Restaurants

A smoothie shop brand that started in Maine will soon have locations on Gaskins Road and Iron Bridge Road, along with Emporia.

The owner of Church Hill spots Liberty Public House and Riverbend Roastery is one of the owners of the Chimbo concept, which aims to serve “really interesting, big sandwiches,” like those at the former Black Sheep in Carver.  

While the Purrfect Bean may be Richmond’s only cat café, it isn’t the city’s first. Shockoe Bottom used to be home to cat café Central Purrk on Main Street.

The Beet Box plans to open next month at 2400 Jefferson Ave., a storefront recently vacated by North End Juice Co. It’ll be Beet Box’s second location.

The growing pizzeria chain has over 30 locations open or in the works throughout the country, including one in Charlottesville.

Yak Yai Thai will be the first restaurant venture for husband and wife Ken and Marinda Sourinphoumy, and Ken’s sister, Charintip Wiphatwibulkit.

It’s the 14th location overall and third in the Richmond area for the Charlottesville-based chain, which was founded by four friends at UVA.

The new location in the Cosby Village Square development will Firebirds’ third restaurant in the Richmond region.

The chain’s new Grace Street space will be on the ground floor of an under-construction mixed-use building that’s being developed by the Abouzaki family. 

Superstars owner Taylor Antonelli said they haven’t finalized all the details on what the public-facing concept would be, but city planning documents list it as Antonelli’s Deli and is described as a “neighborhood pizzeria/delicatessen.”