Council pushed the vote to its meeting later this month, though it did approve a plan from Superstars Pizza owner Taylor Antonelli to open deli a few miles east on Patterson Avenue.
City Council delays vote on Westhampton Pastry Shop redevelopment
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Bingo Beer duo opening Morty’s Market & Deli in Brookland Park
Jay Bayer, who also co-owned former Jackson Ward restaurant Saison, is teaming up with Bingo colleague Adam Stull on the restaurant, which will fill the former Brookland Park Kitchen.
RIC adds first international flights in a decade with direct routes to Bermuda
The new flights will be through BermudAir, a 2-year-old airline based in the British overseas territory 650 miles off the Eastern Seaboard.
Westhampton Pastry Shop redevelopment endorsed by Planning Commission
The Robins family and investor Tyler Currie want to replace the longtime bakery property at Libbie-Patterson with a four-story building. The pastry shop would reopen in the new building, once completed.
VCU now controls all 4 corners of Broad-Belvidere intersection after $4.6M Rite Aid buy
A VCU spokesperson said there are “no specific purposes identified by the university” for the property and that Rite Aid will continue to lease its building and parking lot.
Owner of burned-down Lakeside burger joint beats arson charge after 2-day jury trial
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.
New Grateful Dead-themed Ripple Ray’s tosses its pebble into Carytown bar scene
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.
First-time restaurateurs opening new vegan taco shop in Church Hill area
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.
Reynolds Crossing owners sell medical office building ahead of mixed-use redevelopment
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.
Nichols brothers sell full city block in Scott’s Addition to D.C. developer for $13M
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.
