Retail

Booth Hardy, one of the shop’s first employees, is now the sole owner after purchasing the ownership stakes of its three co-founders. 

“I’m just trying to navigate keeping open and keeping everybody happy,” owner Clint Kronenberger said on Friday. “Pretty much everybody that had something here has already picked it up and has been super nice and happy and supportive.”

Jason Crowder has opened The Butcher Shop, a market and butchery next door to his barbecue spot Smok N Pigz, which also just expanded with additional seating.

Chef’Store offers wholesale groceries and kitchen supplies for those in the restaurant industry as well as home cooks. It’s first Richmond-area store will be built from scratch just off Broad Street.

“The options for indoor play are relatively limited. When you have three or four days of continuous rain, you’re out of things to do,” said Sunshine Play owner Dan Jenkins.

Crescent Simples, which offers non-alcoholic syrups for drink mixes, has grown to around 300 wholesale accounts across the country since its founding in 2019.

For owner Norma Santamaria, the new shop replaces her original location at Gayton Crossing, which she shuttered in 2020 after nearly two decades of operation there.

A local middle school shop teacher is reopening his membership-based, Workbench RVA, which provides tools, lessons and a space for woodworking projects.

The company didn’t elaborate on what caused the closure, other than to say it was “unavoidable and unfortunate.”

Multiple customers report that the shop has gone dark in recent weeks and ceased communications with them regarding service on bikes and orders. Meanwhile, a national bike maker is suing for six figures.