“I’ve never expected it,” Rob Zorch said of his namesake pizza venture. “I just always thought we’d be a little slice truck.”
Zorch Pizza finds a place to park in Carytown
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High-end vending machine startup with healthy entrees plugs into Manchester
ELYA to offer a line of refrigerated, quick-serve healthy entrees to offices, hospitals and universities.
Fan gym owner launches Beet Box juice bar next door
“I was leaving the gym one day and saw the space was vacant. It never had dawned on me that it could be the juice bar,” said cofounder Antoine “Roc” Meredith.
As some retail and restaurant rents have gone unpaid, some landlords’ patience wears thin
A Red Lobster location in Midlothian is the latest local commercial tenant to have allegedly fallen behind on its rent since the pandemic began, resulting in one of a handful of similar lawsuits.
Billy Pie carves out a slice inside Manchester brewery
The move to Basic City Beer follows the end of a similar residency owner Billy Fallen had at Triple Crossing Beer’s Fulton location.
Owner of Fan’s Kokonut Grill adding sister location near Innsbrook
The Asian fusion restaurant will take over a space at 10921 W. Broad St. that had been home to pizza joints Pie Five and Pupatella in recent years.
Richmond’s first food hall concept cooking at The Current in Manchester
Dubbed Hatch Local, the food hall will have two outdoor dining areas and nine stalls for food vendors to rent.
Krusty Krab restaurant crawling into former Metro Bar & Grill space in the Fan
A mother-daughter team plans to launch their first eatery in January at 301 N. Robinson St.
Lamplighter co-owner brews new breakfast venture in Henrico’s West End
“It’s a Chipotle of breakfast,” Zach Archibald said of Surrounding Counties, his new café in the Westbury Shopping Center.
Undeterred by pandemic, restaurateur opens two new spots in the city
“Why not open during COVID to get cheap prices (on real estate) and get good employees because everyone is looking for a job,” said co-owner Anthony Mijares.
