The exit from UR marks the end of the restaurant chain’s presence in Richmond after it closed its Short Pump spot last year. The new cafe taking its place at UR will open in August.
Organic Krush closes at UR campus, new eatery to open in its place
Restaurants
Sausage-maker’s new restaurant, meat counter to replace Carytown Cupcakes
After plans for a restaurant from an HBO-famous chef fell through, the bakery space will now be home to local sausage company The Mayor Meats and its pop-up brand Hots & Brats.
Proposed Innsbrook food truck park The Glades stalls out
The concept, which was envisioned as a seven-figure, permanent park for food trucks, is no longer on the table.
El Chido on the move again, this time to Chesterfield
“A lot of people have asked when we’d expand to a different county because all the Chidos are in Henrico or Richmond,” its owner said. “I’m very excited to be here in Chesterfield.”
Longtime Chili’s restaurant at VCU closes permanently
The closure ends a 16-year run for the restaurant, which was a founding tenant in the VCU-owned Cary & Belvidere dormitory when it opened in 2008.
Seasoned C’ville bakers opening cafe in new Forest Hill development
Janet’s Cafe & Bakery is expected to open next year at 4701 Forest Hill Ave., where a new three-story mixed-use building is currently taking shape on the site of a former bank branch.
Trouvaille, new restaurant from former Shaved Duck owner, opens in the Fan
It’s one of three new restaurants to bring new life to older buildings in the surrounding area, joining the Texas Inn and Marylous Soul Dining Experience.
Acai bowl restaurant chain Playa Bowls preparing to open outpost in Short Pump
It would be the franchise’s Richmond-area location, joining others in Virginia in Charlottesville, Fairfax, Reston and Lynchburg.
Thai restaurant’s fish-and-chips experiment spawns new British eatery downtown
“It became so popular within three months we’d equaled the sales of the Thai food,” said the co-owner of Thai Won On in Henrico. “It seems like good fish and chips are hard to come by in Richmond.”
Restaurant chain with a Ford Motor Co. theme to open in Short Pump
Despite its name, Ford’s Garage isn’t an auto shop and isn’t owned by Ford Motor Co., but rather a restaurant designed to emulate a 1920s-era service station.