Pizza and pasta chain Ledo Pizza has opened the doors of their new West Broad Village location. The Adelphi, Maryland-based pizza parlor has been around since 1955 but is new to the Richmond market. While there’s no shortage of pizza joints in Short Pump, Ledo has something you won’t find anywhere else: rectangular pizzas. “People… Read more »
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2008’s top commercial projects
The Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate has announced the finalists for their Eighth Annual Real Estate Star Awards. The awards honor the top real estate projects in the Richmond region in eight different categories. A ninth award will be given for best overall project. Last year’s overall winner was awarded to the State… Read more »
Newsfeeds For 1.30.2009
Va. jobless rate at 13-year high (Times-Dispatch) Virginia’s unemployment rate spiked to 5.2 percent in December, hitting its highest point in nearly 13 years. Va. lawmakers push to limit investments in Iran (Virginian-Pilot) The U.S. government calls Iran the world’s most active state sponsor of terrorism. Virginia’s public retirement system calls it, indirectly, an investment…. Read more »
Short Pump grocers ready to fight fresh competition
Consider yourself warned, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. Two of Short Pump’s original higher end grocers are ready to fight to retain their upscale shoppers. Tom Leonard, who owns a farmer’s market on Brookriver Drive, behind Best Buy, may not have prime Broad Street frontage, but it doesn’t seem to affect his business. Just across… Read more »
Trader Joe’s Opens at Short Pump Station
A light rain didn’t put a damper on turnout for the highly-anticipated opening of the new Trader Joe’s store in the Short Pump Station shopping center. The colorful, Hawaiian-themed store opened Friday morning to a huge crowd. During our visit around 10:00 a.m. Friday, the checkout lines were backed up well into the aisles.
Grocery store shakup, aisle 8
Ukrop’s continues losing market share in Richmond, according to a story in Friday’s Times-Dispatch. Of course, there’s always a huge untapped potential for Ukrop’s: Stay open on Sunday and sell booze. Ukrop’s continues losing market share in Richmond, according to a story in Friday’s Times-Dispatch. “A market study released today by Food World, a trade… Read more »
Ode to the Vending Machine. In B Minor.
In the world of casual Fridays and awkward going-away parties, there is no friend more loyal to the office worker than the vending machine. It’s like a husky pal who’s always up for ordering pizza. It doesn’t discriminate, dropping chips, chocolate bars and mini muffins into the waiting hands of mailroom clerks and CFOs alike.
UR students launch new snack dip brand cooked up in the classroom
Noosh, an eggplant-based dip and spread that’s similar to hummus, is the latest student-run food company to launch out of the school’s Bench Top Innovations program.
Brazilian steakhouse chain to reheat long-vacant former Kona Grill spot in Short Pump
It’ll be the first Richmond-area location for Fogo de Chão and will bring new life to the building for the first time since Kona closed in 2019.
Whisk bakery reopens Henrico outpost as neighborhood market selling old-school Thalhimers cakes
For Whisk owner Billy Bryan, childhood shopping trips to the downtown Thalhimers department store were defined by two things — dressing up and eating cake.