The company, formerly called Little Bean Coffee Co., is launching a franchise model to expand around Richmond, elsewhere in Virginia and into the Carolinas.
Restaurants
Popeyes to open first Short Pump location
The 2,000-square-foot restaurant with drive-thru would rise on a half-acre site that’s currently a parking lot nestled between Jared, The Container Store and Barnes & Noble.
Food truck park The Glades rolling into former Innsbrook After Hours site
The 4-acre food truck park from local entrepreneur Phu Nguyen is aiming to open next month as a new amenity for the office park and making use of unused land that’s planned for eventual development.
Chesterfield to get another Dairy Queen
More Blizzards are in store for Chesterfield, as the fast-food chain is planning its third location in the county.
Still unable to open, upstart Fan bar KavaClub heads to court in fight with VDH
KavaClub, which will produce and serve a non-alcoholic and psychoactive drink, filed a motion in Richmond Circuit Court seeking a temporary injunction that would allow it to open for business at 1529 W. Main St.
The Pit and The Peel bows out of Short Pump location
It’s the second food option at Short Pump Town Center to close this year, following Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery’s closure in the spring.
Shockoe Bottom storefront swaps beignets for oatmeal cream pies
“You have a lot of places that have an oatmeal cream pie, but this is kind of the first of its kind, where it’s about oatmeal cream pies and it’s about elevating those specifically.”
New Wishbone Food Shop to open in former Cafe Ole spot downtown
Justin Cropper, whose resume includes stints at Union Market, Don’t Look Back, Lemaire and Millie’s, is opening Wishbone with partner Ginny Sowers.
Italian restaurant Sprezza slipping out of Shockoe and into the Fan
Initially founded as a pop-up in 2021, Sprezza opened in the former Morton’s The Steakhouse space late last year. It’s headed to a Lombardy Street building that was most recently home to Brun cigar lounge.
New restaurant Lyra’s Natural Kitchen opening at Stony Point Fashion Park
The restaurant started as a catering business about a year and a half ago, when owner Ida Hite left her job in healthcare.