Karen and Matt Verdisco, owners of Brew Craft Bar & Kitchen, are opening a pizza and beer-focused spot just up the road, where they’re installing an in-house brewing operation.
Chesterfield restaurateurs opening new brewpub up the road
Restaurants
Lobster-focused food truck franchise rolls into Richmond
On a growth spurt fueled by an investment from the TV show “Shark Tank,” Cousins Maine Lobster’s first truck in Virginia is stationed in the Richmond region.
New owners take over The Mill on MacArthur restaurant in Bellevue
Husband-and-wife duo Rawleigh and Jaya Easley purchased The Mill’s lease at 4023 MacArthur Ave. and its equipment and are planning to open a new restaurant in its place called Neighbor.
Owners of Y Tu Mamá, Hibachi Box opening new spot in Scott’s Addition
In the midst of expanding their fast-casual Japanese food concept to Short Pump, the Benavides brothers are taking an offshoot of their Southside Mexican spot into a new development on Roseneath Road.
Vegan cheese experiment leads to Fan restaurant’s frozen pizza spinoff
“It’s a process. It’s like a labor of love. I’m making pizza all day,” said owner Evan Byrne, who runs the new business out of his shop The Hop Craft Pizza & Beer.
Former F.W. Sullivan’s space in the Fan turning over yet again
A bar called Cure lasted only a few weeks in the Main Street spot and now the former owner of The Riviere in the Arts District is bringing in a new concept.
Ironclad Coffee comes in for a landing at RIC
Three new Ironclad cafes will replace the three Caribou Coffees that Delaware North has operated at the airport – in the A and B concourses as well as the shuttered cafe in the airport’s atrium.
Bookbinder’s owners open mac-and-cheese joint on Arthur Ashe Boulevard
The takeout-only concept is from John and Jayme Taxin, who launched BigWife’s in 2020 as a pop-up in Bookbinder’s in Shockoe Bottom. It sells nine different one-pound macaroni and cheese dishes.
Byrd Park restaurant from NY Deli owners gets Planning Commission nod
Deferred six times since plans were introduced in September and after hearing neighbor feedback, the restaurateurs agreed to conditions such as no live music, no liquor, no more than 24 people on the patio and closing time at 9 p.m.
Local Mellow Mushroom franchisees dive into Va. Beach, NoVa expansion plans
The owners of the Short Pump Mellow Mushroom, including local hotelier Jay Shah, recently opened a new location inside a hotel at the Virginia Beach oceanfront. They’re headed to Northern Virginia next.