A 70-year-old joint that made headlines in 2011 for a a bizarre crime and then reopened under new ownership has closed.
Restaurants
Plaza Azteca ads fourth location
Plaza Azteca will open this spring in the former Hill City Chop House location on Brook Road.
Chef Peter Chang headed for Richmond

A Chinese chef with a rabid following is coming to Richmond to open his first local restaurant.
The Stew: Restaurant roundup for 12.28.11
Serving up a monthly helping of restaurant news. In this installment, we’ve got restaurants popping up in various parts of town, some new beer options and the closing of a beloved taco stop.
Family pizza night takes on new meaning
A father-and-son team is about to open a pizza buffet in Hanover County.
Local shop hopes competition is a piece of cake
Frostings, a Short Pump cupcake shop will appear on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars.
A top-shelf transition
Life got a little sweeter for a former consultant when she left the corporate world behind and decided to pour her love of mojitos into a business.
Pinstripes meet small plates
A local bartender is taking his first crack at the Richmond restaurant scene, and his venture is the first sign of life on the ground floor of the Berry Burk building.
Q&A: Former lawyer isn’t out to pasture
After a long legal career, attorney Ry Marchant is taking a stab at a resurrecting a location that would challenge even the most experienced restaurateur. And he’s investing $1.4 million to make sure it’s done right.
A peacock struts into the Fan
A local couple is trying their luck in a Fan restaurant space that hasn’t been so lucky in the past.