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Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round up 10.14.11
Dunkin Donuts is coming to Hanover County. Plus a local bank leased 2,000 square feet in Richmond, and a specialty insurance firm is expanding at Stony Point.
Site ranks Richmond’s best hotels for business
A major travel site recently launched a new ranking and review system targeted strictly at business travelers. The Business Travel Center is a new service of TripAdvisor.com. The special section ranks hotels and restaurants separately from those aimed and reviewed by tourists. BizSense browsed the site and looked up the best Richmond destinations for traveling… Read more »
New ABC program may eventually soften the hated 45% ratio
The often-ridiculed law that requires restaurants to sell a minimum dollar value of food based on liquor sales has shown extraordinary staying power, in part because a powerful beer and wine lobby opposes upsetting the status quo.
But one law based on House Bill 2293, could make things easier for restaurant owners who want to sell high-quality liquor by allowing restaurants to calculate their ratio based on the volume of liquor sold, not by the dollar figure as is currently done.
Virginia Beach restaurant coming to Gayton Crossing
An acclaimed Virginia Beach restaurant is opening a second location at the Gayton Crossing shopping center in Western Henrico. Eurasia Cafe & Wine Bar plans to open on May 12 and will offer lunch and dinner service Monday through Saturday. Co-owner David Edelen said the restaurant will serve Asian, American, and European inspired cuisine with… Read more »
Chesterfield continues nightclub crackdown
County Rib & Ale in Chesterfield, the restaurant cited for dancing violations in March, has closed the Midlothian Exchange reports. From the article: As for the business, the doors permanently closed Sunday, April 26. “I have $400,000 invested,” said Donald Quicke. “The county has just bankrupted it. There is a possibility I might lose my… Read more »
Restaurants forced to chomp away at prices
Five is the magic number. First it was the $5 footlong at Subway. Now T.G.I. Friday’s is going on the offensive with its own $5 meal. Starting Monday, Friday’s will offer all salads and sandwiches for $5 during the month of May. These days, restaurants are using cheaper prices as a tool to take a… Read more »
Sports bar franchise eyes Richmond
Maryland-based Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille is looking to add one or more locations in Richmond within the next four years. The Washington Biz Journal reveals that the sports bar chain plans to target Richmond as they add up to 150 new locations. They also plan to grow locations in Philadelphia, Charlotte, N.C., and… Read more »
Garnetts Cafe coming to The Fan
A new restaurant is in the works at the corner of Park and Meadow, with a veteran of vegetarian cuisine at the helm. The restaurant, Garnetts Cafe, will be at 2001 Park Ave. The business is registered to Kendra Feather, owner and operator of Ipanema Cafe. The new restaurant applied last week for wine, beer… Read more »
No shirt, no shoes…no dancing?
You can have a drink, and watch the live entertainment at County Rib & Ale House in Chesterfield. But you can’t dance. According to the Midlothian Exchange , the five restaurant investors received summons in early March for two illegal dancing incidents in February. There is a county code in Chesterfield that requires restaurant owners… Read more »