New Richmond Restaurants in 2020 — Openings, Closings, Coming Soon

Updated: 10/20/2020

This is a list of Richmond Restaurants that opened, closed, or are coming soon in 2020. If you hear of something that’s not listed leave it in the comments. Also if you’re interested in knowing who owns two or more restaurants in the Richmond area view this post.

See 2019 Openings and Closings

Openings (36)

1. First Watch — Regency Square
2. Zaxby’s — Midlothian
3. Chopt Creative Salad Co. — James Center
4. Roastology Coffee
5. Barrio Taqueria + Tequila (Rebrand of Pearl Raw Bar)
6. People’s Pies
7. Jadean’s Smokin’ Six O
8. Charred — Swift Creek Place
9. Hai Ky Mi Gia
10. Bistro 804 (Old The Backyard Grill)
11. Burgerim — Nuckols Place
12. Honest Restaurant (Old The Green Leaf Vegetarian)
13. The Daily Menu (Old Central Purrk)
14. Hot For Pizza (Old Sheep Hill Cafe)
15. Chicken Salad Chick — Mechanicsville
16. The Cocky Rooster
17. Sub-Conscious Cafe (Old Olio)
18. Pizza Bones
19. Cheddar Jackson
20. Garden Party
21. Town Hall Tavern (Old Weezie’s Kitchen)
22. Canastas Chicken — Henrico
23. Kahlos Taqueria & Bar
24. Kirin Asian Cuisines (Old J Kogi)
25. Pita Pit — VCU
26. Roots Natural Kitchen — West End
27. Jamaica House — Moved Location (Old Tiny Victory)
28. Two Compadre’s Taqueria Bar & Grill (Old Cafe Caturra — Midlothian)
29. Gatsby’s Sports Bar and Grill
30. Bocata Arepa Bar (Old Cheezilla)
31. Grit Coffee (Old Swett Frog — Libbie)
32. Burger Bros (Old Bottom Burger)
33. Lucky AF (Old Aloi)
34. &pizza (Old Dairy Queen) — Willow Lawn
35. Wood & Iron Game Day Restaurant (Old Infuzion)
36. Blue Atlas

Coming Soon (39)

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.

1. Blanchard’s Coffee — Forest Hill
2. Burgerim — Swift Creek Place
3. Burgerim — Winterfield Crossing
4. Biz Buzz
5. Black Market Barbecue
6. Capital Burger and Dogs
7. Captain Don Julio (Old Sino American Cafe)
8. Charm School Study Hall — Forest Hill
9. Charred — Shoppes at Rutland Place
10. Choong Man Chicken (Old Comfort)
11. Chopt Creative Salad Co. — Short Pump Station
12. Claudia’s Bake Shop
13. Ever Better Coffee
14. Ginger Juice – Union Hil
15. Hot Chick — Winterfield Crossing
16. Jay’s Sports Lounge (Old Fox & Hound Sports Tavern)
17. JJ’s Makery (Old WPA Bakery)
18. Krusty Krab Seafood Grill & Bar (Old Metro Bar & Grill)
19. Lillie Pearl (Old Pink Flamingo / Pasture)
20. Lolita’s (Old Don’t Look Back & Buon Giorno Pizzeria)
21. M&F Jamaican Restaurant & Bar
22. Native Plate (Old Citizen)
23. North End Juice Company — Church Hill
24. Paisano’s Pizza
25. PBR — Shoppes at Rutland Place
26. Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant — Forest Hill
27. Revel
28. Smith & Foundry
29. Smoky Mug (Old Black Hand Coffee Co.)
30. Stella’s Grocery — Libbie/Grove (Old Starbuck’s)
31. Stella’s Grocery — Forest Hill
32. Sonora Cantina
33. Surrounding Counties Specialty Coffee Explorers Club (Old Papa Murphy’s)
34. TBT El Gallo (Old Naked Onion)
35. The Burger Bar (Old Emilio’s)
36. The Continental — Manchester
37. Tijuana Flats — West Broad Marketplace
38. The Veil Brewing Co — Forest Hill
39. Triple Crossing Brewing — Winterfield Crossing

Closings (55)

1. Shiplock Brewing
2. Tiny Victory
3. Sugar Shack — Hanover
4. Aloi
5. Bar Louie
6. Elsa Cafe and Market
7. Comfort
8. Acacia
9. Planz Baz Burrito Bar
10. The Good Leaf Salad Market
11. Big Kitchen
12. Olio — The Fan
13. Carytown Burgers & Fries — Short Pump
14. Citizen
15. BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse
16. Greenleaf Pool Room
17. Saladworks — Short Pump
18. Deep Run Roadhouse — VCU
19. Billy Jacks Shack
20. Brio Tuscan Grille — Stony Point 
21. O’Charley’s — Shops at Stratford Hills
22. Onigirl (moving locations?)
23. Grit Coffee — Champion Brewing (moved to Libbie Ave)
24. Starbuck’s — Libbie Grove
25. Caturra on Grove
26. Morton’s Steak House
27. Panera Bread — Stony Point
28. Panera Bread — Carytown
29. O’Charley’s — Forst Hill
30. MOD Pizza — Chesterfield Towne Center
31. Pink Flamingo 
32. Richmond on Broad Café 
33. Metro Diner — Short Pump
34. Sandstone Smokehouse
35. Weezie’s Kitchen
36. Jean Jacques Bakery
37. Tijuana Flats — Willow Lawn
38. Shockoe Espresso
39. Sugar Shack — Parham Rd.
40. The Naked Onion
41. Salt Box Oyster Company
42. Metro Bar & Grill
43. Ponies & Pints
44. Bob Evans — Glenside
45. Bob Evans — Midlothian
46. Lamplighter — Morris St.
47. Stump’s Pig & Pint
48. Bocata Latina Grill
49. Pizza Hut — Patterson Ave.
50. Urban Farmhouse — Scott’s Addition
51. Bottom Burger
52. WPA Bakery (Closing in October)
53. Maple & Pine (Rebranded to The Lobby Bar)
54. Starbucks — Village Shopping Center
55. Mojos Philadeli