Heavenly Cove founder Franklyn Harris was drawn by the low cost of entry and he hopes to save money to buy a food truck.
Restaurateur cooking up Hispanic-Mediterranean ghost kitchen
Restaurants
Mediterranean chain Mezeh opens location on Midlothian Turnpike
The company has more than 20 restaurants in North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia, including Short Pump and Reynolds Crossing.
Former CineBistro chef takes over Padow’s Hams & Deli shop in Bon Air
After a decades-long career in kitchens working for others, Leo Bialkowski decided to become the franchisee of the local sandwich chain at 9720 Midlothian Turnpike.
New ice cream shop owner is sweet on Shockoe Bottom
Sabrina Fitz expects her dessert concept to pair well with the neighborhood’s restaurant scene.
Hungry Powhatan distillery customers spur owners to open a restaurant
“Who opens a restaurant in the smack dab of COVID?” said a Three Crosses Distilling co-owner. “So we’re either crazy or we’re pioneers.”
Bermuda Square Starbucks building sold to investor for $1.4 million
The buyer’s Virginia portfolio also includes Firestone and Sonic locations in Henrico and Colonial Heights.
Shockoe Slip restaurant comes out of pandemic-induced hibernation
Casa Fiesta Mexican Kitchen & Cantina, rebranded from Mijas Mexican Kitchen and Cantina, reopened at 1218 E. Cary St. after a nine-month pause.
Crepe restaurant leaving Stony Point Fashion Park for Gayton Crossing
“It’s not a secret to anybody that the mall has had problems for the last several years and the pandemic didn’t help,” the owner said. “We want to keep growing and it won’t happen here.”
Vegan caterer cooks up a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Chesterfield
Yummvees is opening this month at 3511 Courthouse Road. The space was previously home to C and D’s Kuntry Kitchen, which closed in April.
Organic Krush opens its first campus cafe at founder’s alma mater: UR
The health-conscious eatery also has an outpost in Short Pump but most of the chain’s locations are in New York.