Restaurants

Shockoe Bottom restaurateurs plan new venture next door

Loft 17 Crump Epps Minter ftd

With their new bar and eatery just getting off the ground in Shockoe Bottom, the restaurant’s owners and chef are already working up a new dining and event space in the neighborhood.

A Kokonut rolls into Main Street

Kokonut Grill Tham ftd

A Fan sandwich shop has shut its doors, and a Northern Virginia couple launched a new Southeast Asian restaurant in the space last week.

Lemaire chef to launch eatery in West End

Walter Bundy ftd

The longtime executive chef at The Jefferson Hotel dining spot is striking out on his own in the West End and giving an upcoming mixed-use development its first restaurant tenant.

Lunch restaurant reopens on higher ground

Citizen ftd

A breakfast and sandwich shop has moved up out of its basement storefront and into a much bigger and more visible spot on Main.

From The Mill to Church Hill

East End Theater ftd

The three owners behind a Bellevue restaurant are expanding into Church Hill, where they plan to open a new eatery in a recently renovated theater building.

Rival cookie companies strike deal for sweet VCU spot

Campus Cookies space ftd

As the timer ticks on its VCU-owned kitchen, a local cookie delivery company is planning to take over a new Grace Street storefront, and the arrangement will cut out one of its competitors.