Restaurants

“The concept itself does work, just not here,” said owner Zach Archibald. “Specialty coffee has no margins, there’s no item here that you sell that’s like a fountain soda… with a different set of amenities this footprint would have worked.”

The 9,000-square-foot restaurant and bar atop the Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites at 700 E. Main St., will close at the end of the year. Owner Shamin Hotels has something new in store for the space.

After nearly five years in purgatory, a trio of Hull Street commercial properties have been primed for a comeback.  

“I’m envisioning that when you come off the street on Cary, it’s like you popped into a shop in France,” said owner Melissa Stallard. “That’s what I want it to look like.

Jeremy and Sarah Chapman are opening the new pizzeria in between their Industrial Taphouse restaurant and their Eat Kitchen and Catering headquarters. 

“Opening a deli has always been the end game for us,” said Georgia. “We really want to make a splash and put our names out there and say, ‘Okay, we’re here. This is the Italian bakery and deli everybody’s been looking for.’”

“I still believe it’s going to be very successful here (at Regency). I just need to give the market what the market wants. My Twin Hickory concept is something I believe will work here well,” said Garland Taylor.

The restaurant bakes and sells Detroit-style pizza from a takeout-only spot on N. 29th St. The pizzas are 8 by 10 inches in size and 2 inches deep.

“Pik Nik closed during Covid. We took a break and now we have more energy,” said Joe Kiatsuranon, who owns the family’s restaurants with his brother Sonny and mother Sukanya Pala-art.

The New York-based burger chain is preparing to open its third Richmond-area location, this time at the new West Village development at Broad and Gayton.