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A locally-owned custom framing and art store has moved. West End Gallery, which called the Gayton Crossing shopping center home for the past decade, opened in the Shoppes at Westgate, near other well-known local shops Tweed and By Invitation Only, about a week and a half ago. The 2,000 square foot space faces Lauderdale Drive across from Short Pump Town Center.
The centerpiece for the second Halligan Bar & Grill was put in place today, before the new restaurant opens next month in West Broad Village. The 1967 Oren fire truck, which will have a full bar around it, was donated by Old Dominion Historical Fire Society and is the same truck that owner Shawn Gregory’s father rode on as a rookie firefighter for Henrico County. Read more about Gregory expanding his Shockoe Bottom-based restaurant here.
Kakealicious makes spectacular creations with unusual flavors. A new cake and cupcake shop is the latest business to put down roots in Short Pump where locally owned businesses are thriving. Ingrid Law is the owner of confectionery creations shop Kakealicious. Rhonda Day More articles by Rhonda Join Us for Wine Down Wednesday Tonight Benefiting FeedMore [...]
All this week, tenants of West Broad Village are hosting a “FUNdraising For The Cure” cancer awareness event. Proceeds from certain items at West Broad Village restaurants and shops will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure. For a listing of participating tenants and daily specials, visit The French Boutique’s website.
Brett Scott is at it again. Two and a half years ago, Scott sold his majority ownership interest in the Richmond area all-you-can-eat CiCi’s Pizza chain. He was moments away from signing a deal to start a chain of Cheeburger Cheeburger restaurants in his native Texas when he decided he could do better on his own.
A well-known Richmond restaurant is wasting no time swooping in to take over the space vacated by Copper Grill Lobster & Steakhouse after it closed last week. The Brazilian-style steakhouse is relocating to Short Pump from its current location at Regency Square Mall.
A high-end steak and lobster house in Short Pump has closed. The Copper Grill Lobster & Steakhouse at Short Pump Town Center mall served its last New York strip August 22nd. Amy David Amy David is a reporter for Richmond BizSense, a Downtown Short Pump news partner. More articles by Amy Local Outdoor Gear Store Closing Doors [...]
A popular Short Pump barbeque joint has closed its doors, but the owners say it’s not the last you’ll hear from them. Grandpa Eddie’s Alabama Ribs & BBQ at the corner of Three Chopt and Church Roads, shut down on August 28th.
McAlister’s Deli has made a return to Short Pump. Owner Glenn Miller has opened a 5,000 square foot franchise in the Downtown Short Pump shopping center, ironically in the same center that a previous McAlister’s closed several years ago. The former location is now a Johnny Rockets restaurant.
A Glen Allen couple recently left their day jobs to try to their luck in the restaurant business. Dangminh Katsiff and Jack Peters are getting ready to open Pho Sai Gon, a Vietnamese restaurant near Innsbrook, next month. Katsiff and Peters leased 1,900 square feet in the Lexington Commons shopping center on West Broad Street in May, but Katsiff has been cooking up the idea for her own spot for years.
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