Restaurants

KavaClub, which will produce and serve a non-alcoholic and psychoactive drink, filed a motion in Richmond Circuit Court seeking a temporary injunction that would allow it to open for business at 1529 W. Main St.

It’s the second food option at Short Pump Town Center to close this year, following Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery’s closure in the spring.

“You have a lot of places that have an oatmeal cream pie, but this is kind of the first of its kind, where it’s about oatmeal cream pies and it’s about elevating those specifically.”

Justin Cropper, whose resume includes stints at Union Market, Don’t Look Back, Lemaire and Millie’s, is opening Wishbone with partner Ginny Sowers.

Initially founded as a pop-up in 2021, Sprezza opened in the former Morton’s The Steakhouse space late last year. It’s headed to a Lombardy Street building that was most recently home to Brun cigar lounge.

The restaurant started as a catering business about a year and a half ago, when owner Ida Hite left her job in healthcare.

Longtime friends Arthur Grant, Justin Laughter and Chris Mayo are behind the new venture. The trio once played music together in middle- and high-school bands.

Earlier this summer Ian Newell debuted Celeste Farms, a 4-acre farm at 7001 Osborne Turnpike in Varina that hosts multi-course dinners, private events and more. 

A year in the making, a local coffee company’s new cafe and roastery is ready for its debut. Reviresco Coffee Co. this week began roasting operations at 710 Lafayette St., where it also plans to open a cafe on Monday. Co-owner Steven Dalton said the project, which was first announced last summer when the company… Read more »

After checking out of Grace Street in the city, a fast-casual restaurant chain is heading to Chesterfield’s Hull Street Road corridor.