Retail

Ben Safchuk, an advertiser-turned-baker who had stints at The Martin Agency and elsewhere, will soon be whipping up croissants in his first full-time storefront.

Unable to fully regain its momentum after a 2020 fire gutted its longtime Northside facility, Dickie’s Seafood has boiled its last shrimp.

The local franchisees of the national chain Soccer Post will join Starbucks, Chipotle and Kilwins, among other tenants and attractions at The Lake, which is under construction across from River City Sportsplex.

The brand’s familiar yellow and black sign is back up at its West Broad Street store and its new owner, founder Tom Sullivan, said his new incarnation of the company will be based in Sandston for the time being.

“I’m not opposed to being in multiple states. I’m also not opposed to opening multiple locations in the Richmond market specifically. We’ll see how real estate opportunities become available and where they become available,” said newly installed president TJ Leonard.

The Skin + Beauty Haus is open for business at 1919 W. Cary St., following a period as an online-based operation after it closed it original location in Jackson Ward

The Carytown bakery has started to welcome customers into a new cafe housed in an adjacent storefront formerly occupied by video game shop Bits + Pixels.

“It is a wine shop, first and foremost. But I was like, “If I have to sell food. I might as well sell all the things that I want.’ Interesting, imported, hard-to-find things…fun things that you might not be able to find everywhere,” owner Annie Barrow said. 

The 5,000-square-foot venue offers a 33-foot-by-33-foot “free-roam” arena, a space dedicated to virtual escape rooms as well as four treadmill-like stations that offer a range of different games.

The chain is taking over the recently shuttered Richmond Camera location. It’ll be Warby Parker’s second store in the region.