Restaurants

Franchisees Eddie and Cherie Sanchez became familiar with the two restaurant brands as customers before moving here from New Jersey, where the brands were founded.

The Carytown institution is set to be sold to Housepitality Family, the local restaurant group that owns spots like The Boathouse and Casa del Barco. 

Though its name has a different spelling, Brazen’s menu will lean on braised dishes that are cooked slowly, typically over hours. 

The coffee-and-donuts chain earlier this month opened in the Springdale Park development and has two Hanover locations under construction.

The Found concept was influenced by customers’ positive response to long-running French restaurant’s mixed-and-matched approach to the tableware used in its downtown dining room.

Jayme Campbell, who decades ago worked as a bouncer at Starlite, has come full circle with his new barbecue joint in the same Fan building.

A new Mediterranean restaurant is set to pull into Ashland’s main drag. Ash & Olive is preparing to open at 107 S. Railroad Ave. in the town’s downtown area. 

The chain, which serves what it calls shaved snow, is taking over the former Coco + Hazel milkshake shop in the Tuckahoe Shopping Center.

“I always thought it was a shame that nobody had put in a little coffee and ice cream shop there, with Salisbury, Rosemont, Independence and all those really nice neighborhoods,” said co-owner Chris Staples.

Good Vices started slinging frozen treats from a truck-towed trailer earlier this month, with married couple owners Emma and Omar Ansari at the helm.