Restaurants

When her son died this spring, 80-year-old Barbara Given was left with an unfinished Jackson Ward space. Now, with a little help, she’s carrying on with her son’s plan to turn the storefront into an ice cream shop.

A restaurant chain launched in Short Pump two years ago has quickly grown to five locations in three states, and its newest spot recently opened for business in Alverser Plaza.

The company behind several restaurants around Richmond plans to launch a new concept in Scott’s Addition, its second on Boulevard, as the neighborhood bustles with new developments.

Workers and activists rallied last week at a local McDonald’s, calling for Virginia to follow New York’s lead in raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour.

Downtown restaurant Rappahannock is spilling over into a new storefront with plans for a small market and bar that will also sell raw oysters and other seafood.

With stints at several well-known restaurants under his belt, a local chef is launching his own restaurant in the ever-changing Shockoe Bottom food scene.

After several years handling food for events and weddings, a caterer opened a deli and restaurant space, with plans to get a farmer’s market up and running next month.

A Jackson Ward restaurant and its fleet of food carts are re-branding after 15 years in business as part of a deal with a neighboring eatery.

A VCU-area restaurant has been put out to pasture after less than a year in business, though its owners are open to a possible return.

The pair behind a few different West End restaurants is back in the same shopping center, this time with a more causal and healthy approach to Italian staples.