Jane Eckels has found another sweet spot for her niche business.
Restaurants
Closing the vault
A six-year-old restaurant and nightclub in Richmond’s Financial District has shut its doors while it undergoes a facelift and tweaks its business model.
A local shot of the Emerald Isle
A longtime Shockoe Bottom restaurateur has gone back to his Irish roots to open a pub in the Fan.
The Stew: Restaurant roundup for 10.26.11
Welcome to The Stew, BizSense’s newest section, where we’re serving up a monthly helping of restaurant news. In this installment, we’ve got new restaurants in the Fan, Shockoe Bottom and Chesterfield, plus a few closings and some new menus.
Bar owner makes his Shockoe investment a double
The owner of a Shockoe Bottom bar is hoping to pour some life into his neglected block with a new restaurant.
An Italian entrance on River Road
A longtime restaurateur has expanded with a new restaurant in Goochland.
From mythology to Main Street
A shuttered Shockoe Bottom restaurant is coming back to life, but the chef’s identity is hush-hush.
Twice the synergy
Shockoe Slip is about to get another restaurant/night spot.
Coffee shop gets a kick-start
Lamplighter Roasting Company took over a derelict gas station in the Fan and transformed it into a neighborhood hot spot. Now the owners of the coffee shop are looking to recreate the magic.
Crocker’s corner
An ambitious restaurateur is close to having a monopoly on one Fan intersection.