimborazo Boulevard.
The sale comes as the Reynolds family is planning to transform many of the surrounding parking lots with residential and mixed-use buildings, some potentially reaching 12 stories.
The price for the 2.4-acre plot comes to $5.6 million per acre, the most paid by any developer for land per acre in Scott’s Addition.
Movement on the project comes shortly after Greyhound cut a deal with the city to move buses to Main Street Station downtown.
The owner of Church Hill spots Liberty Public House and Riverbend Roastery is one of the owners of the Chimbo concept, which aims to serve “really interesting, big sandwiches,” like those at the former Black Sheep in Carver.
The growing pizzeria chain has over 30 locations open or in the works throughout the country, including one in Charlottesville.
The strip center changed hands as 2024 came to a close, adding to a flurry of over $320 million in year-end commercial real estate deals.
Yak Yai Thai will be the first restaurant venture for husband and wife Ken and Marinda Sourinphoumy, and Ken’s sister, Charintip Wiphatwibulkit.
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