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

Updated: 12/1/2020

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 (42)

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 Restaurant & Market
37. Ever Better Coffee
38. The Beet Box
39. North End Juice Company — Church Hill
40. Smoky Mug (Old Black Hand Coffee Co.)
41. The Veil Brewing Co — Forest Hill
42. Lillie Pearl (Old Pink Flamingo / Pasture)

Coming Soon (41)

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. Billie Pie at Basic City Beer Co.
2. Biz Buzz
3. Blanchard’s Coffee — Forest Hill
4. Blanchard’s Coffee (Old Lamplighter Roasting Company) — VCU
5. Black Market Barbecue
6. Burgerim — Swift Creek Place
7. Burgerim — Winterfield Crossing
8. Capital Burger and Dogs
9. Captain Don Julio (Old Sino American Cafe)
10. CAVA — Willow Lawn (Old Zoes Kitchen)
11. Charm School Study Hall — Forest Hill
12. Charred — Shoppes at Rutland Place
13. Choong Man Chicken (Old Comfort)
14. Chopt Creative Salad Co. — Short Pump Station
15. Claudia’s Bake Shop
16. Ginger Juice – Union Hil
17. Hot Chick — Winterfield Crossing
18. IHOP (Old Salt Box Oyster Company)
19. Jay’s Sports Lounge (Old Fox & Hound Sports Tavern)
20. JJ’s Makery (Old WPA Bakery)
21. Krusty Krab Seafood Grill & Bar (Old Metro Bar & Grill)
22. Lolita’s (Old Don’t Look Back & Buon Giorno Pizzeria)
23. M&F Jamaican Restaurant & Bar
24. Midlothian Chef’s Kitchen (Old Shane’s Rib Shack)
25. Minglewood Bake Shop (Old Guitar Center)
26. Native Plate (Old Citizen)
27. Paisano’s Pizza
28. PBR — Shoppes at Rutland Place
29. Pedro’s Cantina (Old The Annex)
30. Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant — Forest Hill
31. Revel
32. Smith & Foundry
33. Stella’s Grocery — Libbie/Grove (Old Starbuck’s)
34. Stella’s Grocery — Forest Hill
35. Sonora Cantina
36. Surrounding Counties Specialty Coffee Explorers Club (Old Papa Murphy’s)
37. TBT El Gallo (Old Naked Onion)
38. The Burger Bar (Old Emilio’s)
39. The Continental — Manchester
40. Triple Crossing Brewing — Winterfield Crossing
41. Vampire Penguin

Closings (59)

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. Shaye’s Rib Shack
33. Richmond on Broad Café 
34. Metro Diner — Short Pump
35. Sandstone Smokehouse
36. Weezie’s Kitchen
37. Jean Jacques Bakery
38. Tijuana Flats — Willow Lawn
39. Shockoe Espresso
40. Sugar Shack — Parham Rd.
41. The Naked Onion
42. Salt Box Oyster Company
43. Metro Bar & Grill
44. Ponies & Pints
45. Bob Evans — Glenside
46. Bob Evans — Midlothian
47. Lamplighter Roasting Company — VCU
48. Stump’s Pig & Pint
49. Bocata Latina Grill
50. Pizza Hut — Patterson Ave.
51. Urban Farmhouse — Scott’s Addition
52. Bottom Burger
53. WPA Bakery
54. Maple & Pine (Rebranded to The Lobby Bar)
55. Starbucks — Village Shopping Center
56. Mojos Philadeli
57. F.W. Sullivan’s
58. Zoes Kitchen — Willow Lawn (Rebranded to CAVA)
59. The Annex