Restaurants

Owner Ramy Yacoub is preparing to close the Mexican restaurant he purchased last fall to make way for Memi’s, an Egyptian and Middle Eastern concept. 

A chain of chicken wing restaurants will open in the storefront that’s sat dormant since 2019. It’ll be the chain’s first outpost in the city and sixth in the region overall.

The local restaurant group recently signed on to open a location of its Lucky AF sushi concept at 4701 Forest Hill Ave., and is working on a new, mystery concept at GreenGate in Short Pump.

Qahwah House has more than a dozen locations selling coffee originating from Yemen, which its owner said can be a difficult place to source coffee without local connections because of the decade-long war in the country.

While details are still being finalized, it’ll be the family’s first new restaurant brand since they opened Little Nickel on the Southside in 2018.

EAT Restaurant Partners will build a new ground-up restaurant on Rutlandshire Drive. The chain already has locations in Short Pump and Midlothian, and has another set to open in North Carolina.

“It’s a win for both of us,” Southern Kitchen owner Shane Roberts-Thomas said of her restaurant and the South Richmond mall.

The seller was an entity tied to Main Street Homes, which is developing the commercial center that is part of the larger Cosby Village mixed-use project.

Adrienne and Carlos Londoño are no longer operating Casa Fiesta in Shockoe Slip and Tequila Sunrise in Chesterfield, as they eye something new for the old City Dogs space downtown.

Toast is the lone full-service restaurant at Scott’s Walk, joining other tenants including Raising Cane’s, Starbucks, Chipotle and Marco’s Pizza.