Restaurants

A restaurant space on West Grace Street that was formerly home to a barbecue joint is being revived by a new Lebanese concept.

A long-vacant triangular building on 25th Street is set to be revived with the arrival of a new takeout concept that will specialize in one recipe: fish sandwiches.

A Japanese concept that’s made brief appearances at popular restaurants around Richmond is setting up its own brick-and-mortar near VCU. And the owners are getting some help from a pair of local restaurant veterans.

A local salon owner is venturing into the restaurant business with a new upscale cafe in a West End shopping center next to a Gelati Celesti.

Derek Cha, who recently sold off most of his stake in his frozen yogurt chain, is building up his next venture: a Korean barbecue restaurant that already has one location in Charlottesville.

After 18 years in business, a sandwich shop said goodbye to its downtown location on Friday as the owner moves to expand the business and reopen on either the Southside or at Innsbrook.

Keeping up with a brisk expansion pace, local cafe concept Urban Farmhouse has picked up space for its sixth location and will open in Manchester this summer.

A longtime local donut brand opened the doors to its second location, in the West End, on Tuesday.

An entrepreneur with a restaurant overseas plans to buy a vacant Shockoe Bottom space and open an upscale Caribbean and African restaurant. And his isn’t the only Caribbean concept cropping up in the city.

The ever-evolving 2nd Street strip of restaurants will open with two new concepts in the coming weeks: a Korean takeout place and a barbecue and tamale spot.