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A 7,400-square-foot winery, bistro and event venue opened on Chartermark Drive in Chesterfield County on Aug. 17, the California franchise's first Richmond-area location and its second in Virginia. About 30 people work there, and on-site production is coming.
VHN Staff · · Richmond
Twosome Place will open its first American café on King Street in mid-October. The company is using Northern Virginia as the starting point for a company-operated expansion that could reach 15 U.S. stores in its initial phase.
VHN Staff · · Northern Virginia
Eataly and Macerich confirmed the deal on July 22. Two levels, an exterior entrance, restaurants plus a market. For Northern Virginia operators the story is the hiring, not the pasta.
VHN Staff · · Northern Virginia
Every press account from May through July said ShenandoaH2O would open in October 2026, with reservations in the summer. Reservations never opened and the resort now lists early 2027. No delay has been announced.
VHN Staff · · Shenandoah Valley
The state tourism office's lodging list, updated August 28, is dominated by small and strange properties: five suites above a Waynesboro brewery, domes in Prince Edward County, and three historic buildings coming back as hotels.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
Virginia's largest single hospitality opening in a generation lands off I-95 in November 2026: 907 rooms, 13 food and beverage outlets, and a hiring target that will pull staff from Richmond to Fredericksburg.
VHN Staff · · Fredericksburg & Central Virginia
VRLTA's 2026 Ordinary Awards added a category for newly opened restaurants. The nominees span Hopewell to Tysons, and the list says something about where Virginia's growth is.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
