Archive for the 'Carytown' Category

New retail space opening up in Carytown

June 18, 2007

A large store is about to be vacant in Carytown, hopefully soon to be inhabited by something exciting and interesting.
Today’s TD reports that Richmond Piano is abandoning the city for Western Henrico, thus leaving their large (approx. 6,000 sf?) building open for someone else to move into:
Look for Richmond Piano to move from Carytown, where [...]

Carytown Update: Store opens for 3 months

April 23, 2007

As promised, some Carytown news for your Monday evening: Boaz & Ruth, a local non-profit store will be opening a location for 3 months at 3445 W. Cary St (across from the McDonald’s) in the old Martha’s Mixtures building.
Boaz & Ruth provides job training for folks just released from prison. It started out training [...]

Carytown update: store closing

April 9, 2007

Today, apparently, is store-closing-news day. Richmond.com interviews Owen Suter, III who reveals that they’re consolidating their operations and closing their Carytown store- currently located on Ellwood across from the Belmont library branch. Their manufacturing and showroom will now both be located at 4408 W. Broad- within the city limits.

Carytown Restaurant Update

April 6, 2007

Viva Mexico is open! I scanned and posted the menu they gave me. Click here to see the menu. Here’s their description of the restaurant from the front page of the menu:

I eagerly await a review from one of the many Richmond foodie blogs.
Also, it turns out they’re already got another location over on [...]

5 new restaurants opening in Carytown

March 29, 2007

5 restaurants, that is, if you count Ben & Jerry’s which is slated to open at the site of the laundromat across from the Byrd.
So it’s to be:
1. Ben & Jerry’s
2. Weezie’s Kitchen (named after a dead pug)- at the old Limani’s site (and the short lived Duro’s). They’ve had their ABC license application [...]