Weekly Food News: Pizza from the brain behind Billy Bread, a new juice bar, cat cafés, shrooms and more

Pizza coming to Triple Crossing’s new Fulton brewpub

Triple Crossing’s new brewpub opens this Friday, December 16th (Richard Hayes has all the details here), and if that’s not enough to get you going, how about this tidbit? Billy Fallen, the man behind Billy Bread, plans to bring Neopolitan-style pizzas topped with SausageCraft ingredients to the space.

Brandon Fox with Style Weekly has all the tasty details here.

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The North End to make the Museum District juicier

A new walk-up juice bar is coming to the Museum District, the RTD reports. The North End, located on Cleveland Street inside the new Incredible Edibles Bakery (formerly the home of Cakes By Graham) should open soon. Expect a full line of freshly-made juice drinks along with some other surprises that Karri Peifer has details on.

Get the scoop right here.

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Seasoned restauranteur opening unique new spot in Carytown

Hamooda Shami (of the nearby New York Deli, Don’t Look Back, and and former Portrait House fame) plans to bring a unique new concept to the former Curry Craft space in Carytown, Style reports. This sounds like it could be really cool. The name he’s come up with is “11 Months.” The space would offer a rotating menu and host short-term popup-style concepts at various times. He likens the concept to the VMFA–read on to see what he means by that.

Get the details here from Brandon Fox.

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Cat cafés could face a hairy permitting process in Virginia

Elisha Sauers, writing for Style Weekly, says some Virginia spots could get a little…hairy. Entrepreneur Freeda Steele plans to open the first cat café in Hampton Roads next year, saying of her plans, “I don’t want to be on my deathbed, thinking ‘Why didn’t I do that?'” The restaurant, which would likely face many hurdles from the Health Department for obvious reasons, could be the first of many if she has her way.

Check out the full story, which is full of cat puns, here.

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Richmond Magazines profiles local mushroom purveyor

Richmond Magazine on shrooms! No, really–they have a great profile this week on local mushroom purveyor Steve Haas, who grows between 15 and 20 pounds of mushrooms of many varieties each and every week and offers them up for sale all over the region, from the South of the James Farmers Market to the Williamsburg Farmers Market.

Learn more from contributor Rodrigo Arriaza here.