Updated: December 31
This is a list of Richmond Restaurants that opened, are coming soon or closed in 2015. If you hear of something that’s not listed leave it in the comments. Also if you’re interested in knowing who owns three or more restaurants in the Richmond area view this post.
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Openings (66)
- Seven Stars Asian Cuisine & Lounge
- Carytown Burgers & Fries – Lakeside
- Buddy’s Place – Devil’s Triangle (Relocated from Robinson St / Old Viceroy)
- Four Brother’s Bistro and Grill
- Café Rio
- Boka Grill and Growlers – Southside (Old Brick Oven)
- Tin Pan Restaurant and Listening Room
- DiCarlo’s Pizza (Old TNT Diner Myte)
- Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar (Old Osaka Short Pump)
- The House of Noodles (Old Green Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant)
- Tavern 19
- Fall Line
- Garden Grove Brewery
- J KOJI (Old Andale Taco Shop)
- Cultured Swine
- Alcove (Old Alcove Indian Restaurant)
- Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint (Old Phil’s Continental Lounge)
- Country Style Donuts – Gold’s Gym Plaza
- Hutch Bar & Eatery (Old Eurasia)
- Family Meal
- Asado Wing & Taco Company (Old Empire)
- Akida Japanese Restaurant – Devil’s Triangle (Old Black Hand Coffee)
- Rancho T (Old S@mple)
- Shoryuken Ramen (Old Dash Kitchen & Carry)
- Jus Fish
- Kuba Kuba Dos – West End (Old Flinn’s)
- Grandstaff & Stein Book Sellers (Old 2113 Bistro)
- The Reachmonde
- Sabai
- Nomad Deli and Catering Co.
- Carytown Burgers & Fries – Short Pump
- Kanoa Latin Cuisine
- Spiral Noodle (Old Yapple Carytown)
- Tazza Kitchen Midlothian – Midlothian (Old Belle Vie)
- King of Pops
- District 5 (Old Martini Kitchen)
- Boathouse – Short Pump
- Shyndigz 2go
- Castanea’s
- Maple & Pine
- Brewer’s Cafe
- Ciao Capri (Old Acanto)
- Talley’s Meat and Three (Old Estilo)
- Seven Hills BrewPub (Old Major Willy’s)
- White Horse Tavern
- Pie Five – VCU
- Kokonut Grill (Old Chow House)
- Shockoe Whiskey and Wine (Old Julep’s Southern Cuisine)
- Ray’s Other Place
- Ta Fanocho Guamanian Cuisine
- Zosaro’s Bakery
- Gretchen’s Cafe & Catering
- Whisk (Old Globehopper)
- Tahoes California Grill (Old Miso Asian Grill)
- Urban Farmhouse – VCU
- Sugar & Twine (Old Capital Coffee & Desserts)
- Belle & James
- Pop’s Market
- Zzaam! Fresh Korean Grill – Carytown
- Home Sweet Home (Old Mezzanine)
- Vagabond (Old Coda Urban Bistro)
- Stroop
- Stax
- Backyard Grill (Old Bogart’s)
- Pizza Tonight (Old Aziza’s on Main)
- Deep Run Roadhouse (Old Moo Burger)
Coming Soon (27)
If you see a restaurant in this section that has already opened please let me know in the comments below or send a tweet to @echadwilliams.
- Boulevard Burger & Brew (Boulevard)
- Carolina Ale House (Old Mimi’s Cafe)
- Citizen Burger (Old Portrait House)
- Dim Sum
- Eat Restaurant Partners (Grace St.)
- Grimaldi’s Pizza
- Hayashi Sushi and Grill (Old Max & Erma’s)
- Hibachi Box (Old Stuffy’s)
- Kabana (700 E. Main Hotel Rooftop)
- Liberty Public House
- Loft 17 (Old Lounge Bar and Grille)
- LUCCA Enoteca (Old 525 at the Berry Burk)
- Marco’s Pizza
- Matchbox American Pizza Bistro (Old Chili’s Short Pump)
- Mellow Mushroom (TownePlace Shopping Center)
- Nile
- Peter Chang Fast Casual – Scott’s Addition
- Peter Chang Wok – VCU
- Potbelly Sandwich Works – Downtown
- Rudino’s Pizza and Grinders (Old Coppola’s Deli – Main St.)
- Secco Wine Bar (Old Buddy’s – Robinson St.)
- Secret Sandwich Society
- ShoreDog Coffee and Cafe
- Shovel and Pick
- Sports Page Bar & Grille
- The Liquid Cafe
- Zaxby’s – Staples Mill Marketplace
Closings (30)
- Little Venice
- Sweetopia
- Bigs BBQ – Grace St.
- Haiku Sushi and Lounge
- Goin’ Bananas
- Buddy’s Place – Fan (Relocated to where Viceroy/Cafe Diem was)
- Sugar Shack Coffee
- Beauregard’s Thai Room
- Boka Kantina
- Picola Crepes & Coffee
- Andale Taco Chop Shop
- Alcove Indian Restaurant (New Restaurant called Alcove)
- GlobeHopper Coffeehouse and Lounge
- Tiki Bob’s
- Picola New Style
- Coppola’s Deli – Main St.
- Flames 231
- Aziza’s on Main
- Estilo
- Bella’s Restaurant
- Nora Taste of Lebanon
- Moo Burgers
- Str8 Outta Philly
- Magpie
- Mezzanine
- Mbargo
- Pie – Lombardy
- The Urban Tavern
- Strawberry Thai
- Portrait House
Grimaldi’s pizza is opening in midlothian too
Thanks Sally. If you want to let me know when they open I’ll update the list.
I heard about the one in Midlothian but where is the one in richmond going?
It’s the same one Chris.
Interesting info! I wonder how do you find the info about ‘coming soon’ restaurants? Do you know anything about their cuisine and location? thnx
BTW, Akida Japanese Restaurant has already relocated and open
You are correct. Thanks for the reminder.
My family is in the restaurant industry so I either hear about them from pre-construction to completion, via friends in the media or from social media. I usually don’t put a link for coming soon unless they already have a website so I don’t have to go back later and switch a facebook page to a website.
Rudino’s is open. and sadly is not as good as Coppola’s. I miss Coppola’s.
zaxby’s is also opening in staples mill marketpalce and stonebridge as well.
District 5 is also now open.
Thanks for the reminder. I went the second night.
Tahoe’s is open!
Hey, Chad! Awesome resource you have. Feel free to check out http://www.cheersva.org/directory-search/ for RVA related bars, pubs, breweries, etc.