Restaurants

A popular chef and restaurateur is doubling up in Short Pump. Peter Chang plans to open a new restaurant at 11408 W. Broad St. in the Short Pump Village Shopping Center, just a few doors down from his existing Chinese eatery that he opened as his first in Richmond in 2012. Nancy Wan, Chang’s lawyer,… Read more »

  Hoping to capitalize on a spurt of redevelopment in his family’s old neighborhood, a local restaurant owner has set up shop in Manchester. Ironclad Pizza Grill opened April 8 at 924 McDonough St. The restaurant’s 0.21-acre parcel and its constructed 1,500-square-foot building are familiar territory for Martin. “It’s literally right next to my grandparents… Read more »

As parts of the Richmond food scene evolve, an out-of-town restaurant chain is betting certain American favorites will always be in demand. Pies and Pints plans to open this summer at 2035 W. Broad St. on the edge of the Fan. The owners of the Ohio-based beer and pizza restaurant have leased 4,200 square feet… Read more »

Derek Cha is back in full-on expansion mode. The founder and former head of locally based frozen yogurt giant Sweet Frog is ramping up the growth plan for his new venture, a fast casual restaurant chain called Zzaam Fresh Korean Grill. With locations already open in Carytown and Charlottesville, Zzaam has leased space for three… Read more »

A new beer-centric restaurant is on tap for Richmond International Airport, capping off two years of renovations and updates to RIC’s food spots and watering holes. Cross Grain Brewhouse plans to open by July in the airport’s Concourse A. The 1,900-square-foot restaurant will open in space formerly home to Sam Adams and Vito’s Market. The… Read more »

Having built a following with his taco-centric food trucks, Patrick Harris is trying his hand at a more upscale venture in a long vacant property at the crossroads of Broad Street’s ongoing downtown evolution. Harris, who owns a fleet of Boka Tako trucks, as well as Boka Tako Bar in the Fan and Southside’s Boka… Read more »

With its new space reserved on East Broad Street, a longtime downtown restaurant is checking out of its space in Shockoe Slip. La Grotta restaurant announced Tuesday plans to vacate its space at 1218 E. Cary St. after 20 years in favor of new digs inside the Hilton Richmond Downtown at 501 E. Broad St., site… Read more »

A local burger joint has cooked up two new locations. Burger Bach, founded in Richmond in 2012, plans to open this summer at 2050 Bond St. in Charlottesville and at 101 Heaths Way Drive in Midlothian. That will add to the restaurant’s existing locations in Carytown, West Broad Village and Durham, North Carolina. “We’re ready… Read more »

After closing its Church Hill location, a local chain of cafes and markets is heading even farther east for its latest storefront. Urban Farmhouse Market and Café plans to open in May at 4821 Old Main St. in Rocketts Landing. Owner Kathleen Richardson said she has leased the 3,000-square-foot space, which was previously occupied by… Read more »

In the next step in the evolution of her local Paleo diet meal delivery service, Nancye Hunter has taken on a new partner and is up and running in a new restaurant downtown. The Extraordinary Café opened March 7 at 1001 Haxall Point in the lobby of the Troutman Sanders building. Hunter and business partner… Read more »