Restaurants

Whether it was celebrity chefs moving in or local operators adding new locations, Richmond’s restaurant scene piled a lot more on to its plate in 2014.

The developer behind an upcoming apartment project in Church Hill already has plans to fill the ground-floor commercial space with a new Chinese restaurant that recently got a boost from corporate donors.

The family behind a Southside Mexican restaurant is turning Japanese with plans to open a make-your-own Japanese concept aimed at VCU students.

A large cookie delivery company is setting up its first Virginia kitchen in VCU territory, adding to the mix of recent startups that target the campus’ midnight snackers.

The group that recently reopened a shuttered downtown restaurant is scooping up the vacant storefront next door to launch a small grocery concept that will complement the Grace Street eatery.

A West End catering company is quadrupling its space in a move downtown. And the old location will be converted into the owner’s second venture.

A pair of well-known restaurant owners have made a deal with a West End eatery to expand their 16-year-old Fan concept.

A restaurant and food truck owner is venturing to the other side of the river, following several other eateries that expanded out of more crowded dining scenes.

The doors and bottles are open at Short Pump’s newest dining spot.

After forking over more than $1 million for renovations, a local restaurant owner is duplicating his downtown concept in the chain-heavy suburbs.