Restaurants

Jay Ko, who also previously owned JKogi in Jackson Ward, will open Goldwing in the former longtime Chinatown Bus station storefront.

“We’re kettle boiled, we’re chef-driven, and we’re lightning fast. If we can hit all three of those things, then I think we’re going to be really successful,” said owner Yero Rudzinskas.

Founder Frank Bucalo has been living in New York and said the distance made it challenging to make and maintain the relationships with local restaurants that are key to the company’s operation.

The shuffling of restaurant tenants comes weeks after VCU Health, which was tapped to anchor the massive Chesterfield development, began an effort to relocate a planned surgery center to another site nearby.

The owners of a Petersburg eatery are taking over the 4-year-old riverfront brewery near Hopewell and bringing in an entirely new concept. 

Another Scott’s Addition “eatertainment” venue has closed, though it looks like its space won’t sit vacant long. 

The locally based chain appears to also have closed Charlottesville location. Its spots in Carytown, Midlothian and Durham, North Carolina remain open for business.

Franchisees Eddie and Cherie Sanchez became familiar with the two restaurant brands as customers before moving here from New Jersey, where the brands were founded.

The Carytown institution is set to be sold to Housepitality Family, the local restaurant group that owns spots like The Boathouse and Casa del Barco. 

Though its name has a different spelling, Brazen’s menu will lean on braised dishes that are cooked slowly, typically over hours.