Business
Chocolates By Kelly shutting down retail presence in Richmond after 12 years
A chocolatier with downtown roots that later moved to the suburbs is closing up shop for good. Chocolates By Kelly, which has been operating a storefront at Short Pump Town Center, will close its retail operation at the end of the month.
A chocolatier with downtown roots that later moved to the suburbs is closing up shop for good. Chocolates By Kelly, which has been operating a storefront at Short Pump Town Center, will close its retail operation at the end of the month.
But for the many fans of Kelly’s inventive chocolate creations, the operation will live on, as she outlines in this note to customers:
“As of the end of August, Chocolates By Kelly will be shutting down its brick and mortar presence in Virginia permanently. I’ve been dreaming of moving out west to cooler temperatures and wide open spaces for some time now. The passing of my sweet grandmother/teacher in Philadelphia in January, followed by the onslaught of a global pandemic/recession caused me to consider how precious and delicate it all is. It’s time to seize the day. Chocolates By Kelly will resettle in Pinedale, WY which lies just outside of Jackson Hole. Our website will remain active, and we will continue to provide for our wonderful wholesale and corporate clients looking for unique custom chocolate gifts for the holidays.
I want my dear customers and friends to know how much they mean to me. We’ve seen a lot together over the past 12 years. I love you much and I sincerely hope you will stop by and say goodbye. Perhaps you will want to stock up on some chocolates too.
We will have our retail store open in Short Pump Mall every day until Sunday, August 30th. I will still be hand making all our best selling chocolates right up until the end, so hurry in to snag some before then. We will even take orders online at www.chocolatesbykelly.com or by calling 804-360-8518.
I can’t thank you all enough for all of your kindness and support over the years.
Kelly”
Business
New full-service commercial kitchen, fast casual food hall opens Wednesday
The new facility consists of 16 kitchen suites, each operating unique dining concepts. For the initial launch, ChefSuite has announced three restaurant concepts available for pick-up or delivery through their website, order.chefsuite.com, or through DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub, and other delivery apps.
ChefSuite, a full-service commercial cooking facility and fast-casual food hall, will open its flagship location in midtown at 4711 W. Broad Street this Wednesday. The brainchild of co-founders Jay Modi and Jarnail Tucker, and Chairman Andrew Kadish, ChefSuite provides ghost kitchens for both new restaurateurs and seasoned chefs, allowing them to open or expand their restaurant business at a fraction of the cost of a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant.
“ChefSuite’s mission is to provide a seamless experience for restaurateurs to focus on their dream,” Kadish said in a news release. “ChefSuite features a fool-proof system that supports our chef tenants with every opportunity to succeed.”
The new facility consists of 16 kitchen suites, each operating unique dining concepts. For the initial launch, ChefSuite has announced three restaurant concepts available for pick-up or delivery through their website, order.chefsuite.com, or through DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub, and other delivery apps.
Restaurants at launch include On A Roll Italian Subs; Latin Quarter Kitchen, specializing in smashed plantain sandwiches; and A Pinch of Sugar, offering comfort food. Additional restaurant concepts will be added to ChefSuite’s offerings in the coming months, owners say.
For chef tenants, each suite is equipped with a CaptiveAire exhaust hood, commercial use sinks, gas/fire safety systems, grease traps, hot/cold water lines, industrial water heater, shelving, tablet, and order printer. ChefSuite also provides cold storage, a cooking oil removal system, third party app onboarding, consulting services, financial reporting, and substantial vendor discounts. ChefSuite offers tenants flexible lease terms with options to include cooking equipment.
Business
Richmond Flying Squirrels hosting series of job fairs ahead of 2023 season
Positions are available in food & beverage, ticketing and operations for the team’s home games from April through September.
The Richmond Flying Squirrels are looking to hire part-time, game-day positions for the upcoming baseball season. The team has three upcoming job fairs for interested candidates to fill out applications and find out information about available positions.
Positions are available in food & beverage, ticketing and operations for the team’s home games from April through September. Information on the Flying Squirrels’ upcoming job fairs can be found here. The 2023 game schedule can be found here.
The job fairs will take place at The Diamond (3001 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23230) on the following dates:
- Wednesday, March 8, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Thursday, March 30, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Available positions include:
FOOD & BEVERAGE
TICKETING
OPERATIONS
Questions regarding game-day positions with the Flying Squirrels can be directed to [email protected].
The Flying Squirrels open the 2023 on Friday, April 7 against the Reading Fightin Phils. Individual-game tickets, including tickets for Opening Night, are available now online at SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets, by phone at 804-359-FUNN (3866) or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office.
Business
Feed More relocating food bank and other operations to new $40 million facility north of city
The local nonprofit confirmed to BizSense that it’s behind Project Nourish, the development plan recently filed with Henrico County for a wooded site at 8020 Villa Park Drive.
From Richmond BizSense:
A code-named industrial project in the works near St. Joseph’s Villa has turned out to be the planned new home for regional food bank Feed More, setting the stage for a move that would free up some prime real estate near Richmond’s Diamond District.
The local nonprofit confirmed to BizSense that it’s behind Project Nourish, the development plan recently filed with Henrico County for a wooded site at 8020 Villa Park Drive.
The project name is a reference to Feed More’s slogan of “nourishing communities and empowering lives.”
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