Restaurants

The ever-changing Richmond restaurant scene served up another busy year in 2016, notably marked by a stream of out-of-town players moving into the market and local brands expanding in and out of the area.

A local CFO is making his first foray into the Richmond restaurant business by acquiring and renaming the former Sonny’s Bar & Grill.

The out-of-town restaurant chain has begun taking a bite out of Short Pump, as it looks to expand its brand across metro Richmond and beyond.

“Sometimes you have to look back and reevaluate everything,” said Kathleen Richardson, while discussing a wave of closures that has cut her store count in half.

After nearly four years dishing out hot dogs on the go, Robert Stout has found a place to park in one of Richmond’s most sought-after neighborhoods.

The proprietors of a well-established Northside diner are branching off to open another restaurant a few feet away.

The once-fast-growing Richmond-based coffeehouse is closing yet another location.

“We’ve designed a bar that is going to be surrounded by TVs so it will give a stadium effect,” owner Kevin McGrath said. “Our motto here is, ‘Every day is game day.'”

The owners of a downtown restaurant have scrapped their concept after nine months and gone back to a model they know well.

The well-known Richmond restaurant has plans to try out a new waterfront setting in Hampton Roads.