
Restaurants
Richmond lost Assante's, Pig & Brew, Charlotte's and the Carytown Daily inside a week. The quieter story is Ellwood Thompson's falling behind on payments to local suppliers.

Restaurants
Virginia's local meals tax is climbing, and the referendum that used to stand in a county's way has been gone since 2020. In Roanoke, unpaid meals tax has produced criminal charges against restaurant owners.
Operations & Costs
The statewide figure is out. Locality-level numbers, which is where operators can actually see their own market, are due around Labor Day.