https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/abc-special-agent-pay-northern-virginia/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z Virginia will pay an ABC agent $99,921 to inspect your restaurant. Most managers running one earn less. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/eataly-tysons-corner-2027/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z Eataly comes to Tysons in 2027. It will hire like several restaurants at once, because it is several restaurants. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/massanutten-shenandoah2o-opening-slipped/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z Massanutten's new hotel was supposed to open this October. The resort's own site now says early 2027. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-craft-beer-cup-2026-selvedge-fine-creek/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z A pilsner took Best of Show at the Virginia Craft Beer Cup, and no IPA reached the podium https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-distillery-six-ounces-sunset-2028/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z Distilleries can pour six ounces now, and must keep food on hand. Both rules expire in 2028. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-foam-ban-all-food-vendors/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z The foam ban now covers every Virginia food vendor. Asking your supplier for 'no Styrofoam' will not fix it. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-lodging-pipeline-2026-lofts-domes-mansions/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z Virginia's next hotels are a brewery loft, a geodesic dome and a wildlife retreat https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-mandatory-gratuity-disclosure-59-1-608/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z You can still add an automatic gratuity in Virginia. You have to print the percentage wherever a price appears. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-minimum-wage-13-75-january/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z 98 cents an hour. On 40 staff that is $81,536, and it happens again a year later. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/vrlta-2026-ordinary-awards-yardis-bennett-parker/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z Shamin's Mark Yardis takes the Golden Pineapple. The senator who rewrote the food ratio is legislator of the year. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/lauberge-chez-francois-thompson-restaurants/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T14:00:00.000Z A 50-year-old Great Falls landmark changed hands, and nobody will say what kind of deal it was https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/altria-sues-fda-pmta-backlog/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Altria sued the FDA over the backlog that decides which vapes you can legally stock https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/farm-winery-local-regulation-what-counties-cannot-touch/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z What your county cannot regulate at a Virginia farm winery https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/federal-hemp-thc-ban-december-11/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z The federal hemp ban moved to December 11, and it is five times stricter than Virginia's https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/frederick-county-agritourism-summit-oates/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Four in five Virginia farms gross under $50,000. That is the case for agritourism in one number. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/greene-county-agritourism-event-ordinance/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Greene County wants 30 agritourism events by right and a 150-person cap. Supervisors could not agree on the acreage. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/harrisonburg-venue-closures-fire-marshal/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z An ABC suspension pushed Harrisonburg shows into rooms that were not assembly spaces. Fire closed three of them. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/kalahari-spotsylvania-opening-hospitality-impact/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Kalahari opens in Spotsylvania on November 12 with 13 bars and restaurants and 1,400 people to hire https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/loudoun-winery-brewery-event-caps-ad-hoc/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Loudoun's winery event limits will not be settled until November, and the industry has no seat at the table https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/richmond-restaurant-churn-week-september-2026/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Four closings, three openings, and a 40-year grocer behind on its farmers https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/six-numbers-virginia-mixed-beverage-licensees/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Six numbers every Virginia mixed beverage licensee should know cold https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-craft-beer-license-plate/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Virginia's brewers want a craft beer license plate. They need 450 prepaid applications first. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-employment-laws-july-2026-restaurants/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Six Virginia employment laws hit restaurants this year, and one of them makes most of your non-competes unenforceable https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-hemp-2mg-thc-cap-cca-takeover/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Virginia's hemp rules just changed twice: a 2mg THC cap, and a new regulator https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-meals-tax-fairfax-arlington-roanoke/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Fairfax County started charging a meals tax in January. Arlington and Roanoke went up in July. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-retail-cannabis-budget-hb30/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Virginia legalized retail cannabis in the budget after the Governor vetoed the bill that did it https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-retail-tobacco-permit-october-1/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Every bar and restaurant selling vapes needs an ABC tobacco permit by October 1 https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/virginia-tourism-record-2025-36-billion/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Virginia visitors spent a record $36.2 billion. The number that matters to you lands this month. https://virginiahospitalitynews.com/news/briefing-2026-09-01/ Virginia Hospitality News en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Five things in Virginia hospitality this week