Restaurants

A West Cary Street restaurant is planning a new branch in the thick of the westward expansion of Short Pump. Richmond Restaurant Group’s East Coast Provisions has signed on for a new restaurant in the suburbs with a similar moniker – West Coast Provisions, company officials announced late Wednesday. West Coast Provisions will rise in… Read more »

A duo of former Tobacco Company bartenders are now owners of a Scott’s Addition restaurant. Amy Quidley and Charlie Hughes purchased Moore Street Café at 2904 Moore St. on May 24 for an undisclosed amount. The café has served as a mainstay in the Scott’s Addition neighborhood for decades. Its space has housed a restaurant… Read more »

A long-time restaurateur is keeping busy growing a local food empire, with plans to distribute his own barbecue sauce and open a new eatery in the Fan – all while eyeing Varina for a future restaurant venture. Chef Michael Hall plans to open Spoonbread Bistro at 2526 Floyd Ave. near the intersection of Floyd and… Read more »

A popular chef and restaurant owner has officially joined Scott’s Addition stew of entrepreneurs and developers. Peter Chang opened his new eatery last week at 2816 W. Broad St. in a 3,000-square-foot space in the recently renovated Hofheimer building. Its opening day was June 3. Chang has another restaurant in the works next door to… Read more »

Three years in the making, Richmond’s highest rooftop restaurant and lounge is open for business.

A vacant Carver restaurant space is ready to come back to life. First-time restaurant owner Matt Shelton plans to open Halcyon Bar & Grill at 1301 W. Leigh St. on May 23 in the building formerly occupied by The Magpie. Halcyon will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and be open from 7 a.m. to midnight…. Read more »

A group of franchisees of a fast-growing chain of chicken restaurants forked over seven figures to land the brand’s first location in the city of Richmond. A Zaxby’s franchise is planned to open this fall at 2309 W. Broad St., in place of a recently shuttered Arby’s that had been there since 1968. The new… Read more »

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 »