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

Updated: 12/31/2020

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.

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Openings (50)

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. Blanchard’s Coffee — Forest Hill
42. Surrounding Counties Specialty Coffee Explorers Club (Old Papa Murphy’s)
43. The Veil Brewing Co — Forest Hill
44. Y Tu Mama (Inside of Veil Brewing) — Forest Hill
45. Lillie Pearl (Old Pink Flamingo / Pasture)
46. Burgerim — Swift Creek Place
47. Burgerim — Winterfield Crossing
48. Captain Don Julio (Old Sino American Cafe)
49. Choong Man Chicken (Old Comfort)
50. Midlothian Chef’s Kitchen (Old Shane’s Rib Shack)

Coming Soon (33)

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 (Old Lamplighter Roasting Company) — VCU
4. Black Market Barbecue
5. Capital Burger and Dogs
6. CAVA — Willow Lawn (Old Zoes Kitchen)
7. Charm School Study Hall — Forest Hill
8. Charred — Shoppes at Rutland Place
9. Chopt Creative Salad Co. — Short Pump Station
10. Claudia’s Bake Shop
11. First Watch — Near Willow Lawn (Old Ruby Tuesday)
12. Ginger Juice – Union Hil
13. IHOP (Old Salt Box Oyster Company)
14. Jay’s Sports Lounge (Old Fox & Hound Sports Tavern)
15. JJ’s Makery (Old WPA Bakery)
16. Krusty Krab Seafood Grill & Bar (Old Metro Bar & Grill)
17. Lolita’s (Old Don’t Look Back & Buon Giorno Pizzeria)
18. M&F Jamaican Restaurant & Bar
19. Minglewood Bake Shop (Old Guitar Center)
20. Native Plate (Old Citizen)
21. Paisano’s Pizza
22. PBR — Shoppes at Rutland Place
23. Pedro’s Cantina (Old The Annex)
24. Revel
25. Smith & Foundry
26. Stella’s Grocery — Libbie/Grove (Old Starbuck’s)
27. Stella’s Grocery — Forest Hill
28. Sonora Cantina
29. TBT El Gallo (Old Naked Onion)
30. The Burger Bar (Old Emilio’s)
31. The Continental — Manchester
32. Triple Crossing Brewing — Winterfield Crossing
33. Vampire Penguin

Closings (73)

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. Metro Diner — Libbie Place
36. Sandstone Smokehouse
37. Weezie’s Kitchen
38. Jean Jacques Bakery
39. Tijuana Flats — Willow Lawn
40. Shockoe Espresso
41. Sugar Shack — Parham Rd.
42. The Naked Onion
43. Salt Box Oyster Company
44. Metro Bar & Grill
45. Ponies & Pints
46. Bob Evans — Glenside
47. Bob Evans — Midlothian
48. Pizza Hut — Libbie/Patterson
49. Lamplighter Roasting Company — VCU
50. Stump’s Pig & Pint
51. Bocata Latina Grill
52. Pizza Hut — Patterson Ave.
53. Urban Farmhouse — Scott’s Addition
54. Bottom Burger
55. WPA Bakery
56. Maple & Pine (Rebranded to The Lobby Bar)
57. Starbucks — Village Shopping Center
58. Mojos Philadeli
59. Sandston Smokehouse
60. Jimmy John’s — Carytown
61. Amici di Enzo
62. TD’s Smokehouse BBQ
63. Bistro 27
64. F.W. Sullivan’s
65. Zoes Kitchen — Willow Lawn (Rebranded to CAVA)
66. The Angry Mussels
67. Crab Louie’s Seafood Tavern
68. McAllister’s Deli — Gayton Crossing
69. Awful Arthur’s — Midlothian
70. Root Stock Provisions
71. The Annex 
72. Note Bene Market
73. Dutch & Company