Restaurants

“It’s a win for both of us,” Southern Kitchen owner Shane Roberts-Thomas said of her restaurant and the South Richmond mall.

The seller was an entity tied to Main Street Homes, which is developing the commercial center that is part of the larger Cosby Village mixed-use project.

Adrienne and Carlos Londoño are no longer operating Casa Fiesta in Shockoe Slip and Tequila Sunrise in Chesterfield, as they eye something new for the old City Dogs space downtown.

Toast is the lone full-service restaurant at Scott’s Walk, joining other tenants including Raising Cane’s, Starbucks, Chipotle and Marco’s Pizza.

Jay Ko, who also previously owned JKogi in Jackson Ward, will open Goldwing in the former longtime Chinatown Bus station storefront.

“We’re kettle boiled, we’re chef-driven, and we’re lightning fast. If we can hit all three of those things, then I think we’re going to be really successful,” said owner Yero Rudzinskas.

Founder Frank Bucalo has been living in New York and said the distance made it challenging to make and maintain the relationships with local restaurants that are key to the company’s operation.

The shuffling of restaurant tenants comes weeks after VCU Health, which was tapped to anchor the massive Chesterfield development, began an effort to relocate a planned surgery center to another site nearby.

The owners of a Petersburg eatery are taking over the 4-year-old riverfront brewery near Hopewell and bringing in an entirely new concept. 

Another Scott’s Addition “eatertainment” venue has closed, though it looks like its space won’t sit vacant long.