The industry is facing a severe labor shortage as it tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, making it difficult to fully reopen.
Local restaurants hungry for workers dishing out higher pay, better benefits
Restaurants
Farmer’s market regulars to open shared retail and kitchen space in the Fan
Filipino food truck Auntie Ning’s, coffee shop Column 15 and Polpetti Catering, which sells Italian fare, are launching Market on Meadow.
Mechanicsville coffee house owners brewing up something sweeter
Brothers Micah and Jett Odle are opening Graham’s Ice Cream at 7038 Mechanicsville Turnpike, near Mechanicsville High School, in July.
Texas chain Torchy’s Tacos firing up an eatery in Carytown Exchange
Sleep Number, Chase Bank, CityRow and the Virginia ABC have also signed leases at the $40 million shopping center following Publix’s opening last year.
Punk rocker-turned-real estate investor bags BoDillaz building on Broad
Matthew Johnson, who also worked for the Obama administration, and his real estate agent wife bought the commercial building to diversify their portfolio.
Vegan Philly cheesesteak shop opens on Hull Street in Manchester
Philly Vegan relocated from a smaller space in Bon Air. For carnivores, Str8 Out of Philly has opened a cheesesteak shop at 407 N. First St.
Hatch unwraps packaged food how-to course for local restaurateurs
The food-and-beverage incubator’s nonprofit arm wants to help Richmond eateries land their wares on store shelves to give them an additional revenue source.
Hard seltzer brewer closer to shacking up with downtown gelato shop
The city’s planning commission recommended allowing the two businesses to share the Jackson Ward storefront and split operating costs.
New Main Street Steakhouse will try to fill void left by Morton’s closure
“I felt like the city’s missing that steakhouse feel,” said the owner, a first-time restaurateur and Richmond native with a background in commercial cleaning.
Blanchard’s Coffee reignites former Fan location of Lamplighter Coffee
“My wife and I went on dates there when we were in college,” said owner David Blanchard of his new space, which also once housed Crossroads coffee shop.