After a brief stint, Friend or Pho is no more. But another operator is ready to step in and take over.
Restaurants
Swimming with the Mainstream
After a career in manufacturing, a New Yorker-turned-Richmonder is trying his luck in the restaurant business.
New name, same food
A year-old French restaurant in Shockoe Slip has changed its name.
Diners become do-gooders
For a few dozen local establishments, Restaurant Week is a chance to get new customers in the door and hopefully please their taste buds enough to get them to return.
Monday Q&A: Tennis buddies serve up new dining option
Two Richmond businessmen are bringing an expanding salad franchise to the area.
Donate where you eat
A local restaurateur is helping support Virginia’s waterways, one dish at a time.
New life at Richbrau – sort of
There isn’t a new tenant for the former Richbrau brewery/pub yet, but neighboring business has taken advantage of the prime Cary Street exposure.
Home Team Grill expands its league
A Richmond sports bar and restaurant is opening a new location in Fredericksburg.
Put your money where your mouth is
An Innsbrook diner is still serving milkshakes, cheeseburgers, pancakes and other classic American dishes, but the ingredients have changed. And the chain’s owners hope that patrons will pay a bit more for the dishes knowing that many of the ingredients came from Virginia.
2010 a good year for wine (bars)
A handful of new wine bars are popping the corks – or will be soon.