Two Richmond restaurateurs are opening a taco restaurant on Boulevard in the former home of the infamous Triangle Book Store.
Storied shop will cater to new tastes
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Former adult bookstore bares all
The renovation of a shuttered porn shop on North Boulevard has stripped the space down to its skivvies, exposing what store probably looked like back in its heyday.
There goes the neighborhood
A local developer wants to help a former porn shop reach its “highest and best use.”
Baseball debate turning into a full season of speculation
As soon as it seems dead in the water, the baseball debate in Richmond keeps coming back. Charlie Diradour extended his hand in peace today to those in the opposite dugout at a news conference he called. Connecticut, the giant Indian sculpture, looked down over the scene, a thick layer of pollen dusted over its… Read more »
Study says city support needed for ballpark
After reviewing the results of a $100,000 economic feasibility study, Mayor Dwight Jones still isn’t quite ready to greenlight a $318 million mixed-use project in Shockoe Bottom.
Pub owners hesitant to build segregated smoking areas
When the state ban on smoking goes into effect Dec. 1, don’t expect to find too many restaurants where smoking is still allowed.
Ballpark debate heats up in cyberspace
The debate over a ballpark in Shockoe Bottom has hit the World Wide Web. Charlie Diradour, president of Lion’s Paw Development Company, recently launched the site Baseball on the Boulevard as place for the Richmond community to discuss the many different sides of the prospect of a downtown stadium.