Restaurants

“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.

The Cuban restaurant will close its location in the Tuckahoe Shopping Center this weekend after nine years in business there and be replaced by a new concept from Nader Hagez, owner of Four Brothers Bistro and Bistro 804.

Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls is preparing to open a Short Pump location at 11761 W. Broad St. in The Shoppes at Westgate.

The restaurant will be the fried chicken brand’s second outpost in eastern Henrico, following a location in White Oak Village that opened in 2008.

California-based Dave’s Hot Chicken is taking over the Short Pump Crossing space formerly held by Rusty Taco, which closed its location there in recent weeks after a two-and-a-half-year run. 

A few years after attending his first Liberty University football game, Ryan O’Rourke is now making a play of his own in Lynchburg.

With both entertainment and dining options, Scotty’s Taphouse will be similar in concept to Slingshot Social Game Club, which closed over the summer after five years in the Scott’s Addition building.