After selling groceries, beer, wine and sandwiches, Sean and Pat Lynch decided to pivot to fine dining.
Restaurants
Restaurateur makes no bones about being happy to open in Union Hill
Pizza Bones owner Ashley Patino tested the market with pop-ups around town before launching her first brick-and-mortar spot.
Carytown’s New York Deli hits funding goal for rooftop event and movie venue
Instead of getting a bank loan, the owner of New York Deli launched a Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $170,000 for the project.
Lillie Pearl owners cooking up fried chicken concept in Short Pump
The couple behind the year-old downtown eatery will open Buttermilk and Honey in the West Broad Marketplace as well as a forthcoming food hall in Manchester.
Uber co-founder’s ghost kitchen startup buys into Scott’s Addition
An entity tied to the parent company of Travis Kalanick’s Cloud Kitchens paid $750,000 for the building at 2812 W. Broad St. next to the Hofheimer Building.
Richmond’s former frozen yogurt king dishes up hot chicken concept
Derek Cha and business partner Mike Kim have opened Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken, a Nashville-style hot chicken joint.
Stony Point Fashion Park adds cooking school for children to its menu
Midlothian-based Edible Education is opening a second location in the former Sur La Table space in the Southside mall.
Broad Street spot that has seen many eateries come and go lands another
The Riviere bar and restaurant will open in the previous home of Yaki, Boka Tavern, Belvidere at Broad and, most recently, Tiny Victory.
Local restaurants hungry for workers dishing out higher pay, better benefits
The industry is facing a severe labor shortage as it tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, making it difficult to fully reopen.
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.