Restaurants

Downtown restaurant’s closure sparks catering deal

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With the Virginia Lottery taking over its space, a downtown lunch restaurant is closing its doors next week. But its catering business will live on under the ownership of a former local competitor.

Coffee franchise pulls the plug, new cafe moving in

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A short-lived music-themed coffee shop franchise near VCU has called it quits, leaving a Carytown tobacco company to set up its own cafe and hookah concept in the space.

On a roll, restaurant group plans sushi spot in Short Pump

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With a burger restaurant in the works on the Boulevard and another venture planned downtown, a local restaurant group is keeping the momentum going with another sushi and steak house in a new Short Pump development.

Carytown restaurant skipping over to the Fan

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A restaurant and wine bar is giving up its Carytown real estate to take over a larger space in the Fan that lost its longtime tenant earlier this year.

Barbecue back on the menu near VCU

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A restaurant space amidst national chains is again being filled by a local restaurateur, who thinks his West End barbecue eatery can handle the heat.

Fresh batch of donut shops cooking around Richmond

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A couple plans to have a half-dozen donut stores in the Richmond area within the next year, and their first move will be into a space in VCU territory on West Broad Street.

Distillery expands with gin tasting room

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A gin distillery near the Diamond is adding a new flavor to its production facility with a newly opened tasting room and retail shop.