Restaurants

Carytown restaurant shuts down for rebrand

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A local restaurant group is switching up its Carytown concept in favor of a new seafood spot, and it has another eatery in the works in the West End.

Carytown donut shop shutting down

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Carytown’s Dixie Donuts will shut down on Valentine’s Day after lagging sales, leaving its owner to focus on her other restaurant downtown.

Bar owners take shot at changing ’45 percent rule’

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A group of bar and restaurant owners are putting their weight behind a newly introduced state bill that would lower the requirements for food and nonalcoholic drink sales for establishments that sell liquor.

Cafe chain checks into historic downtown inn

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A local cafe and restaurant chain with six locations around the Richmond area is adding another downtown and has signed on to open as part of a string of upgrades for a long-standing Franklin Street inn.

Family’s restaurant chain expands to Ashland

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With six other locations around the Richmond area, a local Mexican restaurant chain added Ashland to the map this month, opening near the Bass Pro Shops-anchored shopping center.

Fast Japanese, pizza eateries open their doors

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A pizzeria opened its doors in the downtown Berry Burk building last week, and VCU-area diners have a new food option in a Japanese fast-casual restaurant.

Coffee shop and donut chain open doors near VCU

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A local tobacco company’s new cafe venture launched late last month on Broad Street in VCU territory, and just up the street local Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees with big expansion plans quickly got their shop up and running.

Restaurant recap: Richmond’s year in food

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Some of Richmond’s biggest restaurant players got new locations cooking, new developments and up-and-coming neighborhoods landed eateries, and Scott’s Addition boomed with booze in 2015. Read this year’s restaurant roundup and plan your dining calendar for the new year.