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Talented trio bringing Dutch and Co. to 27th Street
Michelle Peake, Phillip Perrow, and Caleb Shriver are excited to be bringing life to the former laundromat at 27th and Marshall with their new restaurant Dutch and Co.:
We have been looking for a restaurant location for two years, and when we drove through Church Hill to look at the space for the first time, we knew our patience had paid off. The neighborhood, the people and the possibilities are exactly what we have been looking for. We not only want to open a restaurant, but participate in the evolution of Richmond, and the restaurant community. We are three hard working individuals, who are looking forward to putting our sweat equity, passion, and creative energy into our restaurant to better feed Richmond.
Peake (the “Dutch” in the name) describes the their vision of Dutch and Co. as a “kitchen-focused restaurant”. With the pedigree of chefs Perrow (Acacia) and Shriver (Aziza’s) behind the line, the food will be forefront. The chefs say that the ever-changing menu will be “contemporary American dishes influenced by regional products”. Dutch and Co. will be open for dinner Monday-Saturday, closing by 9:30PM at the latest.
Set in the downstairs of a recently-restored circa-1920 building, Dutch and Co. should have about 40 seats. They hope to open “as soon as possible”, though none of the interior build-out has gotten under way.
Some combination of Peake, Perrow, and Shriver will be at the Church Hill Association’s Community Picnic on Tuesday night, be sure and hit’em up and say hi.
Dutch and Co.
400 North 27th Street RVA
@DutchandCompany | Facebook
Looks like they have limited seating.
oh snap I am so stoked! Church Hill is becoming the best fed neighborhood in Richmond – Alamo, Roosevelt, Proper Pie, OMG, Hill Cafe, Patrick Henry’s, and now this. I’ve never been to Acacia but Aziza’s is my goto.
Great news! Looking forward to a new restaurant!
WOW! Even more restaurant options in CH!
This sounds great! It will definitely help the quality of the neighborhood and maybe push the other corner owners to do something productive with their spaces.
Also hope the trio will chime in here and let us know about the parking situation though (which is already at a premium)? I know when 401 was in the process of the same type of business in 2008, city zoning required “off street” parking.
Will there be a steady menu as well of signature items? I am always looking for a good old fashioned “blue plate” type of menu of old fashioned Southern comfort foods. And a good Filet Mignon or Blacked Sirloin steak.
ABC License as well?
Davis, Proper Pie was mentioned bringing up an old thread not long ago and got no response? Going on 4-months since they put the “coming soon” sign up with nothing happening????
I see that the old neon sign mounting brackets were left on the building. Will there be one installed? Would be neat!
I am so excited… Caleb Shriver was doing some awesome stuff at Aziza’s. Also @Davis, House of Homemade is delicious too and Sub Rosa should be great too!
This is the best news! Such wonderful people! Looking forward to eating there!
House of Homemades is a great addition… for the younger New Age palate crowds. Looking forward to some “down home cookin'”.
This property (and all four corners) was rezoned to the Urban Business designation back in 2010 and was carved out specifically from the rest of the surrounding R-8 designation to promote this kind of development. Great news for everyone!
I am so excited!!! More dining choices on the Hill!
Houdon… everyone except those of us who comes home tired from work and wantes to park in front of their own house after 6pm.
Hey Eric, Have you ever eaten at house of homemade? I think you might like their Oxford or Winchester sandwiches. I am a vegetarian (I know you are not a fan), but they also have some meatier options.
beside myself with happiness about this news!
Amy N-B, I am usually game to try anything once but when it comes to dry bread sandwiches I am a bit more pickier, especially for the prices they charge (better be a pound sandwich). We went one day to purchase a basic Chicken Salad sandwich but all they had was some kind of Curry Chicken or Turkey Salad that had other odd ingredients in it. That turned us off right away. I am sure we need to give it another try if they have changed menus?
I can still see ‘ol Charlie hanging out of the upstairs window in his shower cap to protect his jheri curls – lowering down the tin can to make change for the Laundromat.
Caleb and Phil’s food? Michelle’s front of the house and bar? Yes and yes. 8 days a week and twice on Sunday. If they are open.
Greg P. Looks like by the hours posted earlier they will be closed Sundays and won’t be open for the bar crowds due to the close proximity of residents.
Welcome to the neighborhood! I live around the corner and have been wondering what’s been going on at that site. Can’t wait!
Eric,
I feel very sorry for you that an improving streetscape for everyone is going to force you to walk two blocks home when you arrive in your car at 6PM.
Not.
-Luke
Luke, sorry but for people who pay taxes to have an opportunity to park in front of their own house, especially when tired, raining, and/or handicapped in some way… IS an inconvenience. I fall in the latter catagory and will seek handicap parking signage for the front of our house if this becomes an issue.
Are they going to be serving alcohol? I haven’t seen anything by way of an ABC application – at least the online database.
ABC doesn’t have to come until later in the process. The ABC application can go through in 6-8 weeks, while getting a restaurant into a blank space like can take many months. The built and permitting for everything else will take much longer than the ABC.
I try to capture all of the local ABC applications and issues under the “ABC” tag: http://chpn.net/news/tag/ABC/
What fantastic news for the neighborhood!
I’m pretty shocked that some folks don’t see this as a positive. It can only help draw more folks to the Hill and leave them with a personal impression of our neighborhood, something not represented in the paper’s coverage of urban life. Additionally, I would imagine it will result in a positive impact on property values. Guess some would rather have it sit vacant for another decade? Even if you don’t like House of Homemade you have to admit they are nice folks who are trying. We all benefit from those who take a chance on opening a business in Church Hill.
@Boz – I fully agree! I am loving the variety we are getting up here!
Eric #35: I understand your problems. Where I live now I have no parking issues but in the past I have had problems. I strongly encourage you to apply for a handicapped space if it becomes an issue. You won’t be the first up here to do that; there is a handicapped space on Broad in the block just west of the Hill Cafe, and another on Marshall in the 2300 block close to the bus stop on the north side of the street. Probably others but I’m aware of those two.
crd… Thanks. Even with the parking issues around The Hill Cafe, it is not as bad as it will be here because the Dotts home takes up basically the entire one side of the 28th Street block between Broad and Marshall. There is that to rely on while there is nothing of the same for this building that sits right up against houses and bus stops on two of the 4 corners that also takes up parking so where are cars for 40 people going to park? Along our street in front of our houses!
Boz… I am excited that Karen Kellman has done such a great job on the building and a reputable business is going in but business modeling which includes impact due to parking should have been taken into consideration as well for type of business going in. If an office of some sort had leased it then traffic and crowding wouldn’t have been as big of issue as a restaurant which is why back in 2008, Walter York was required to obtain 12 “off street” parking spaces for his proposed restaurant at the 401 building across the street due to residential impact. It never happened so… I am surprised the city is allowing this without an impact study especially in such a confined and restricted location?
Going off the track sorta here… I am still hoping for an old fashioned place to come into Church Hill but one that seems to meet my requirements is not far away but wondered if anyone has been to say how the food is?
the Luncheonette on 18th Street where the old Bistro 104 was. They show to server old fashioned Blue Plate Specials. The owner is from Queens, NY.
http://www2.richmond.com/entertainment/2012/mar/20/7/luncheonette-coming-shockoe-bottom-ar-1777675/
@Steven well played on the dry humor, sir. I do imagine that they will be closed on Sunday, so I’ll just have to go twice some other day of the week. And I look forward to the bar. But if I know anything of these folks, I know that they will attempt to be the best neighbors possible while running a going concern. And I still. Can’t. Wait.
The Family Dollar Store, on the corner of 25th and fairmont is a disgrace. The floor is filthy, there are unpacked boxes precariously hanging on to other stacked up unpacked boxes of products. The isles are cluttered with unpacked merchandise, and store items. Metal carts with jagged edges that can cut and scrap children, are all about in the store, with more unpacked merchandise is boxes on top of the carts. The employees are obviously not prepared for work! One employee in particular named “Paula” was unclean, rude, sweating profusely, wiping her sweat on her shirt, then handing items and change to customers. She seemed to be under the influence of alcohol. These types of business practices should be unacceptable in our neighborhood. I am calling to everyone who shops at that Family Dollar to complain, complain, complain, and complain again, until these problems are addressed and solved. If not addressed, someone will be seriously hurt, at this location, and it will probably be a child! Don’t let this happen. Complain!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric, enough! stop whining! Don’t you ever get sick of being the curmudgeon! This isn’t the suburbs–not everyone gets to park in front of their house every single time they want to, no matter how old and historic your house is.
There is a double-flight of stairs up into your house, if you can get up and down those, then you are doing alright, I imagine, but apply for a handicapped space if you feel that you have a legitimate need. Or maybe you are just complaining just to complain.
And how many cars do you two have? If it’s more than one, I don’t want to hear about parking issues again.
The place is going to have about 40 seats, that’s pretty small. There is quite a bit of space to park that is available after 5 on the 2600 and 2700 blocks of Marshall–enough for about 10-15 cars. And I imagine most people are going to be driving from the west, and will want to park under streetlights, so they will be parking on those blocks.
The restaurant is not going to be open late, FYI, so it’s not like hordes of people are going to show up at 10:30 p.m. for late-night drinking, like The Hill.
If you MUST park at your own address and nothing else will do, don’t buy/rent a house that does not provide off-street parking. When my kids were in college and renting apartments, “where’s your parking” was the first question I asked. That was more along the line of safety issues, but our oldest was towed a cople of times while living in the Fan her 2nd year so… lesson learned.
Clay Street… not going to get into a pissing match with you but
1) I have a rare adult form of Muscular Dystrophy while will only progress as I get older and yes I do have a handicaped card on the rear view mirror. And some developing heart issues… And
2)…There are 2 adults living in the house who have 2 different jobs on opposite sides of the city so we do have 2 cars.
Zoning should have taken into consideration the “use” of the business and parking due to the confined and restricted area the building is in. Meaning that there are two rsidents on either side, two bus stops on opposite corners, a buisness across the street so… if there is a 40 person capacity and 2 people per car, that is 20 cars not including employees. If the building was grandfathered 4 spaces, where are the other 16 cars+ going to park? Just being logical here. It runs along the lines of the Theater building being talked about on Council appointing Bilder to the CAR and parking issues there.
And I did notice you said cars will park on Marshall but remember, there is a bus stop in front of the 324 N 27th (white building) that takes up 1/4 of the block of that side of the 2600 block. Another beside the old 401 N 27th building also taking up 1/4 block of 2700 block. You have Pritchard Brothers for most of the rest so no go there and No Parking strips too. And the sandwich shop has a right to their own parking spaces too. So unless they want to park on 25th Street and walk they will be infiltrating the 300-400 blocks to park.
BTW, when this site was founded we were supposed by posting rules use our “real” names and not hide behind various fake or vague handles. I have always used my real name so… have you got the balls to face me and say who you are Clay Street?
Wow! There is so much positive support for our newest project that I first want to express our appreciation to those neighbors for your enthusiasm. Thank you for supporting your local businesses and the excitement being generated for our newest project! Howard and I are looking forward sharing some great food by Caleb, Michelle, and Phillip…. And enjoying it as much as we do The Roosevelt! Hope to see you all there!
newsflash: NO ONE has a right/claim to specific on-street parking spots, even if it’s in front of your house.
the streets are city property.
where you park is your own problem, unless you choose to have the city put a designated handicapped space in front of your house.
end of story.
welcome to the neighborhood, Dutch & Co., it’s fantastic news that you all are coming to Church Hill:)
Dutch and Co. on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dutch-Co/336310133115253
Richmond’s Rising Culinary Star: Caleb Shriver of Aziza’s on Main
http://www2.richmond.com/entertainment/2012/jul/18/caleb-shriver-azizas-main-ar-2052729/
I live between 28th and 29th on Marshall, and I’m glad to trade prevalent parking in front of my house for more business enterprise in the neighborhood. Our home values benefit from good restaurants like Anthony’s, Roosevelt, OMG, Str8, Dutch & Co., etc. being right next to us. I will gladly walk an extra block if the spots in front of my house are taken by hungry customers with open wallets parking looking for satisfaction in my neighborhood.
I called for it a few years back on Jason Guard’s blog, and it is now happening: the city’s best restauranteurs have come to Church Hill!
I understand this is getting close to opening and will have at least 1 or 2 soft openings? ABC license? Hope they will have awnings over the big windows (sun beating in on customers).
Eric, please apply for a handicapped parking spot in front of your house. I was talking to a friend the other day and he said if he qualified, he’d absolutely apply. There are several here in the hill and a whole bunch on Meadow St. heading towards Maymont.
crd… I will but there is some red tape involved when I asked a few years back and didn’t go for it then. Yes, I see others in the neighborhood as well. Thanks!
I can’t imagine much red tape when getting a sign in front of your house. A woman 1 block down from you Eric, on 27th between Clay and Leigh, had a sign installed while the house next to her was being renovated. The kicker? She doesn’t drive nor does she own a car! It’s for her family who doesn’t even live with her.
As to the restaurant, I am very excited to have another great eating place so close to home!
Church Hill is an ‘URBAN’ neighborhood…parking is supposed to be an issue. We live in an urban area, but so talk out of both sides of their mouths. They want improvement for the area, but if it is not just perfect for their lifestyle, (we should just erase it from the board). This is a historic neighborhood, but it is also an urban neighborhood. If more people who constantly complain about parking would use a portion of their energy, enticing people to our neighborhood (think of how great Church Hill would already be we would be the Georgetown of Richmond by now).
Stop your complaining or sell and move to the suburbs where off-street parking is not an issue.
There is one in particular who complains constantly about parking who has a much larger back yard than most on his block. Off street parking for him would only constitute installing an electric gate to open upon his arrival from work in the evenings!
Sorry, there were a few typos in my previous post, but most get what I mean. It’s late give me a break 🙂
Just saw this “Tired of constant whining for progress in Church Hill” – back yard off street parking is not an option – large trees in the back yard as well as a hump/hill and koi ponds.
People just don’t get it. These mom and pop corner stores when built in the late 19th early 20th century didn’t require “parking” in general. No one had cars then. But today we do and to an excess. Some people own 2-3 cars and a motorcycle which takes up that many spaces – more than the street (or their house) was designed for. Next, this is not an “urban” area. It is a historic community. We aren’t talking about Chicago Projects or the heart of downtown (which is dead anyway) where the densest population lives and/or works. I actually take offense to the term of living in an “urban” area.
That said… I see paper on the windows now.
That said, what is happening with the project now? I see paper on the windows… can’t see construction progress as before. Is opening getting closer?
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Ryan,
We’re pretty excited to have him up here 🙂