“We weren’t ready to extend another lengthy lease over there,” owner Jay Bayer said. “I feel good about what all we accomplished. I feel like we’ve done everything we’ve set out to do.”
Saison shutting down restaurant and market after 10-year run
Restaurants
Hibachi Box restaurant stirs up new offshoot in Short Pump
The Benavides brothers’ Hibachi House will replace an Indian restaurant in the Shops at Wellesley on Lauderdale Drive.
New York Deli owners working on new restaurant in Byrd Park
The group is looking to open a cafe and sandwich shop in a long-vacant building on Stafford Avenue. If approved by the city, it would be one of the only dining options in that part of town.
Blue Cow taking second scoop in Richmond with new Short Pump store
The Roanoke-based ice cream company is opening in the GreenGate shopping center, adding to its initial local spot in the Village Shopping Center.
New digs for Shyndigz in the works on Cary Street
“The vision is that it’s the one-stop shop to any event you’re going to,” co-owner Bryon Jesse said of the much larger space.
Former Bar Louie in Short Pump to be razed for new-to-market Perry’s Steakhouse
“We like suburban locations. This spot in Short Pump was the perfect opportunity to do a free-standing building,” said Perry’s exec Rick Henderson.
3 Monkeys in the Fan under new ownership
The longtime Main Street restaurant and bar has been taken over by the man who brought Charleys Philly Steaks to Richmond last year.
Old Wigwam Motel site reinvented as Wigwam Crossing shopping center in Hanover
“We found one of the old menus from the original Wigwam with a western T-bone steak for $3 and shrimp cocktail for 90 cents,” said Mark Motley. “There’s a lot of nostalgia in there.”
Toast restaurant in Village Shopping Center sold to industry veteran
“I got to meet Josh and Jessica over there and we just sparked a friendship,” said new owner Bob Graham. “I always had that itch to run my own restaurant.”
Dozens of homes around Libbie Mill to be demolished for project’s next phase
If you’ve noticed holes and other odd blemishes in the façades of the 1950s-era homes around Libbie Mill, there’s a reason for their state of disrepair.