“I felt like the city’s missing that steakhouse feel,” said the owner, a first-time restaurateur and Richmond native with a background in commercial cleaning.
Restaurants
Blanchard’s Coffee reignites former Fan location of Lamplighter Coffee
“My wife and I went on dates there when we were in college,” said owner David Blanchard of his new space, which also once housed Crossroads coffee shop.
Frozen meal to-go concept takes over old Nota Bene spot in Shockoe Bottom
Leek & Thistle will offer fresh-made food, but there won’t be any hot meals served there. The owner said the menu will be “whatever’s going to taste good.”
New wine shop, bar and cafe Celladora pours into former Fan salon space
The owner is a Gloucester native who spent the last 18 years in New York City before relocating to Richmond during the pandemic.
EAT cooking up second Wong’s Tacos at Winterfield Crossing in Midlothian
The restaurant group plans to open in a to-be-built, 4,000-square-foot space at the mixed-use development by early spring 2022.
Shockoe Slip buildings that house eatery Sam Miller’s sell for more than $3M
A Richmond native is back after a decade doing residential development in California and he’s investing in his hometown.
It’s Bo Time near Bellevue and White Oak as fried chicken chain expands
Bojangles’ local franchise group, Tands Inc., filed plans for the Brook Road and Laburnum Avenue locations in 2016 and 2017, respectively, and purchased the sites a year later.
New Stony Point axe throwing range aims for cut of entertainment market
“We think we’ll bring in a younger crowd to the mall. You can’t throw an axe on the internet,” said local Stumpy’s Hatchet House franchisee Joe Szymczak.
New Indian restaurant cooking in former home of Pescados in Midlothian
The owner of the Saheb Indian Bistro previously co-owned Pakwaan Indian Cuisine, also in Chesterfield County, and wanted “something of my own.”
Former Caturra on Grove to become South American restaurant Cocodrilo
A team of friends from the local restaurant industry is launching the new concept because “it’s rare to be able to get a space with such visibility.”