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.
Restaurants
Restaurant cues up line dancing and country tunes
A country western bar and restaurant — line dancing and cowboy hat-wearing waitresses included — is hoping to fill a hole in the Midlothian market.
Coffee franchise pulls the plug, new cafe moving in
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.
Restaurant owners biting into another piece of Shockoe Bottom
Another storefront on a Shockoe Bottom corner is being filled in by a restaurant duo with two other ventures up and running nearby, and this time steak is on the menu.
On a roll, restaurant group plans sushi spot in Short Pump
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.
Longtime chef branching out with new Chester eatery
The former owner of a local sports bar and a general contractor are teaming up on a new causal restaurant venture on Iron Bridge Road.
Carytown restaurant skipping over to the Fan
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
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
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
A gin distillery near the Diamond is adding a new flavor to its production facility with a newly opened tasting room and retail shop.