Restaurants

Their hope was to open multiple BigWife’s locations, but John Taxin said the concept never caught on and the restaurant just wasn’t making money. 

The Capital Region Airport Commission approved deals for four new concession operators at the airport, including a bar from Hardywood Brewery, a Wolfgang Puck Bar & Bites restaurant, and two concepts from local juice bar The Beet Box. 

The building is known as the former home of restaurant Acacia Mid-Town, which operated there from 2008 to 2020 before reopening in Libbie Mill. Most recently it housed ghost kitchen concept The Coop.

The longtime Bellevue pizzeria’s new owners are brothers Mohammed and Ahmed Alhasani, who previously owned Shawarma Bistro in Short Pump and food truck 2nd Alarm Grill.

“The Blue Heron has been a constant in mine and my family’s life for 20-plus years. Lots of celebrations there, I’ve had a number of first dates there,” Whisk owner Billy Bryan said of his desire to take over the riverfront restaurant.

“When the weather’s nice, I think [Solaire] can offer something that no other brunch in Richmond could offer, 20 stories above the city,” said Solaire co-owner Neal Patel. 

A dispute over the sale of the Dixie Restaurant in Old Towne Petersburg seems to hinge on a typo.

After planting its flag in Short Pump last year, an out-of-town coffee shop chain has set its sights on Midlothian for its second local outpost.

The 1,100-square-foot storefront will be the first brick-and-mortar location for Scharolyn Hall, who started Scharolina’s Custom Cakes & Confections in 2017. 

Akoya Kitchen already took over Kokonut’s Innsbrook spot two years ago, and now it’s making a similar play on Main Street near VCU.